Superior Match Company matchbook advertising catalog and sales representative's forms, 1958-1960
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Summary
- Creator:
- Superior Match Company
- Abstract:
- The Superior Match Company was founded by Harold Meitus in 1932 in Chicago, Ill, and manufactured Union Label Advertising matchbooks. Collection comprises the company's matchbook advertising catalog no. 956 (192 pp., in binder), along with twenty sales representative's forms, including business and dealer identification cards, commission request forms, mailing labels, business reply and rush order envelopes, order pads, and a brief case order form. The order pads hold copies of a few orders placed in 1960 for businesses in Youngstown, Ohio.
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Foot
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.01269
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection comprises the company's matchbook advertising catalog no. 956 (192 pp., in binder), along with twenty sales representative's forms, including business and dealer identification cards, commission request forms, mailing labels, business reply and rush order envelopes, order pads, and a brief case order form. The order pads hold copies of a few orders placed in 1960 for businesses in Youngstown, Ohio.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Superior Match Company was founded by Harold Meitus in 1932 in Chicago, Ill, and manufactured Union Label Advertising matchbooks.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase, 2009
- Processing information:
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Processed by: Alice Poffinberger, June 2010
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, June 2010
Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2009-0080
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Subjects:
- Commercial agents -- United States
Sales personnel -- United States
Advertising -- United States
Matchcovers -- Catalogs
Matchcovers
Direct selling
Advertising specialties -- Catalogs - Names:
- Superior Match Company
Superior Match Company
John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
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[Identification of item], in the Superior Match Company matchbook advertising catalog and sales representative's forms, 1958-1960, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.