Private Collection: Matchbook, LaSalle National Bank

Matchbooks were first invented in 1892. Over the last 123 years they have changed. Matchbook covers have always been a form of advertisement for the business or establishment who handed them out. Today they do not have as much graphics as matchbooks from the 1960's '70's or '80's.This matchbook advertises for theLaSalle National Bank in LaSalle, Illinois. Today this matchbook is in a private collection in NW Iowa:

Previous articles in the series:

Private Collection: Kodak Partytime Instant Camera

Private Collection: Kiwi Shoe Server Kit

Private Collection: 1930's Listerine Bottle

Private Collection: The New Orpheum 80th Anniversary Commemorative Merlot Bottle

Private Collection: Fat's Inagural Great Beer Ride Across Iowa Bottle

Private Collection: Odell Brewing and Boulevard Brewing Companies Silver Anniversary Bottle

Private Collection: 2012 Model A Day Lager Bottle

Private Collection: c.1961 Motorola Record Player

Private Collection: California Raisin

Private Collection: Bedtime Bert

Private Collection: Idora Beaute Container

Private Collection: Standard Bearings Bottle Top

Private Collection: Vintage J. R. Watkins Menthol Camphor Container

Private Collection: Moosehaven, Florida Anniversary Plate

Private Collection: 1960 Coronado Dog Tax

Private Collection: Barley Dog Tag

Private Collection: Glenwood Safety Patrol Badge

Private Collection: 1964 Journeyman Plumber Coin

Private Collection: 1961 Park Forest Dog License

Private Collection: Langridge Drugs Tiny Bond

Private Collection: 1970's Baby Cloth Diaper Safety Pin

Private Collection: Midge Toy Die Cast Car

Private Collection: Cub Scouts 50th Anniversary Mug

Private Collection: Vintage Monopoly Game Piece

Private Collection: Rengo Obesity Treatment Box Lid

Private Collection: Air Way Auto Compass

Private Collection: Norlund Ice Cleat

Private Collection: 1970's Hy-Vee Sugar Free Root Beer Can

Private Collection: Outers No. 444 Gunslick Gun Cleaning Solvent

Private Collection: Taber's Floex Metal Gasket Cement Bottle

Private Collection: Matchbook, Elliott Lumber and Coal

Private Collection: Matchbook, The Tiki

Private Collection: Matchbook, The Tin Cup Restaurant, El Mirador Cocktail Lounge, and Hotel Francis

Private Collection: Matchbook, Turn Style

Private Collection: Matchbook, Baker Auto Parts

Private Collection: Matchbook, Union Bank

Private Collection: 1930's to 1940's Hamms Beer Can

Private Collection: 1930's to 1940's Stag Beer Can

Private Collection: The Great Muppet Caper Glasses

Private Collection: Smurf Glasses, Smurfette

Private Collection: A&W Dancing Bear Glass

Private Collection: Fly Fishing Reel

Private Collection: 4th Brewing Company Beer Coasters

Private Collection: Twirling Baton

Private Collection: Pipes and Pipe Stand

Private Collection: Depression era Rittenhouse Door Chime

Private Collection: 1960's Ceramic Duck

Private Collection: Vintage Air Pump

Private Collection: Auto Strop Safety Razor

Private Collection: Hemming Reloading Service Ammunition Box

Private Collection: 1984 Chicago Cubs

Private Collection: Late 1950's, Early 1960's Tonka Allied Moving Truck

Private Collection: Schwinn American Advertisement

Private Collection: 1992 Topps Micro Baseball Cards

Private Collection: 1966 Batman Pin

Private Collection: Barilla Plus Souvenir Hacky Sack

Private Collection: Brian Duffy RAGBRAI Cartoon Cube

Private Collection: RAGBRAI Playing Cards

Private Collection: RAGBRAI XXVI, 1998

Private Collection: RAGBRAI XXXVI, 2008 Souvenir

Private Collection: RAGBRAI XXXVIII, 2010 Souvenir

Private Collection: RAGBRAI XLIV, 2006 Souvenir

Private Collection: RAGBRAI XLIII, 2015 Souvenir

Private Collection: 1985 Polish Postage Stamp

Private Collection: Bicycle Poker Chip

Private Collection: Bicycle Tournament Coin

Private Collection: 1972 Munich Olympic Games Cycling Pin

Private Collection: 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games Russian Soviet Cycling Pin

