Matchbooks
DistributorDistributed by
Club Baths
Datec. 1985
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (closed, length x width x height): 2 1/16 × 7/8 × 1/4in. (5.3 × 2.3 × 0.6cm)
ClassificationsCommercial Objects
Credit LineGift of W. Kenneth Smith
DescriptionFive identical paperboard matchbooks for Club Bath Chain, which had a location at 1169 Main Street, East Hartford, Connecticut. The matchbooks are black with the club's logo, "BC" in metalic silver on the front and, "CLUB / BATH / CHAIN" printed in silver on the reverse.
Object number2020.42.1-.5
NotesSubject Note: Club Baths (CBC) was a chain of private all-male gay bathhouses successful prior to the AIDS epidemic. In the 1990s state and government agencies closed many of these types of clubs.On View
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Louis E. Parkhurst
