This matchbook is from the Minnedosa Hotel, in Manitoba, from the mid-50′s to mid-60′s era. To my knowledge, the hotel no longer exists…

This matchbook cover almost never saw the light of day…

About 15 or more years ago, I found a collection of matchbook covers my Dad collected all through the 50s and 60s. Having lost interest in them long ago, my Dad handed them over to me, and I promptly stored them on a shelf without much of a plan to do anything with them. It took me about 10 more years, but I finally sorted through them, selected what I thought was the most interesting, arranged 19 to a frame, and created a triptych for my wall at home.