Private Collection: 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games Cycling Pins, Magnet, and Coin

Private Collection: Marineland Pennant

Private Collection: Chicago Cubs 1984 N.L. East Division Champions Pennant

Private Collection: Iowa Cubs Pennant

Private Collection: Orpheum Theater Grand Re-Opening Ticket

Private Collection: USS Arizona Memorial Theater and Ferry Admission Pass

Private Collection: The Plaza Inn Token

Private Collection: Sears Centennial Coin

Private Collection: Softball

Private Collection: Antique Garden Cultivator

Private Collection: U.S. Mailbox Bank

Private Collection: Lincoln-Kennedy Penny
Private Collection: 1975 Iowa State Fair Snoopy Souvenir
Private Collection: Iowa State Capitol Building Copper Roof Material
Private Collection: Drafting Board
Private Collection: Baking Pans
Private Collection: Solar Milk Can
Private Collection: Oil Can
Private Collection: Vintage Water Can
Private Collection: Vintage/Antique Hand Wood Planes
Private Collection: Vintage/Antique Hand Drills
Private Collection: Vintage/Antique Rugol Coping Saw
Private Collection: Vintage/Antique Mitre Box Saw
Private Collection: 1930's to 1940's Marlin Firearms Ranger .22 Caliber Model 36 s-l-lr Rifle
Private Collection: Nash 1960's Nash Sidewalk Surfboard
Private Collection: Norge Wringer/Press Machine
Private Collection: Hiawatha Bicycle Chain Guard
Private Collection: Antique Tool
Private Collection: Aladdin's Castle Token Container's
Private Collection: Aladdin's Castle Token Wrist Pouches
Private Collection: The Automatic Recording Safe Company, LaSalle State Bank, Savings Bank
Private Collection: 1950's Stanhome Ashtray
Private Collection: Vintage Grooming Kit

Private Collection: Vintage Crosby Square Shoe Horn

Private Collection: Matchbook, Navy

Private Collection: Matchbook, Navy

Matchbooks were first invented in 1892. Over the last 123 years they have changed. Matchbook covers have always been a form of advertisement for the business or establishment who handed them out. Today they do not have as much graphics as matchbooks from the 1960's '70's or '80's.This matchbook advertises for the US Navy. Today this matchbook is in a private collection in NW Iowa:

Previous articles in the series:

Private Collection: Kodak Partytime Instant Camera

Private Collection: Kiwi Shoe Server Kit

Private Collection: 1930's Listerine Bottle

Private Collection: The New Orpheum 80th Anniversary Commemorative Merlot Bottle

Private Collection: Fat's Inagural Great Beer Ride Across Iowa Bottle

Private Collection: Odell Brewing and Boulevard Brewing Companies Silver Anniversary Bottle

