Store Collectibles: “Firsts”

Printed matchbook label: “Percussion Matches Manufactured by P. Truesdell, Warsaw, New York. Warranted New Yorker Print” was printed on the first matchbook label, which was made from 1855 to 1857. Cigarette cards: In 1885 Allen and Ginter of Richmond, Virginia, issued ten cigarettes in a box plus a picture card for five cents. These eventually […]