Matchbook
Object number2014.140.27
Date1948
OriginPittsburgh, PA
MediumPaper/Ink
Credit LineGift of Stephanie Mallinger
DescriptionJackie Heller's Carousel matchbook without matches. Exterior is shiny red paper with printed text and carousel horse imagery.Dimensions1.5 x 0.063 x 3.5 in. (3.8 x 0.2 x 8.9 cm)InscriptionsExterior has printed text on one exterior side "Jackie / Heller's / CAROUSEL / UNIQUE FOOD / EXCELLENT COCKTAILS".
Printed text on other side "EIGHT FIFTEEN LIBERTY AVENUE" around a blue circle with text "Jackie Heller's CAROUSEL"; at the bottom of this side is "PITTSBURGH, PA. / CLOSE COVER BEFORE STRIKING".
On the top exterior edge of the matchbook is printed text "GRANT 6246".
Interior has handwritten text "Sincerely / Harry Richman [signature] / 11/20-1948".
Historical NotesHarry Richman was an entertainer (singer, actor, dancer, comedian, songwriter) in the 1930s. This matchbook is part of the Buck-Frank Family Collection. The Buck and Frank families were Jewish families that lived in McKeesport, PA, and Irwin, PA, respectively, during the late 19th and 20th centuries. They were connected through Rose (Buck) Frank, who married Herbert I. Frank in 1930. The couple had two daughters Stephanie (Frank) Mallinger, born in 1931, and Ann (Frank) Hoechstetter, born in 1932.
Related person
Harry Richman
Related institution
Jackie Heller's Carousel
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