Lincoln Tunnel Promo Matchbooks

Title: Lincoln Tunnel Promo Matchbooks
Description: Four Lincoln Tunnel promotional matchbook covers, circa late 1930s-early 1940s. At the opening of the first tube of the tunnel, there was a good bit of traffic, but the as the novelty wore off, it slowed, as people were not accustomed to using cars to go to New York. These matchbooks encouraged New Jerseyans to think of a speedy tunnel ride to their destinations.
Subject: WHC127
Date: 1937
Type: O2
Identifier: WHC127
Coverage: Lincoln Tunnel,Weehawken, NJ [40.7652034,-74.01610219999999]
Tag: Lincoln Tunnel; Transportation
Rights: This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial and other uses of the item are prohibited without prior written permission from the Weehawken Historical Commission.