Mint condition, 1 12, slightly marbleized plum color plastic, marked c. Cracker jack toys childhoodmemories, when the prizes were cool. Known as yearround santa claus, it is estimated that he created, produced, and delivered to the cracker jack company 700 million toys. Cracker jack purchased these in 1952 and 1954 from carnival plastics of rochester, ny also the makers of z1080, one of the earliest sets of plastic cj prizes.
The uncanny valleyization of sailor jack and his dog bingo in the. We serve cookies our website uses cookies, which help us to improve our site and enables us to deliver the best possible service and customer experience, as well as to provide social media features. Cracker jack collecting vintage charms toys and prizes for. Later charms made of celluloid of animals and cartoon characters were popular.
See more ideas about toys, vintage toys and cracker jacks. A web site created by jeffrey maxwell initially for the study of alphabet prizes from 1950s cracker jack. Because of the vast number of toys and items distributed in cracker jack boxes and packages, there is not a complete list of every type of every color and variation of cracker jack prizes. The cracker jack name and slogan, the more you eat the more you want, were registered in 1896. It seemed that any theme and topic that could be rendered in miniature plastic toys was prime. Learn about cracker jack prizes history the art is. The delicious blend of caramel coated popcorn and peanuts is just as good as you remember. New listing huge lot vintage vacuum plate hong kong gumball machine cracker jack toys prizes.
All of these miniature premium toys were used as prizes in cracker jack boxes from the 1910s to the 1930s. Cracker jack prizes from back in the day i remember the little mini books and tattoo books. Upon cracking open there i go again my newly acquired reading material, it was clear that my fear of being over my head was unfounded. Rediscover every toy and prize you ever pulled out of a cracker jack box in this. Fritolay announced in 2016 that the prizes would no longer be provided and. See more ideas about cracker jacks, vintage toys and vintage. Fritolay company tried a new line of cracker jack products called cracker jackd in the 2010s. She also got various charms, including a pink elephant that i still have. Money back guarantee ensures you receive the item you ordered or get your money back. Learned some interesting facts about cracker jack co. For years, the cracker jack snack has been synonymous with the cracker jack prize. Cracker jack prizes book by alex jaramillo collectors book. Cracker jack prizes charms 1940s 1950s vintage magnifying glass seahorse purse. Cracker jack is an american brand of snack food consisting of molassesflavored, caramelcoated popcorn and peanuts, well known for being packaged with a prize of trivial value inside.
Cracker jack 1910s 1930s metal prizes cracker jack premium prize miniature toy charm. There are 60 pieces and they are from gumball machines, cracker jacks, and cereal. If your a beginning collector buy whites cracker jack toys, the complete unofficial guide for collectors first but definitely buy jaramillos book. The country enjoyed the roaring 20s and cracker jack prizes reflected the prosperity with palm puzzles, paint books, sailor jack at the circus books, metal clickers, and many other prizes including a paper hat that came folded to 2 by 3.
Has a fly front and fine inner construction with taped edges. A world with prizeless cracker jack is not a world i want to live in, but i think im more upset about the loss of the box. Some uses of lenticular technology in cracker jack prizes have included alphabet magic motion fun cards, belt klips, canadian 3d animals cards, dinomarks bookmarksclips. And unveils new prize inside the iconic american snack brand introduces new prize inside mobile experience while contemporizing logo and packaging. Many different lenticular tilt cards were produced as prizes in cracker jack boxes. Cracker jack snack was introduced by fw rueckheim of chicago illinois when he combined popcorn with peanuts and covered them with molasses. The twoway fritolay is upending its tradition of including a physical prize with the peanutandpopcorn treat. When cracker jack was distributed in bulk, the snack vendor handed out prizes. Get the best deals on vintage cracker jack prizes when you shop the. Books on cracker jack prizes larry white, cracker jack. The cracker jack mystery club was started in may of 1933, offering persons who joined first with ten president coins found in boxes of cracker jack or checkers, dropping the. Because they are so varied, the cracker jack prizes attract many subsets of collectors. Look there is a sweatshirt with a polar bear sledding on a toboggan. Cracker jack prize cracker jacks, flea market style, gumball machine.
