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09 Sep
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UNTIL VICTORY, MIKI, FOREVER

  The motto on the Cuban matchbox: I conquistando el futuro! I conquer the future! Can express in the best way the luck that the work of Mikis Theodorakis will

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05 Sep
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FEMINISM AND MATCHES

  The advent of the coronavirus pandemic certainly contributed to the emergence of phenomena of gender and domestic violence as well as aspects of gender inequalities. The #MeToo movement came

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05 Sep
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LOTTERIES, GAMBLING AND MATCHBOXES

    Lotteries and gambling in general, especially in the past, were one of the relatively common depictions in matchboxes. There are several individual Greek matchboxes on the subject of

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31 Aug
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DΟΕ: CHRONIC BLEEDING

  In many Greek matchboxes of the first period -that is, until 1961- we see that in the security tape they had the greek acronym «ΔΟΕ». Of course, your mind

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27 Aug
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ATHLETES IN MATCHBOX DEPICTIONS – ATHLETES AND SOCIAL NORMS

  In many matchboxes of different countries there are depictions of athletes. Soccer players, basketball players, boxers, equestrian athletes, golfers and many other sports adorn the faces of matchboxes. It

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23 Aug
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US MILITARY AIR MATCHBOXES AND ANOTHER MATHBOX DEPICTING BIN LANDEN. THE SUFFERING OF THE AFGHANISTAN PEOPLE CONTINUES.

    Two matchboxes of the US Air Force  and a much newer matchbox from the 2000s, of Russian origin, depicting Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the

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23 Aug
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TALK ABOUT TOMATOES

    Very rarely will you come across matchboxes that display tomatoes! There are mostly 1960s-1970s promotional matchboxes featuring Hunt’s ketchup sauces. There is also a Greek matchbox that displays

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14 Aug
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CHILDREN’S DRAWINGS IN THE MATCHEΒΟΧΕS: A WINDOW IN THEIR MENTAL WORLD.

An unusual theme in matchboxes is children’s drawings. One such theme exists in the collection of the “Matchbox Museum” in a French series consisting of 7 matchboxes. Although it is

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11 Aug
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THE BIRDS –VICTIMS OF THE FIRE– IN THE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE MATCHES

      In the matchboxes of several countries there are representations of birds – which unfortunately are also victims of forest fires. A typical case that became public are

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11 Aug
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DOGS – A FAVORITE THEME OF MATCHBOXES – AND ZOOPHILIA

          One of the most popular and frequent themes of the matchboxes, in almost every country in the world, is dogs. This is due to the

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