[BCMA] A Matchbook Dilemma

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Hi, everyone,

We have recently acquired a scrapbook that, among many other things, has a
few matchbooks glued into it - complete with matches. My instinct tells me
that matches in a paper scrapbook is just a bad idea, but on the other hand,
they have been in there for the better part of 50 years and nothing terrible
has happened. Do I need to worry about them? They're not a hugely
significant part of the scrapbook itself - just little souvenirs collected
on international vacations, but the plane tickets and similar documents are
also there, so altogether it kind of speaks to the novelty of international
travel. I've thought about just cutting the heads off the matches, but it's
not often we see thin, flat wooden matches like that so I also hate to
destroy them...

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Tammy


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Tammy Bradford, Manager
Creston Museum
219 Devon Street, Creston BC V0B 1G3
250-428-9262



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