Aug 23, 2011 since cracker jack began including a prize in every box in 1912, there have been thousands of different prizes, and independent collector jim davis has most of them. The first prizes were baseball cards and metal charms. A few days ago i saw a couple of my coworkers were carrying a batch of newly sewn u. Cracker jack produced a myriad of plastic figures in the. In the 1950s, some prizes had rock and roll or space race themes, while 1960s prizes became psychedelic flower power buttons, for example. Mint condition, 1 38 tall, opaque, slightly marbleized light grey color plastic, marked cracker jack. Commercial cracker jacks w jack gilford 1967 youtube. The picture shows some various old pot metal or lead cracker jack prizes. No pin limits see more ideas about cracker jacks, vintage toys and crackers. Cracker jack is a brand made famous by its prize inside marketing tactic. A prize collection thats a treat for the ages antique. These were first produced by varivue 1950s1970s, later by toppan printing, ltd. Carson cant keep up with rodney dangerfields nonstop oneliners 1974 duration.
Cracker jack prizes cowboy western vintage 1950s plastic premium toy lot ebay. The book is filled with beautifully photographed images of the highly regarded and very rare cracker jack baseball cards, which were given as prizes in 1914 and 1915 cracker jacks candies. The cracker jack prize inside has been as much a part of the nostalgia and love for the brand as the unforgettable combination of caramelcoated popcorn and peanuts, said haston lewis, senior. 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. And, as if a tasty snack werent enough, who can forget the thrill of opening the surprise inside. Navy uniforms, past the uniform devices, bellbottoms, neckerchiefs, and finally to the slot labeled u. May, 2016 in the 1950s, some prizes had rock and roll or space race themes, while 1960s prizes became psychedelic flower power buttons, for example. Mar 01, 2017 cracker jack snack was introduced by fw rueckheim of chicago illinois when he combined popcorn with peanuts and covered them with molasses. In the 1960s, cracker jack moved away from producing the highlydetailed plastic figures distributed in the 1950s.
Vintage cracker jack checkers soda squirt advertising. Unfollow vintage cracker jack to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Instead of a piece of folded paper that now qualifies as a cracker jack prize, the box used to contain an actual plastic or metal toy. Cloudcrest creations the company created by cracker jack prize designer c. The alphabet26 dictionary of cracker jack prize collecting terms. Unfollow cracker jack prize to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. I still have a turtle pendant she got from a box of the stuff in the 1930s. Cracker jack changes everything, replaces toy prizes inside with. Yes, most of those winnings wound up in dusty desk drawers and the spaces between seat cushions, but for a diehard community of modernday collectors, theyre still a tangible gateway to a. Prizes used in retail products, including breakfast cereal, bubble gum, and cracker jack, reflected these trends, and many thousands of examples of colorfully printed selfadhesive works of art have. Stickers had their fads beginning in the late 1950s with bumper stickers through the 1960s and childrens sticker trading albums of the 1980s. The cracker jack collection is one of 4 collections that cosi has on display. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Prizes were included in every box of cracker jack beginning in 1912.
Cracker jack originally included a small mystery novelty item referred to as a toy surprise in each box. Since cracker jack began including a prize in every box in 1912, there have been thousands of different prizes, and independent collector jim davis has most of them. Check out our cracker jack toys selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from. Cracker jack caramelcoated popcorn and peanuts the original the cracker jack brand has been an american favorite for 120 years. Some food historians consider it the first junk food. Thus, the rerun was still dark, but java instead of licorice. Boxy fashioned tailored style with comfortable fullness across chest. Cracker jacks prize in the box will now be digitized. It is a beautiful hardcover picture history book every collector should have.
