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Six different El Rancho Vegas "Cowboys"
In Response To: Hey DON LUEDERS ()

Here are the six I know about. The scan is of the front and inside of all the books put into a single picture so the lower right match on the front scan is the lower left match on the inside scan.

The biggest difference is what is on the front of the blue match cover. Most you will find have the windmill on the back.

Scarcer still are the matches with the "white horse" on the back next to the windmill. These pale horse books also have every other match stick printed with the hotel name rather than just being blank blue sticks. These also happen to have the background of inside of the cover brown rather than blue.

The hardest to find are the matches with a desert scene on the back rather than the windmill. I've only seen about a half dozen of these.

There are also seven other front-striker matches for El Rancho Vegas that are not features. Finally, there is one cover that lists inside all the hotels that Thomas Hull owned; the one in Las Vegas, the one in Arkansas (Arrowhead Hot Springs), and the seven in California. The hotels he owned in Sacramento and Fresno were also called "El Rancho".

It's been a few years since I looked at the varieties of this feature match. If anyone knows of still more varieties, please post their scans here.

Messages In This Thread

Today's finds...
NCR.... Today's finds...Matckbooks
Re: NCR....Fantastic Matchbooks!! grin
Thanks Pam 😀
WOWEE! vbg
Thanks Mr & Mrs Smith 😀
VERY nice again, Jamison...cool stuff!! grin
Thanks Steve...😀
Cal won't lose to USC if the Trojans
The illusive RED Santa Anita book, nice find J!!
Thank you .....Eric 😀
What a great purchase!
Thanks Charles...
I agree Charles. A real bargin!!!
Hey DON LUEDERS
Six different El Rancho Vegas "Cowboys"
Re: Six different El Rancho Vegas "Cowboys"
Re: Oh...I see...the interiors...
Thanks for the info Don....I believe I
Looks like the two matches in question are gone
WOW, Thoe are some real beauties !!!!!!!
Thanks Doug.....and (NCR!!)
Those embossed number chips
Nice collection, Roy & thanks for the info grin
Roy...nice collection 😀
Re: Roy...nice collection 😀
Do these count as one you're looking for?
Nah, those are just undersize crest and seals

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