Satan's Flaming Inferno!

So what else could Karswell possibly collect, you ask? How about old 1950's and 60's matchbooks! Being particularly fond of devil and fire imagery, the 3 examples in today's post might be the cream of my extensive matchbook crop. Sample One below: is this not the coolest matchbook you've ever seen? And make sure you read the inside too-- man, I want to go here! One interesting sidenote: My buddy Andrew has a matchbook almost identical to this, but the address on his is actually for a long gone location that was right here in STL, same name and everything, somewhere near the Central West End on Lindell (anyone remember it? Could "The Inferno" have been a chain 40+ years ago?) Sample Two: would have undoubtably made a great blacklight poster or heavy metal album cover, and Sample Three: is unfortunately not the same Flaming Pit Restaurant that many of us St. Louisans fondly remember, but it is still indeed a tremendous matchbook design!

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