Private Collection: 2012 Model A Day Lager Bottle

Private Collection: c.1961 Motorola Record Player

Private Collection: California Raisin

Private Collection: Bedtime Bert

Private Collection: Idora Beaute Container

Private Collection: Standard Bearings Bottle Top

Private Collection: Vintage J. R. Watkins Menthol Camphor Container

Private Collection: Moosehaven, Florida Anniversary Plate

Private Collection: 1960 Coronado Dog Tax

Private Collection: Barley Dog Tag

Private Collection: Glenwood Safety Patrol Badge

Private Collection: 1964 Journeyman Plumber Coin

Private Collection: 1961 Park Forest Dog License

Private Collection: Langridge Drugs Tiny Bond

Private Collection: 1970's Baby Cloth Diaper Safety Pin

Private Collection: Midge Toy Die Cast Car

Private Collection: Cub Scouts 50th Anniversary Mug

Private Collection: Vintage Monopoly Game Piece

Private Collection: Rengo Obesity Treatment Box Lid

Private Collection: Air Way Auto Compass

Private Collection: Norlund Ice Cleat

Private Collection: 1970's Hy-Vee Sugar Free Root Beer Can

Private Collection: Outers No. 444 Gunslick Gun Cleaning Solvent

Private Collection: Taber's Floex Metal Gasket Cement Bottle

Private Collection: Matchbook, Elliott Lumber and Coal

Private Collection: Matchbook, The Tiki

Private Collection: Matchbook, The Tin Cup Restaurant, El Mirador Cocktail Lounge, and Hotel Francis

Private Collection: Matchbook, Turn Style

Private Collection: Matchbook, Baker Auto Parts

Private Collection: Matchbook, Union Bank

Private Collection: 1930's to 1940's Hamms Beer Can

Private Collection: 1930's to 1940's Stag Beer Can

Private Collection: The Great Muppet Caper Glasses

Private Collection: Smurf Glasses, Smurfette

Private Collection: A&W Dancing Bear Glass

Private Collection: Fly Fishing Reel

Private Collection: 4th Brewing Company Beer Coasters

Private Collection: Twirling Baton

Private Collection: Pipes and Pipe Stand

Private Collection: Depression era Rittenhouse Door Chime

Private Collection: 1960's Ceramic Duck

Private Collection: Vintage Air Pump

Private Collection: Auto Strop Safety Razor

Private Collection: Hemming Reloading Service Ammunition Box

Private Collection: 1984 Chicago Cubs

Private Collection: Late 1950's, Early 1960's Tonka Allied Moving Truck

Private Collection: Schwinn American Advertisement

Private Collection: 1992 Topps Micro Baseball Cards

Private Collection: 1966 Batman Pin

Private Collection: Barilla Plus Souvenir Hacky Sack

Private Collection: Brian Duffy RAGBRAI Cartoon Cube

Private Collection: RAGBRAI Playing Cards

Private Collection: RAGBRAI XXVI, 1998

Private Collection: RAGBRAI XXXVI, 2008 Souvenir

Private Collection: RAGBRAI XXXVIII, 2010 Souvenir

Private Collection: RAGBRAI XLIV, 2006 Souvenir

Private Collection: RAGBRAI XLIII, 2015 Souvenir

Private Collection: 1985 Polish Postage Stamp

Private Collection: Bicycle Poker Chip

Private Collection: Bicycle Tournament Coin

Private Collection: 1972 Munich Olympic Games Cycling Pin

Private Collection: 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games Russian Soviet Cycling Pin

Private Collection: 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games Cycling Pins, Magnet, and Coin

Private Collection: Marineland Pennant

Private Collection: Chicago Cubs 1984 N.L. East Division Champions Pennant

Private Collection: Iowa Cubs Pennant

Private Collection: Orpheum Theater Grand Re-Opening Ticket

Private Collection: USS Arizona Memorial Theater and Ferry Admission Pass

Private Collection: The Plaza Inn Token

Private Collection: Sears Centennial Coin

Private Collection: Softball

Private Collection: Antique Garden Cultivator

Private Collection: U.S. Mailbox Bank

Private Collection: Lincoln-Kennedy Penny
Private Collection: 1975 Iowa State Fair Snoopy Souvenir
Private Collection: Iowa State Capitol Building Copper Roof Material
Private Collection: Drafting Board
Private Collection: Baking Pans
Private Collection: Solar Milk Can
Private Collection: Oil Can
Private Collection: Vintage Water Can
Private Collection: Vintage/Antique Hand Wood Planes
Private Collection: Vintage/Antique Hand Drills
Private Collection: Vintage/Antique Rugol Coping Saw
Private Collection: Vintage/Antique Mitre Box Saw
Private Collection: 1930's to 1940's Marlin Firearms Ranger .22 Caliber Model 36 s-l-lr Rifle
Private Collection: Nash 1960's Nash Sidewalk Surfboard
Private Collection: Norge Wringer/Press Machine
Private Collection: Hiawatha Bicycle Chain Guard
Private Collection: Antique Tool
Private Collection: Aladdin's Castle Token Container's
Private Collection: Aladdin's Castle Token Wrist Pouches
Private Collection: The Automatic Recording Safe Company, LaSalle State Bank, Savings Bank
Private Collection: 1950's Stanhome Ashtray
Private Collection: Vintage Grooming Kit

