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MATCHBOOK

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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
CALGARY TOWER MATCHBOOK
Date Range From
1968
Date Range To
1971
Materials
CARDBOARD, SULFUR
Catalogue Number
P20010056000
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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
CALGARY TOWER MATCHBOOK
Date Range From
1968
Date Range To
1971
Materials
CARDBOARD, SULFUR
No. Pieces
1
Height
2.2
Length
38.9
Width
5.2
Description
A LONG MATCHBOOK WITH A PICTURE OF THE CALGARY TOWER ON THE FRONT. THE BOOK, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE DRAWING IS IN VARYING SHADES OF ORANGE. THE BACKGROUND OF THE DRAWING IS BLACK. ON THE INSIDE LIP OF THE BOOKLET ARE THE WORDS "CALGARY TOWER, CALGARY ALBERTA". ON THE BACK OF THE BOOK ARE STATISTICS AND FACTS ABOUT THE TOWER IN WHITE LETTERING ON A BLACK BACKGROUND.
Subjects
TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE
Historical Association
COMMEMORATIVE
History
MATCH BOOK WAS PURCHASED IN 1970, OR 1971 AT AN UNKNOWN COST. BOUGHT AT THE TOP OF THE TOWER, WHEN THERE WAS NO COST TO GET TO THE TOP. DONOR LIVED HERE FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS AND VOLUNTEERED AT THE MUSEUM FOR A FEW YEARS.
Catalogue Number
P20010056000
Acquisition Date
2001-10
Collection
Museum
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