News events of September 22-24, 1959 included a plane crash in France that killed 54 people, and the explosion of an Atlas-Able rocket on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, a bit of a setback for the US in the space race, as it gave the USSR the opportunity to be the first to photograph the far side of the moon. Nikita Khrushchev continued his US tour with a visit to Iowa, and the White Sox won their first pennant in 40 years.
The North Carolina State Fair was being held in Raleigh, and the Automatic Canteen company printed up matchbooks for their booth at the Southeastern Plant Engineering and Maintenance Show. Automatic Canteen was (and still is, without "Automatic" in their name) a leading vending machine company.
1n 1959 the team geographically closest to North Carolina was the Washington Senators. The Senators were winding up an eight place season with losses to the Yankees on the 22nd and 23rd, their last two home games of the season. Rookie star Bob Allison was a rare bright spot for Washington, with four hits including a home run.
Interesting post. Back in the day, Canteen once owned one of the stadium food concessions companies that I used to work for.
ReplyDeleteI know that there's no way of knowing, but it would be interesting to know how many matchbooks were made for that show. At least then you could say that you have 1 of X amount of books that were made.
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