Private Collection: Vintage Crosby Square Shoe Horn

Private Collection: Vintage Crosby Square Shoe Horn

Shoe horns are still used today at higher end show stores. This is a vintage Crosby Square shoe horn from the 1960's or 1970's.

Previous articles in the series:

Private Collection: Kodak Partytime Instant Camera

Private Collection: Kiwi Shoe Server Kit

Private Collection: 1930's Listerine Bottle

Private Collection: The New Orpheum 80th Anniversary Commemorative Merlot Bottle

Private Collection: Fat's Inagural Great Beer Ride Across Iowa Bottle

Private Collection: Odell Brewing and Boulevard Brewing Companies Silver Anniversary Bottle

Private Collection: 2012 Model A Day Lager Bottle

Private Collection: c.1961 Motorola Record Player

Private Collection: California Raisin

Private Collection: Bedtime Bert

Private Collection: Idora Beaute Container

Private Collection: Standard Bearings Bottle Top

Private Collection: Vintage J. R. Watkins Menthol Camphor Container

Private Collection: Moosehaven, Florida Anniversary Plate

Private Collection: 1960 Coronado Dog Tax

Private Collection: Barley Dog Tag

Private Collection: Glenwood Safety Patrol Badge

Private Collection: 1964 Journeyman Plumber Coin

Private Collection: 1961 Park Forest Dog License

Private Collection: Langridge Drugs Tiny Bond

Private Collection: 1970's Baby Cloth Diaper Safety Pin

Private Collection: Midge Toy Die Cast Car

Private Collection: Cub Scouts 50th Anniversary Mug

Private Collection: Vintage Monopoly Game Piece

Private Collection: Rengo Obesity Treatment Box Lid

Private Collection: Air Way Auto Compass

Private Collection: Norlund Ice Cleat

Private Collection: 1970's Hy-Vee Sugar Free Root Beer Can

Private Collection: Outers No. 444 Gunslick Gun Cleaning Solvent

Private Collection: Taber's Floex Metal Gasket Cement Bottle

Private Collection: Matchbook, Elliott Lumber and Coal

Private Collection: Matchbook, The Tiki

Private Collection: Matchbook, The Tin Cup Restaurant, El Mirador Cocktail Lounge, and Hotel Francis

