Bob Donnelson holds an El Prado Motor Inn matchbook during an Angelus Matchcover Club meeting, where folks who collect matchbooks and covers can show, trade and talk about their collection. (Dania ...

Maybe it’s nostalgia — maybe it’s trendy aesthetics — or perhaps just old-school marketing, but restaurants across the country are bringing back the beloved matchbook. You know the ones. Sitting in a ...

People like what they like. If there was ever an aphorism that applies to the things that people collect, this would be it. Over the years, we've seen and heard of collections so vast, obscure, and ...

History: Patented in 1892, the first matchbook was invented by Joshua Pusey, a Philadelphia lawyer who needed a way to light his cigar while riding the train to work. Businesses began issuing ...

Collecting these small keepsakes can help keep the places you love alive. By Britta Lokting When the legendary Jazz Standard club closed, in late 2020, I mourned the loss of yet another New York ...

Hope Community Church in Newport News is ready to strike a fire in the heart of its community. Or, at least, at the ends of its candlewicks, its barbecue pits or — heaven forbid — its cigarettes. In ...

Once, they were everywhere. Stacked haphazardly in big bowls near a diner’s cash register. In lobbies of hotels and funeral parlors. Special, commemorative editions were printed for big games or open ...

Not too long ago, I had the chance to look through a couple of fine old matchbook collections, and it got me to thinking about those handy little giveaway advertisements that were ubiquitous in my ...

They call things that were intended to be used for a short time ephemera.