For years, hes been cataloging and documenting cracker jack prizes on his website. These were all manufactured by the dowst or tootsietoy company of chicago. May 02, 2015 commercial cracker jacks w jack gilford 1967. It is made out of some silvery metal but has never rusted or corroded so it still looks quite nice. Larry white, 108 central street, rowley, ma 0196917 tel. Vintage lot 1930s 1940s cracker jack charms prizes gumball copper clad. Instead of licorice jack in a box with an african native on the front, one variety had a large dose of caffeine added by two tablespoons of ground coffee added to the mix. It seemed that any theme and topic that could be rendered in miniature plastic toys was prime territory for the creative cracker jack prize developers. While plastic toys were still produced for cracker jack, they were mostly made of softer, lighterweight materials and by then, no metal or tins prizes were being developed. There are a few items that are cracker jack lookalikes, because that is a part of my collection. What a great lot with some really cool pieces in here. The 40s the new look, created by christian dior originated in the 40s and continued its popularity in the 50s form fitting billowing dress with soft shoulders waist tight to accent the hour glass figure look add stiletto heels and wrist. The best of the bunch when youre looking for a treat thats salty and sweet, cracker jack has been making mouths smile for over 100 years.
Everyone knows what comes in a box or bag of cracker jack. Lord help me if i get hooked on cracker jack and cocacola. Cracker jack, licorice jack and other troublesome varieties. The cover is even modeled after an old cracker jack prize with a turning wheel. Rings, watches, toy autos and toy airplanes, trains,tiny. The cracker jack brand has been owned and marketed by fritolay since 1997. But the deluge of gumball machine prizes erroneously identified by others as cracker jack wont be. A musthave for baseball games, cracker jacks are also perfect for everyday snacking, with delicious caramel coated popcorn and peanuts awaiting you inside each bag. Its a far from cracker jacks chicago heyday, when eager kids fished out an estimated 17 billion tiny prizes from the bottom of those boring cartons. Included are a swiss chalet with connected dancing boy and heart, a solider, an elephant with no hanging ring, a bird, a bannana, a sword, a horse and a tiny elephant with a compass. Get the best deals on antique cracker jack toys when you shop the. The alphabet26 guide to plastic cracker jack prizes. Carey designer of cracker jack prizes for about 25 years. Jan 21, 2020 here are vintage prizes found in packages of cracker jack through the years, most of which are well documented.
The cracker jack presidential coins and metals are popular with cj prize collectors as well as coin and political item collectors. Carey cloud, developed hundreds of prizes for cracker jack from the 1930s through the 1960s. From the 1950s through the next decade and a half, cracker jack prizes were largely made of plastic. The alphabet26 dictionary of cracker jack prize collecting. The cracker jack storya prize in every box was introduced in 1912, and many of the prizes have become valuable collectibles. Rings, watches, toy autos and toy airplanes, trains,tiny tools, dolls and. Presidential coins 1930s radio cjca cracker jack collectors association. The alphabet26 guide to plastic cracker jack prizes from the 1940s and 50s. Why did cracker jack stop putting good prizes in their bags. Perhaps the coolest prize of all, at least for me, was the sailor jack magic set that cracker jack made available in the early 1970s. Navy crackerjack jumpers from the factory floor to our storage area.
You are buying what is listed in the title and pictured here. The official cracker jack logo and the prize inside is engraved on the back of the watch. Trinket surprises were replaced a while back by paper prizes with riddles and jokes. Cracker jack collectors think inside the box, keep eyes on. Like other snack manufacturers in the turn of the 20th century, rueckheim bros. Plastic novelties and toys of the 40s, 50s, and 60s schiffer book for.
Best resources for researching cracker jack prizes we complied a list of resources to help you research cracker jack prizes. Cosi offers a display showing countless prizes that have been inside cracker jack boxes. Many are photos of items from my collection from ebay and instagram. When my mom was a kid, cracker jack prizes were even better. Shown in the red cracker jack guide by larry white a. Coat is rich fullbodied all virgin wool covertsmooth, supple, easydraping. As with many of their early prizes, these are not marked. Thats how the cracker jack company marketed its new cocoanut corn crisp to america in 1928, assuring all snackers that these luscious lumps of goodness were healthful, pure, and wholesome. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. The prizes inside have changed over the years, but rest assured theres a small. His company, cloudcrest creations started in the 1930s, produced approximately 70 million prizes for cracker jack.