Cardboard matchbook with matches inside; matches have mint-green tips and all of them are still there and intact; cover is green and off-white with a man (Snafu) running to an already occupied washroom; concerns V. D. (venereal disease) prevention.
Cardboard matchbook with matches inside; matches have mint-green tips and all of them are still there and intact; cover is green and off-white with a man (Snafu) running to an already occupied washroom; concerns V. D. (venereal disease) prevention.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995.
If from the U.S.A., date would be between 1941-1945 since it is definitely WW II it appears to be depicting; 'Snafu' is military jargon
Material
paper: green; off-white
Inscriptions
"EVEN // SNAFU // KNOWS . . V. D. // CAN BE PREVENTED // DON'T GET BURNED ... USE COVER" COVERED"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder A
Dimension Notes
Length: 5.3 cm. x Width: 3.9 cm. x Depth: 0.9 cm.
Condition Remarks
Edges a little soft, paper age-discoloured; same stains inside from the ink and outside from the chemical match heads and staple; matches are discoloured brown
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"The New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary"; "The Snake-Oil Syndrome" by A. Walker Bingham, pp. 51,
53
Research Facts
V. D. refers to venereal diseases such as gonorrhea and syphilis contracted by sexual intercourse; comes from Latin "venereus" from Venus, goddess of sexual love; older treatments included sarsaparillas and mercury compounds; often fears of these diseases were played on.
Sexual diseases health issues used matchbooks to have information in the hands of soldiers during WWII.