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Lot of 265 vintage cracker jack gumball charms 19201960s rare metal plastic. See all books authored by larry white, including i know god is able, but will he do it for me. A slogan, the more you eat the more you want, was also registered that year. Along with collecting and dealing in cracker jack prizes, larry and mary also deal in small early american primatives, doll clothing and accessories, cast iron banks, american glass cup plates, early lighting, quilts, and toys. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Some food historians consider it the first junk food cracker jack is famous for its connection to baseball lore. Comprehensive in scope, toys from the late nineteenth century on up to the 1990s are recorded, representing a major contribution to the expanding cracker jack collecting field. The 1930 baguer chocolate baseball set is a rare cuban issuance of 90 cards that measure 58 by 78, distributed by the cuban chocolate baguer. Not listed in the book cracker jack toys by larry white from schiffer books, but, was in with a collection of cj prizes.
A prize collection thats a treat for the ages antique. Schiffer, 1998 featuring over photographs, this expansive guide to cracker jack covers all manner of company collectibles from advertising copy, books, catalogs, and crates to packages, premiums, photographs, and sales stimulators. The pins came with a tinted yellow to a gray tone background. Larry white books list of books by author larry white. Part of a series of men and womens shoes from 1920s 1930s. Vintage retro cracker jack prize hand painted duck ceramic bisque figure 1930s. Cracker jack is an american brand of snack food consisting of molassesflavored. Cracker jack r toys rediscover every toy and prize you ever pulled out of a cracker jack box in this wonderful guide comprehensive in scope, toys from the late nineteenth century on up to the 1990s are recorded, representing a major contribution to the expanding cracker jack collecting field. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Vintage 1930 s cracker jack extreme art deco large scotty dog, htf. Vintage lot hong kong toys cracker jack disneykins gumball plastic prize charms. This is a vintage bill cissell pin from the 1930 cracker jacks 25 pin set. Carey cloud, developed hundreds of prizes for cracker jack from the 1930s through the 1960s. Great for shadow box display, jewelry making, or art project.
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See more ideas about cracker jacks, toys and gumball machine. Rediscover every toy and prize you ever pulled out of a cracker jack. Cracker jack project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Later charms made of celluloid of animals and cartoon characters were popular. Cracker jack is an american brand of snack consisting of molassesflavored, caramelcoated popcorn and peanuts, well known for being packaged with a prize of trivial value inside. Baseball cards 1930 baguer chocolate psa cardfacts. Still, there are many collectors of cracker jack prizes willing to plunk down a dollar or two, on up to several thousand dollars, for prizes ranging from 1930s made in japan lithographed tin whistles and 1950s polyethylene spacemen to 1970s coin holders and 1990s metallic stickers. By 1930, cracker jack products were also sold in asia, africa, europe, south america, and australia. Craig, john cracker jack prize designer of the early 1070s. Essays on the misunderstandings of public education, and more on.
Little did the 21 million people who got their first taste at the fair know that the snack would soon sweep the nation. You could look at the book for hours and never get bored. It is a beautiful hardcover picture history book every collector should have. Antiq 1930s cracker jack tin toys diecast train engine and passenger car rare. The company didnt include prizes right from the beginning, however. Number f18006 in the book cracker jack toys by larry white from schiffer books. During the mid1960s, cracker jack released over fifty series of these puttogether or snaptogether prizes in varying themes including trophies, animals, purses. Antique shows, toy shows and flea markets are great places to find cracker jack prizes and related items. There are modern plastic versions that are fashioned using this old paper version as a model. Starting in 1910, cracker jack premiums which included such items as silverware, sporting goods, toys, games and other useful household goods were sent to distributors to dispense to cracker jack buyers who would turn in coupons that were randomly inserted in some of the packages.
Get the best deals on white original cracker jack advertising when you shop the largest online selection at. This book is an excellent resource, and the author, larry white, is also very willing to answer questions. This item is pictured on page 83 of cracker jack toys by larry white. Cracker jack is a brand made famous by its prize inside marketing tactic and its connection with baseball. The unauthorized guide to advertising collectibles by larry white 178 pages, color photos, pa.
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Best resources for researching cracker jack prizes the. Cracker jack is a brand made famous by its prize inside marketing tactic and its. Reads jack the sailor boy says to spell your name and read your fortune made in u. Larry white and his wife mary have been in the antiques business for over 15 years. Apr 29, 2016 cracker jack has replaced its beloved prize inside toys with a link to baseballthemed games for mobile devices, pepsicos frito lay division announced april 21, 2016.
Jun 08, 20 it would be great for trying to get the younger generation to eat cracker jack, said rowley resident larry white, author of cracker jack toys and cracker jack. Unfollow vintage cracker jack to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The complete, unofficial guide for collectors with prices by. Keynote speaker at the 1998 cjca convention in minneapolis. Cracker jack prizes, cracker jack toys larry white. The first prizes were baseball cards and metal charms.
The cracker jack name and slogan, the more you eat the more you want, were registered in 1896. Carey cloud newspaper article the man who gave us cracker jack toys. Shop cracker jack toys in stock and ready to ship now online. This ceramic pipe has a brown glaze and is marked germany with raised letters on one side which is somewhat illegible. In 1912, cracker jack popcorn became the mass marketing legend of the twentieth. Vintage cracker jack checkers soda squirt advertising. Over 290 color photographs, depicting both the front and back. Each card features a blackandwhite image of the player centered near the top of the card with the players full name printed at the bottom, or bottom right. Tinlitho prizes, including a cracker jack bank, a thrift bank and a sundial. On february 19, 1912, a prize was first added to boxes of the ball park treat.
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