Originally posted on Ipernity: Tricycle Safety Matches.

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"The Norge to the N. Pole. Safety matches. Made in Italy. S.A. Fabbriche Riunite Fiammiferi, Milano."

According to Wikipedia, "The Norge was a semi-rigid Italian-built airship that carried out what many consider the first verified overflight of the North Pole on May 12, 1926. It was also the first aircraft to fly over the polar ice cap between Europe and America. The expedition was the brainchild of polar explorer and expedition leader Roald Amundsen, the airship's designer and pilot Umberto Nobile and American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth, who along with the Aero Club of Norway financed the trip." For more information, see Wikipedia's Norge (airship) article.

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Originally posted on Ipernity: Parrot Safety-Match.

Parrot Safety-Match. Made in Sweden. Jönköpings & Vulcans Tändsticksfabriks T.F.A.B., Sweden.

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"Atomic Safety Matches, supplied to PO Eng Trading Manila P.I. by Hong Kong Match Factory, manufacturers."

For other examples of Atomic Age ephemera, see Super Atomic Supercharged Flashlight Crackers, Fire and Air Raid Signals / Survival Secrets for "A" Bombing, and The Original Canned Radiation, Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania.

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"Made in Poland."

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