The American Matchcover Archive


A digital repository dedicated to the conservation and celebration of the American matchbook cover — a pocket-sized canvas that once served as the primary advertising medium for 20th century commerce. 

We hope to honor this everyday, utilitarian item not merely as ephemera, but as a significant artifact of graphic design history. 

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Tangerine Trouvailles

A warm range of establishments from across all corners of the United States.  

Chat & Chew Drive In
Eaton, Indiana
Parkway Motel
Wheatland, Wyoming
Hi-De-Ho Motel
Hebron, Illinois
Bailey Motel & Restaurant
Howe, Indiana
Valley-Vu Motel
Stockton, Illinois
House of Pizza
Millersville, Pennsylvania
El-Sindo
North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Fremont Frontier Motel
Fremont, California
Cannova’s Pizza
Freeport, Illinois
Rio Vista Dairy Drive-In
Reedley, California
Lancaster County Farm Diner
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
Hawaiian Isle I
Plaistow, New Hampshire

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