Grimes Richfield Matchbook
by Grimes Richfield
Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
An empty blue matchbook advertising Grimes Richfield, a car service company. The front cover reads "We are always happy to serve you - Grimes Richfield - S&H - Orville and Ray - Phone 665-8271 - 57 W. Powell - Gresham Oregon" in black lettering. The back cover has a drawing of a mechanic holding a toolbox with "'round the car service" in black lettering. The inside of the matchbook has a drawing of hands holding a steering wheel with "Stop here and let us fix your brakes" on the left of it, and "when you gotta stop, you gotta stop" on the right. Underneath the drawing is "S&H Green stamps."
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- Description
- An empty blue matchbook advertising Grimes Richfield, a car service company. The front cover reads "We are always happy to serve you - Grimes Richfield - S&H - Orville and Ray - Phone 665-8271 - 57 W. Powell - Gresham Oregon" in black lettering. The back cover has a drawing of a mechanic holding a toolbox with "'round the car service" in black lettering. The inside of the matchbook has a drawing of hands holding a steering wheel with "Stop here and let us fix your brakes" on the left of it, and "when you gotta stop, you gotta stop" on the right. Underneath the drawing is "S&H Green stamps."
- Provenance
- Donated by Betty Chisum in 2001. The matchbook was manufactured by the Monarch Match Company in San Jose, California.
- Creator
- Grimes Richfield
- Monarch Match Company
- Subject
- Matchcovers
- Matches
- Automobile repair
- Automobile mechanics
- Mechanics
- Location
- Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/
- Identifier
- ghs20010070027
- Contributor
- Gresham Historical Society
- Extent
- Matchbook
- Type
- PhysicalObject
- Item sets
- Gresham Heritage
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