Between the Covers

Unbound. Matchbook. Lacking the original match sticks, else a very good, vibrant example, printed in multiple colors, from Chicago's largest strip club in the early 1950s. The outside cover advertises the club as "Chicago's only electric lighted tile bar," with "four floor shows nightly," and features three girls in semi-states of undress. The removal of the match sticks from the inside cover reveals a black & white photograph of an alluring woman fully undressed, alongside McGovern's "Dine and Dance" logo. It was here during the gangster era that Dion O'Bannion, founder of the North Side Mob and the main rival of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone, worked as a singing waiter and became friends with Bugs Moran, Hymie Weiss, and "The Schemer" Drucci. A nice piece of Americana.

Item #372563