Vintage 1950 Allentown PA Old Home Week Advertising Matchbook Superior Match Co For Sale

Brand: Superior Match Co.

Style: Vintage 1950 advertising matchbook promoting Old Home Week in Allentown, Pennsylvania with Pennsylvania Dutch themed graphics and sayings.

Front design: Cream, red, blue, and yellow cover reading \"Welcome Old Home Week August 13th to 19th Inc. 1950\" above \"The Queen City Allentown, Penna.\" with a tall trophy or torch graphic labeled \"1867\" on the left side.

Back design: Pennsylvania Dutch dialect text around a colorful circular folk-art emblem reading \"DER BESHT BLOTZ IN DER WELT\" and \"M\'R HEN BLENTY G\'SHPUSS UN BLENTY GELT\" with a red band stating \"MOCH DER DECKEL TZU EB DUH DIE MATCH AUREISHD\" and the safety legend \"Close Cover For Safety\" along the bottom edge.

Interior printing: Inside cover is titled \"HUMOROUS PENNA. DUTCH EXPRESSIONS\" and includes phrases such as \"Don\'t be so darn dobbich.\", \"Mom, he spritzed water on me.\", \"You grex as if you were tired.\", \"You sure are a dummkup.\", \"It greisles me like everysing.\", \"We sure like to dunk cake.\", \"She must be ferhent.\", \"Her hair is always stroobly.\", \"I never saw such a wonnernaus.\", and \"He gets all ferhoodlet in school.\"

Manufacturers and markings: Printed \"SUPERIOR MATCH CO., CHICAGO, U.S.A.\" along the bottom edge near the striker with factory code \"61\".

Country of origin: United States

Keywords: vintage matchbook, Old Home Week, Allentown Pennsylvania, Penna Dutch expressions, Superior Match Co, advertising ephemera, 1950 souvenir

Condition: Pre-owned 1950 advertising matchbook with light to moderate surface wear, edge rubbing, and a horizontal crease across the lower front cover. Back panel has paper loss, adhesive residue, and black marker over part of the artwork. Striker and staples intact; matches are present but untested and sold as collectible ephemera without packaging.

• Brand: Superior Match Co.