Vintage Matchbook Mugs

Description: Vintage Czech Matchbook Label Folkart Design #3

Description: Aviação Brasil / Vintage Matchbook Design

Description: Leilani Hut was in the Belmont Shore area of Long Beach. Open at least as early as 1938 and as late as 1959. At one point it was owned by Don May. The interior had some large Hawaiian scene murals. It is now a Legends sports bar.

Description: Built in 1961, this is one of five Polynesian-themed Tropics motels once owned by Ken Kimes. The most elaborate of the chain was in Palm Springs, now called the Caliente Tropics Resort. This motel was previously connected to the next door Tiki Cocktail Lounge. Further down was a Sambo's restaurant (which now houses Modesto Car Toys). Most recently, the Tropics Motel has been renamed the Tiki Lodge. The pool area is fenced off and is opened seasonally only. The four tikis carved by Ed Crissman around the parking lot now have lighting on their chests/foreheads and solar powered batteries on their heads.

Description: Berlin Haupstadt Vintage Styled Stamp/Matchbook Design

Description: Shakey's Pizza is a pizza restaurant chain based in the United States. Founded in 1954, it was the first franchise pizza chain in the United States. In 1968, the chain had 342 locations. The chain had about 500 stores globally, and 58 in the United States, as of July 2019. Currently, the stores can be found in the states of California and Washington, as well as in the Philippines and Japan.

Description: The Neptune Grill was opened by George Ganas on Capitol Hill in 1938.

Description: Vintage Czech Matchbook Label Folkart Design

Description: Vintage Czech Matchbook Label Folkart Design #5

Description: Hernandoz Hideaway

Description: Motorista Brasil / Vintage Matchbook Design

Description: Vintage Czech Matchbook Label Folkart Design #2

Description: Tucson's Most Modern Motor Hotel

Description: Oasis Motel, 2200 West Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, California.

Description: The Gator Bar and Lounge

Description: Buck's

Description: Retro Czech matchbook label inspired by traditional folk motifs. Distressed, paper-ephemera look suited to collectors and fans of European folk art.

Description: World Famous Sam's Sea Food and Hawaiian Village Family Restaurant.

Description: The wagon-esque theme caught on big during the 1950s, inspired partly by TV westerns and partly by the fame of Las Vegas chuck wagon buffets which provided grub for gamblers from midnight ‘til dawn. If not for Vegas envy, why else would there have been one in Miami Beach in 1955? Apparently seeing no local cuisine worth merchandising, restaurateurs there chose from a grab bag of themes such as Smorgs, Polynesian, and Ken’s Pancake Parade.

Description: "Draw Me" Advert Matchbook

Description: Vintage Czech Motorbike Matchbook Label Design

Description: Bob Brooks 7 Seas night club was a pre-tiki establishment (although they did have both physical tikis and tiki graphics in their menu and advertising...so a case could be made they they were full-blown tiki earlier than many think), originally opened at 6904 Hollywood Boulevard by Ray Haller in 1935. Capitalizing on the popularity of the South Pacific as a dream vacation destination, Haller borrowed ideas from the popular Don the Beachcomber club a few blocks away and decorated the 7 Seas with a collection of tropical plants, nautical items, lava rocks, and other items of decor that fit the Polynesian theme. The most notable feature was a corrugated tin roof upon which nightly tropical rain storms--complete with thunder and lightning.

Description: The amazing graphics of vintage Fifties matchbooks inspired this design from Henry's Coffee Shop in Fillmore, California. Retro matchbooks offer great art deco designs of the past.

Description: Indian Matches Matchbook Swords Label / Folkart Design

Description: Baron's, The Bar on Powell, San Francisco, California, circa 1958

Description: Revival Cafe. In honor of the Speed Dogma. Motorbar and Speedshop. Ave de la Victoria 7. Madrid Spain.

Description: The Makai Room, 12125 Venice Blvd. Mar Vista, California.

Description: I rebuilt this vintage artwork from a matchbook cover from the 60's. This is the vintage logo for the now-defunct Stardust Hotel and Casino from Las Vegas, Nevada, home of the Lido de Paris Nightclub. #stardust #lido

Description: Inspired by a vintage restaurant matchbook for a Polynesian supper club in the 1950s in Los Angeles, California.

Description: A vintage-inspired illustration featuring a classic barbecue restaurant mascot styled like an old promotional matchbook cover. Bold retro typography, nostalgic Americana design, and a playful roadside diner aesthetic combine to capture the charm of mid-century barbecue advertising. Perfect for fans of vintage restaurant graphics, retro branding, classic diner culture, and nostalgic commercial illustration.

Description: California Tiki Hut

Description: This vintage matchbook cover depicts a rooster, hen and their chicks chilling with an inquisitive buck.

Description: Inspired by a vintage matchbook for a supper club called the Old Timer's Club.

Description: Embrace classic poetry and retro vibes with this minimalist matchbook style sunrise illustration. Featuring solid golden tones and distressed line art, it is the perfect nostalgic graphic for literature and vintage art fans.

Description: This is arwork from a matchbook for Sam Goody Records in NYC

Description: Ignite your wardrobe with the vintage charm of The Comet Matchbox Label. Inspired by the golden age of matchbook art and mid-century advertising, this design captures the bold, simplified, and high-impact aesthetic of historic matchbox branding. Whether you are a lover of vintage ephemera, an enthusiast of retro graphic design, or someone who appreciates the unique, colorful history of classic commercial art, this design delivers a stylish and authentic lifestyle statement.