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#          Year          Model  name & description             Number of Matchsticks

1.         1977         Church                                                                    500

2.         1978         Barn                                                                      5,000

3.         1979        USS Constitution                                                8,000**

4.         1980        Stagecoach                                                         2,000

5.         1981        Stern wheel riverboat                                     20,000

6-9       1982       4 Windmills                                                          2,000

10.       1983       1930's Locomotive                                             1,500

11.       1984       Bicycle                                                                      500

12.       1985       Small Civil War Cannon                                     1,000

13.       1986       Small USS Iowa Battleship                               7,000**

14-16  1987       3 Country Schools                                               1,500

17.       1987       USS Midway aircraft carrier                         16,000 **

18-22  1987       5 Rocking Chairs                                                    500

23.       1987       Freightliner  flatbed tractor-trailer                  4,000

24.       1988       Robert E. Lee 19th century steamboat        50,000 **

Robert E. Lee -  75,000 matchsticks

25.       1988       F4U Corsair fighter plane                               14,000 **

26.       1988       Walt Disney's Pinocchio                                   6,000

27.       1988       Cannondale tandem bicycle                                500

28.       1989       F-15 Eagle fighter jet                                        15,000**

29.       1990       Sculptured Swimmer                                            500

30.       1990       B-17 Flying Fortress bomber                         14,000 **

31.       1991       Small General locomotive                                 9,000 **

32.       1991       Brontosaurus dinosaur                                    18,000

33.       1991       Christopher Columbus's Santa Maria           27,000 **

34.       1992       USS Forrestal aircraft carrier                        55,000**

USS Forrestal - 55,000 matchsticks

35.       1992       P-51 Mustang fighter plane                            15,000

P-51 Mustang - 15,000 matchsticks

36.      1992       Star Trek Starship USS Enterprise              18,000 **

37.      1992       Gun-slinging Cowboy                                        25,000 **

Cowboy  -  25,000 matchsticks

38.       1993      Block Island Lighthouse                                125,000 **

Block Island Lighthouse - 125,000 matchsticks

39.     1993        Conestoga wagon                                              20,000

40.     1993        SR-71 Blackbird                                                 17,000

41.     1993       The General  Civil War locomotive                 78,000 **

The General - 78,000 matchsticks

42.       1993       Parrott Rifle and Limber                                    8,000

43.       1994       Paul Revere's Midnight Ride                           18,000 **

44.       1994      Wright Brother's Flyer                                      10,000

45.       1994      American Bald Eagle                                         15,000

46.       1994      USS Nimitz aircraft carrier                              40,000

47.      1995      Cutty Sark  clipper ship                                     38,000

48.       1996      Terrace Hill - Iowa Governor's mansion     193,000

49.       1997      Space Shuttle Challenger                              200,000

50.       1998      USS Iowa battleship                                        137,000

51.       1999      Crooked House                                                 300,000

52.       2001      United States Capitol                                       478,000

United States Capitol - 478,000 matchsticks

53.       2001      Winged Angel                                                           500

54.       2003      Notre Dame of Chartres cathedral              174,000

Notre Dame of Chartres - 174,00 matchsticks

55.       2003      Old Farmstead Windmill                                        500

56.        2003    Winged Angel                                                            500

57.       2003      Erica's Country School House                          4,000

58.       2004      AH-64A Apache helicopter                             26,000

59.       2004      Harry Potter's Hogwarts                                602,000

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - 602,000 matchsticks

60.     2006     Extreme Makeover House                                      6,000

Total Matchsticks                      ________________ _       2,827,000

** indicates the model has been purchased by Ripley's Believe It or Not

 Matchstick Marvels models purchased by and displayed at Ripley's Believe It or Not museums worldwide!

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