Matchbook
Object number2007.128.4
Manufacturer
Lion Match Company, Inc.
Date1940-1970
OriginNY
MediumPaper; ink
Credit LineGift of Sondra Otto Lockard
DescriptionRectangular cardboard matchbook cover, red with white and yellow. Milk company advertisements on flap, on top of flap, inside flap, and on back which features image of milk carton and voice bubble. Zero number of matches present in book. Dimensions1.5 x 2.25 in. (3.8 x 5.7 cm)InscriptionsOn flap, "OTTO / MILK / COMPANY / 24th & SMALLMAN Sts. / PITTSBURGH, PA. / ATLANTIC [star] 5900".
On top of flap, "MORE CREAM / BETTER MILK".
Back, featuring image of milk carton and voice bubble, "YOU CAN whip / [inside voice bubble] THE CREAM / OTTO / Cream Top MILK".
Inside flap, "Buy / OTTO / CREAM TOP / MILK / at your / Neighborhood Store / Make it your / daily milkman".
Marks"FEATURE... PAT. ... / LION MATC...NEW YORK".
Historical NotesA matchbook advertising Otto Dairy of Pittsburgh. The item was purchased by donor Sondra Otto Lockard, who believes she may be a distant relative of the founding family of Otto Dairy.
Related institution
Otto Milk Company
Related person
Reed Otto
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