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
Hotel Lafayette
New York, New York
Cannova’s Pizza
Freeport, Illinois
Big Bob’s Family Restaurant
Livingston, Montana
Rio Vista Dairy Drive-In
Reedley, California
The Kolping House
New York, New York
The Alamo Hotel
Austin, Texas
Lancaster County Farm Diner
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
Hawaiian Isle I
Plaistow, New Hampshire

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