This marks the beginning of the Raymond Disney collection - matches belonging to an Actual Disney, friends. I bought them from a fellow down the street - he'd retrieved them from a dumpster, the contents of which once filled Mr. D.'s storage locker. Mr. D himself was present as the locker was emptied; he was quite upset over the dispersal of his goods. The guy who sold them to me just took a cigar box full of matches. Others helped themselves to personal items, over Mr. Disney's objections. Not good.

So while the origin of this collection is steeped in sadness, the matches themselves are quite happy. They're all 50s & 60s California resorts - favorite haunts of the Disneys, one might imagine.