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Title	Ohio Blue Tip Match Books
Subject	Business and Labor; Arts and Entertainment; Match industry; Matches; Boxes; Advertising
Place	Wadsworth (Ohio); Medina County (Ohio)
Description	This box of blue tip matchbooks was manufactured by the Ohio Match Company in the 1970s. It features an offer for a free brandy snifter. The box measures approximately 3" x 4" (7.62 cm x 10.16 cm). <p>Ohio Match Company was one of the four Ohio companies that helped move Wadsworth from a coal mining town to an industrial community. Established in 1893 by E. J. Young, the first building was built in 1895, and the first matches produced in 1896. The first matches produced were the single-dip parlor match, but after 1900 the double-dip match was developed. The company also made safety-strike and book matches. Until the 1960s, the company was the largest employer in Wadsworth, employing 1,600 people, more than 600 of them women. The annual Blue Tip Festival in Wadsworth still starts with the lighting of a 17-ft tall match during the Blue Tip Parade. Demand for matches declined significantly at then end of the 20th century when disposable pocket lighters became common; the company closed in the 1980s.
Creator	Ohio Match Company
Date of Original	1970 circa
Collection	Ohio Match Company Collection
Submitting Institution	Wadsworth Public Library
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
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Title	Om2631_056.tif
Submitting Institution	Wadsworth Public Library
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
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Image Width	2140
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