Original vintage advertising matchbook from Polanskas Tavern, offering beer and wines at 4812 Curtis Avenue in the Curtis Bay section of Baltimore, Maryland.
The front cover features a colorful mid-century pin-up illustration titled Beautiful Take-Off, a classic postwar pin-up design commonly used on tavern and liquor advertising matchbooks.
This matchbook was produced by Maryland Match Company of Baltimore. The CURTIS 1125 telephone exchange dates this piece to the late 1940s to early 1950s.
This is an original vintage matchbook, not a reproduction.
Details:
Location: Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Maryland
Business type: Tavern advertising
Era: circa 1940s1950s
Artwork: Pin-up illustration, titled Beautiful Take-Off
- Size:
- Standard
