Mallard Restaurant Matchbook
by Mallard Restaurant
Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
An empty matchbook advertising the Mallard Restaurant and Lounge. The front cover reads "Live Music" and "The Mallard Restaurant - Gresham Oregon 97030, 666-3313" with three green and blue birds flying over water. The back cover reads "For your added dining pleasure - visit The Duck Blind - dancing nightly."
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- Description
- An empty matchbook advertising the Mallard Restaurant and Lounge. The front cover reads "Live Music" and "The Mallard Restaurant - Gresham Oregon 97030, 666-3313" with three green and blue birds flying over water. The back cover reads "For your added dining pleasure - visit The Duck Blind - dancing nightly."
- Provenance
- Donated by Betty Chisum in 2001. The matchbook was made by the Monarch Match Company in San Jose, California. The Mallard Restaurant was opened in October 1954 at 218 N. Main Street by Gresham resident Tom Morgan Sr and his son Tom Morgan Jr. Morgan Jr later purchased the restaurant from his father, and sold it to Portlander Bert Ratzlaw in 1967. GHS volunteer Mike Andrews recalled it closing in the 1970s.
- Creator
- Mallard Restaurant
- Monarch Match Company
- Subject
- Matchcovers
- Matches
- Restaurants
- Lounges
- Downtown Gresham
- Location
- Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/
- Identifier
- ghs20010070019
- Contributor
- Gresham Historical Society
- Extent
- Matchbook
- Type
- PhysicalObject
- Item sets
- Gresham Heritage
Part of Mallard Restaurant Matchbook