Private Collection: Matchbook, Turn Style

Private Collection: Matchbook, Baker Auto Parts

Private Collection: Matchbook, Union Bank

Private Collection: 1930's to 1940's Hamms Beer Can

Private Collection: 1930's to 1940's Stag Beer Can

Private Collection: The Great Muppet Caper Glasses

Private Collection: Smurf Glasses, Smurfette

Private Collection: A&W Dancing Bear Glass

Private Collection: Fly Fishing Reel

Private Collection: 4th Brewing Company Beer Coasters

Private Collection: Twirling Baton

Private Collection: Pipes and Pipe Stand

Private Collection: Depression era Rittenhouse Door Chime

Private Collection: 1960's Ceramic Duck

Private Collection: Vintage Air Pump

Private Collection: Auto Strop Safety Razor

Private Collection: Hemming Reloading Service Ammunition Box

Private Collection: 1984 Chicago Cubs

Private Collection: Late 1950's, Early 1960's Tonka Allied Moving Truck

Private Collection: Schwinn American Advertisement

Private Collection: 1992 Topps Micro Baseball Cards

Private Collection: 1966 Batman Pin

Private Collection: Barilla Plus Souvenir Hacky Sack

Private Collection: Brian Duffy RAGBRAI Cartoon Cube

Private Collection: RAGBRAI Playing Cards

Private Collection: RAGBRAI XXVI, 1998

Private Collection: RAGBRAI XXXVI, 2008 Souvenir

Private Collection: RAGBRAI XXXVIII, 2010 Souvenir

Private Collection: RAGBRAI XLIV, 2006 Souvenir

Private Collection: RAGBRAI XLIII, 2015 Souvenir

Private Collection: 1985 Polish Postage Stamp

Private Collection: Bicycle Poker Chip

Private Collection: Bicycle Tournament Coin

Private Collection: 1972 Munich Olympic Games Cycling Pin

Private Collection: 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games Russian Soviet Cycling Pin

Private Collection: 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games Cycling Pins, Magnet, and Coin

Private Collection: Marineland Pennant

Private Collection: Chicago Cubs 1984 N.L. East Division Champions Pennant

Private Collection: Iowa Cubs Pennant

Private Collection: Orpheum Theater Grand Re-Opening Ticket

Private Collection: USS Arizona Memorial Theater and Ferry Admission Pass

Private Collection: The Plaza Inn Token

Private Collection: Sears Centennial Coin

Private Collection: Softball

Private Collection: Antique Garden Cultivator

Private Collection: U.S. Mailbox Bank

Private Collection: Lincoln-Kennedy Penny
Private Collection: 1975 Iowa State Fair Snoopy Souvenir
Private Collection: Iowa State Capitol Building Copper Roof Material
Private Collection: Drafting Board
Private Collection: Baking Pans
Private Collection: Solar Milk Can
Private Collection: Oil Can
Private Collection: Vintage Water Can
Private Collection: Vintage/Antique Hand Wood Planes
Private Collection: Vintage/Antique Hand Drills
Private Collection: Vintage/Antique Rugol Coping Saw
Private Collection: Vintage/Antique Mitre Box Saw
Private Collection: 1930's to 1940's Marlin Firearms Ranger .22 Caliber Model 36 s-l-lr Rifle
Private Collection: Nash 1960's Nash Sidewalk Surfboard
Private Collection: Norge Wringer/Press Machine
Private Collection: Hiawatha Bicycle Chain Guard
Private Collection: Antique Tool
Private Collection: Aladdin's Castle Token Container's
Private Collection: Aladdin's Castle Token Wrist Pouches
Private Collection: The Automatic Recording Safe Company, LaSalle State Bank, Savings Bank
Private Collection: 1950's Stanhome Ashtray
Private Collection: Vintage Grooming Kit

Search for the Best Loose Meat Sandwich in Siouxland: Little Chicago Deli & Grill

Recently the tavern or loose meat sandwich served by Little Chicago Deli & Grill in Sioux City, Iowa was taste tested. Little Chicago Deli & Grill started out as just a local sub shop who recently expanded their menu to include hot food. They are the best place in Sioux City to have a sub or deli style sandwich and are a local favorite. Little Chicago Deli & Grill is located in downtown Sioux City, Iowa.

Here are the results:

The Little Chicago Deli & Grill Tavern comes with square shape bun, seasoned meat, cheese, pickle, onion, mustard and ketchup unless otherwise specified.

A total of 4 sandwiches were tested. 2 with mustard, 2 without.

Bun - Rating: 5 points. The bun is square and the perfect size for the amount of tavern meat and comdiments. Very soft as a tavern sandwich bun should be.

Meat - Rating: 5 points. The meat was perfect. The right amount of moisture. The texture was perfect. the meat was loose enough to be called a loose meat or tavern, but not so loose it completely fell out of the bun. The blend of seasoning was perfect. Not too much and not too little. The flavor was excellent. There was the natural flavor from the beef that could still be tasted through the blend of seasoning and spices. The seasoning does not overpower the flavor of the beef.

Condiments - Rating: 5 points. The condiments provided are: cheese, pickle, onion, ketchup and mustard. All of the listed condiments and toppings are included unless otherwise specified. The condiments provided are perfectly proportioned in the right amounts where one does not over power the other.

