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3-STAR RECREATION HALL STOCKTON CALIF (REAR) by ussiwojima, via Flickr Billards Art, Pool Print, Matchbox Design, Playing Pool, Vintage Matchbooks, Humorous Sayings, Match Boxes, Matchbox Label, Matchbook Art

Used to be that practically every business had matchbooks printed with their names, logos, humorous sayings. (Almost every business had ashtrays with their name/logo/address on them too.) They were everywhere. Open a "junk drawer" at anyone's house, and there were always a bunch in there. Now, with smoking on a huge downturn (thank goodness), and businesses not wanting to spend the money, commercial advertising matchbooks/boxes have all but disappeared from businesses, without many of us…

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Billards Art, Match Art, Pool Hall, Pool Billiards, Pool Halls, Typography Hand Lettering, Match Boxes, Pool Picture, Pool Room

Yes indeed, YOU can earn big money in graphic design by studying the back of a matchbook cover! Not just any cover however. Learn by observing and exploring some of the stylized cover designs of the earlier matchbooks, prior to the 1970s. For students of illustration, design and typography, considerable knowledge can be gained from the artistry of the many unsung matchbook design heroes. By the time matchbook advertising reached its golden age in the 1940s and 50s—which paralleled the rise…

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