Jana Kincer

On 2/7/2013 at 4:44 PM, IHB2 said:

I just unpacked these 70 vintage matchbooks from my late parents' stuff. Mostly Houston area restaurants of the 1950s and 1960s, but also some Houston hotels, oil industry service companie, and some great Bellaire businesses. There are another 80 or so from all over Texas and some international and other US states - I'll post a pic of these after I take it.

 

I sob a little just looking at the Valian's matches, and Kaphan's, and Pier 21, and Safari, and...

 

 

 

Would you be willing to sell that collection? I will give you a good price

Interested in buying any Houston restaurant matchbooks that you guys have collected. Please let me know. I can trade with you as well

Houston has lately been referred to as the restaurant or culinary capital of the United States. In celebration of that, I was wanting to share pictures of old Houston restaurant matchbooks. I have several hundred I can share with the community here (but not all at once!). Was interested if any of you out there want to do the same. Any Houston matchbook collectors out there? It would be great to share old pictures of the actual restaurants as well.