We stopped at an antique shop last fall and found a photo album that was marked "Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico".

We opened the album, hoping to find lots of vintage photos of Nevada,and we found...matchbook covers!

Well...what was left of them, anyway. Not only were the matches stripped out, and the strikers cut off, the "close cover before striking" warning was cut off too! And they were stapled onto the pages of the photo album. The poor things were in sad shape, but we bought the album anyway.

I finally took the time, today, to remove about 80 Nevada covers from the album. Here's a few of the more rare or unusual ones

Broderick's Bar (Carson City), Pop's Oasis (Jean), The Dunes (LV Strip), Las Vegas Army Airfield, Lido Bar (downtown Las Vegas), A-1 One Stop (Wendover-Shell Service, Motel, Cafe, Bar...on a Blatz Beer Cover), Monte Carlo Club (Wells), "Red" Morgan's Tower Club (N. Las Vegas), La Rue Restaurant & Casino (Strip), El Rancho Vegas feature (the only cover in the album that was almost intact, with just the match heads cut off!), and Cinnabar (downtown LV)