“DINE IN A GARDEN IN FULL BLOOM” Lehr’s Garden Restaurant opened at 740 Sutter St., San Francisco in November, 1972. Housing both a full florist shop and restaurant, the glass-enclosed “dining spa” was designed to look like and actually be a greenhouse. By the time restaurant opened, the proprietor Murray Lehr had been a partContinue reading “Lehr’s Greenhouse – San Francisco & San Diego, California”
Category Archives: Close Cover
Close Cover Before Election, Part Three
It’s the day before the election and the final installment of the election-winning series of matchbooks from my collection featuring politicians. As a reminder, go vote for someone other than these candidates from the 1930s through the 1980s.
Close Cover Before Election, Part Two
This is another batch of optical matchbooks from my collection featuring a ragtag group of politicians from across a 40 year-span and multiple political parties.
Close Cover Before Election
This the first of probably several galleries of featuring political advertising for small politicians across the country. These matchbooks range from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Close Cover: Seattle Restaurants, Part Two
This is part two in a series of Seattle restaurant matchbooks. 1. Les Brainard’s New Grove Restaurant Les Brainard was born and raised in Bozeman, Montana and came to Seattle during the Great Depression. He started working in a restaurant, washing dishes and finally earned enough to purchase the restaurant in which he was working. TheContinue reading “Close Cover: Seattle Restaurants, Part Two”
Close Cover: Seattle Restaurants, Part One
1. Ivar’s Acres of Clams & The Captain’s Table Ivar’s Acres of Clams is a Seattle institution. The restaurant, opened by Seattle folk-singer Ivar Hagland, originally opened in 1938, but this incarnation, at the same location, opened in 1946. There are numerous location, but only a few actual restaurants. You can check out their website forContinue reading “Close Cover: Seattle Restaurants, Part One”
Bob Cummings Motor Hotel – Joplin, Missouri
Bob Cummings was a well-known actor of both television and movies. He was born in Joplin, Missouri on June 9, 1910. I will let IMDB give a brief biography for me, as this isn’t really about Bob’s career: Effective light comedian of ’30s and ’40s films and ’50s and ’60s TV series, Robert Cummings wasContinue reading “Bob Cummings Motor Hotel – Joplin, Missouri”
Close Cover: Winner, Winner
This is the first post in a series that will highlight matchbooks from my collection that advertise restaurants, hotels and motels. I will try to keep a theme and limit it to five spots per post to make it easier to dig through later. Some of these places will be once-popular spots and others longContinue reading “Close Cover: Winner, Winner”
Stouffer’s Top of the…Restaurants
A history of every Stouffer’s Top of the…Restaurants built from 1956 to 1979.