That was probably our list you saw, and we should delete that entry from it until there's any real evidence that an actual game existed.
It appears we were a little careless, or overeager, or both, in including both verified and unverified games from our records on our on-line list.
We don't want to be in the business of perpetuating baseless rumors...
We also don't wish to be remiss in saying that no matter what the box contained or offered, it is indeed a very cool artifact!
By the way, although punchboards aren't quite squarely in our wheelhouse, we do catalogue them, and a cursory search of our records
turns up a few baseball-themed boards made from the 1920s through the 1940s offering candy bars as winning payouts for a 5-cent play.
Most punchboards pay off in money, cigars, or some nebulous quantity of "points" or "in trade," and of those offering candy bars as prizes,
several are specific to brand (Schrafft's, Ideal, &c'). The 5-cents-a-play boards paying out in unspecified candy bars, however, could,
maybe, might, possibly, be associated with the Ramer's game/offer. The pertinent punchboard manufacturers include W H Brady,
Charles Brewer & Sons, Harlich, and Fergussom.
Last edited by Butch7999; 02-24-2014 at 05:34 PM.
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