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Matchbook cover, World War II, Uncle Sam. A "matchcover", or "matchbook cover", is a thin cardboard covering that folds over match sticks in a "book" or "pack" of matches. Covers have been used as a form of advertising since 1894, two years after they were patented, and since then, have attracted people who enjoy the hobby of collecting.
Tyran Grillo, writing for Between Sound and Space, commented: "A matchbook doesn't typically provide a surface for lasting statements. On its flap, one scrawls a phone number, an address, or any other piece of information as ephemeral as the flames for which it is mass-produced. Such is not the case with guitarist Ralph Towner and vibraphonist Gary Burton. Instead, we get indelible marks of ...
Since 2004, Art on the Underground has commissioned artists to create covers for London Underground 's pocket Tube map. [1] These free maps are one of the largest public art commissions in the UK. [2] Over 35 different designs have been produced, with designs from a wide variety of British and international artists. [3]
The RH postcode area, also known as the Redhill postcode area, [2] is a group of twenty postcode districts in South East England, within seventeen post towns.These cover east Surrey (including Redhill, Reigate, Betchworth, Dorking, Lingfield, Horley, Oxted and Godstone) and northeastern West Sussex (including Crawley, Gatwick, Haywards Heath, Billingshurst, East Grinstead, Burgess Hill ...
The Summer Pact by Emily Giffin. penguinrandomhouse.com. $30.00. More. All of Emily Giffin’s 12 novels, including her latest, The Summer Pact (Ballantine), are NYT bestsellers, and 5 have been ...
Opened. 22 December 1938. ( 1938-12-22) Closed. 1970. ( 1970) Forbidden City was a Chinese nightclub and cabaret in San Francisco, which was in business from 1938 to 1970, [1] and operated on the second floor of 363 Sutter Street, [2] between Chinatown and Union Square.
17,187. Statistics as at May 2020 [1] The SY postcode area, also known as the Shrewsbury postcode area, [2] is a group of 25 postcode districts in the West Midlands and Mid Wales, with small areas in North West England and North Wales. Together the districts cover most of Shropshire, north Powys, north Ceredigion, and part of south Cheshire.
England. West Midlands. 52°27′46″N 1°51′15″W / . 52.46285°N 1.85424°W. / 52.46285; -1.85424. Small Heath is an inner-city area in south-east Birmingham, West Midlands, England situated on and around the Coventry Road about 2 miles (3 km) from the city centre.