Format: Embossed and die-cut trade card, chromolithograph, annotated “from Emily” in ink verso, 6.7 x 11.3cm.
Text in Swedish reads “Säkerhets Tändsticksfabrik Union. Paraffinerade. Säkerts Tändstickor. Utan svafvel och fosfor. Tända endast mot ladans plan. [Union Safety Match Factory. Paraffined. Safety Matches. Free from sulfur and phosphorus. Strike only against the box surface.]”
Text verso reads “A bright New Year. May your New Year be as bright as a prime cigar–alight; And may ev’ry cloud of care, like the smoke, melt into air.”
Advertising card for Swedish matchbooks in the shape of a bundle of cigars and a matchbox.
Minor paper loss.