Total score: 15 points out of 15 possible. A perfect score.

This puts the tavern or loose meat sandwich at Little Chicago Deli & Grill tied for first place with Coney Island and Bob Roe's Point After. This is out of a total of 12 places tested, 2 are franchised, 10 are not. There is going to have to be a tie breaker between the top 3.

Tied for 1st Place - Coney Island, Bod Roe's Point After and Little Chicago Deli with a perfect score of 15 points.
Tied for 2nd Place - Billy Boy, Miles Inn and the Garden Cafe with 14 points.
Tied for 3rd Place - Tastee Inn and Out and Ali's Good Time Grill with 13 points.
4th Place: HyVee Kitchen on Hamilton Blvd with 12 points.
5th Place: Bob's Drive Inn with 11 points.
6th Place -  Culver's with 9 points.
7th Place - Dairy Queen with 8 points.

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Previous articles on the search for the best loose meat:
Search for the Best Loose Meat in Siouxland: Bob's Drive Inn
Search for the Best Loose Meat in Sioux City
Search for the Best Loose Meat in sioux City: Update
History of the Loose Meat or Tavern Sandwich
Search for the Best Loose Meat in Siouxland: Update Continued
Search for the Best Loose Meat in Siouxland: 10/6/2012
Search for the Best Loose Meat in Siouxland: Fall of 2012
Search for the Best Loose Meat in Siouxland: Tastee Inn and Out Recipe

Search for the Best Loose Meat Sandwich in Siouxland: Bob's Drive Inn

Recently the tavern or loose meat sandwich served by Bob's Drive Inn in LeMars, Iowa was taste tested. Bob's Drive Inn is a LeMars, Iowa staple. It opened in 1949 and has been one of the places to eat in LeMars.

Here are the results:

Bun - Rating: 5 points. The bun is square and the perfect size for the amount of tavern meat and comdiments. Very soft as a tavern sandwich bun should be.

Meat - Rating: 2 points. The meat had too much moisture. So much the meat clumped together almost making it on solid hamburger pattie instead of loose meat. It should have not been as moist as it was. The feel or the texture on the tongue was confusing because of the excessive moisture. 
The flavor taste of the meat is too bland. Were it not for the condiments there would almost be no flavor at all to the meat, except for the actual taste of the hamburger itself but because of the excessive moisture the hamburger flavor would have been affected.

Condiments - Rating: 4 points. The condiments provided are: opinion  ketchup and mustard. Pickles are not included unless asked for, but should be. The condiments provided are pefectly proportioned in the right amounts where one does not over power the other. The onions were diced into square shapes. An interesting option vs minced or just chopped.

Total score: 11 points out of 15 possible.

This puts the tavern or loose meat sandwich at Bob's Drive Inn in 5th place over all out of 10 places tested and 7 places in the rankings. The only 2 that scored lower than Bob's Drive Inn are Culver's and Dairy Queen. For non-chain/non-franchise type establishments Bob's Drive Inn is in last place.

Over all rankings to date:

Tied for 1st Place - Coney Island and Bod Roe's Point After with a perfect score of 15 points.
Tied for 2nd Place - Billy Boy, Miles Inn and the Garden Cafe with 14 points.
Tied for 3rd Place - Tastee Inn and Out and Ali's Good Time Grill with 13 points.
4th Place: HyVee Kitchen on Hamilton Blvd with 12 points.
5th Place: Bob's Drive Inn with 11 points.
6th Place -  Culver's with 9 points.
7th Place - Dairy Queen with 8 points.

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Links to the past articles on the search for the best loose meat sandwich:
Search for the Best Loose Meat in Sioux City
Search for the Best Loose Meat in sioux City: Update
History of the Loose Meat or Tavern Sandwich
Search for the Best Loose Meat in Siouxland: Update Continued
Search for the Best Loose Meat in Siouxland: 10/6/2012
Search for the Best Loose Meat in Siouxland: Fall of 2012
Search for the Best Loose Meat in Siouxland: Tastee Inn and Out Recipe