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Old 02-11-2008, 07:20 PM
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Posted By: Dan Bretta

A few of you know that my uncle's house had a fire a few weeks back and my brother and I went over to help salvage what we could....luckily all of the family photos and boxes of memories survived. I was over at my brother's house tonight looking through boxes and spotted a Colgan's tin. Alas no card, but if you want to see what 100 year old gum looks like there were still two chips left in the tin.

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My great grandma saved all kinds of candy and gum products...she wrote notes and dates on the wrappers.

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This was also in the same box with the gum - looks like an Ornate frame pin, but I don't know who is pictured on it.
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Old 02-11-2008, 07:25 PM
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Dan, really cool stuff.

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Old 02-11-2008, 07:34 PM
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Totally Awesome Stuff.

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Old 02-11-2008, 07:37 PM
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Posted By: Joe Jones

Dan, Cool stuff.

That is a PM1 ornate pin. I believe they made baseball, politician, and actress pins.

That is the nicest PM1 I have ever seen!

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Posted By: Anthony S.

Very cool. Now comes the tough part. What does it taste like?

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Posted By: barry arnold

fascinating,Dan.
many thanks for sharing.

all the best,

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Old 02-11-2008, 08:48 PM
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Posted By: Jeff S.

Those are great pieces Dan. They pre-date my field of interest in regards to gum, but there are people out there that pay for that sort of thing.

Here's a box of Bazooka from 1958, made by Topps...

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Posted By: Jeff Prizner

a true collector would go ahead and eat that 100 year old gum.

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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

Dan, there were little cards of Civil War Generals that at one point came with Kis-Me gum so those little guys may have small paper thin cards in them. Not sure if they are from the same time frame or not.
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Old 02-11-2008, 10:36 PM
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Posted By: Dan Bretta

No cards in the Kis-Me gum....they unwrap without any damage.

Believe it or not there is even a half eaten box of chocolates from the same time period with all this stuff. Kind of nasty...you would think nothing would be left of chocolate, but you'd be wrong.

Here's some more old candy that was in the box...not sure if these are Colgan's chips, but they are the exact same size.

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Old 02-11-2008, 11:04 PM
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Posted By: Jeff Shepherd

Could be an early Necco product - famous for their wafers candy. Necco stands for New England Confectionery Company. I remember their historic factory in Cambridge, MA still emitting a sweet smell as you drove by up until 2003 when Novartis took the building over. Necco is now in Revere, MA and two other locations.

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Hey, I grew up on Neccos. Rarely see them around anymore. Bummer.

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Posted By: Rob Dewolf

Paul,

In case you're interested:

Necco wafers

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Posted By: Fred C

I found a Colgans tin at an antique shop many years ago. I bought it because it would make a nice companion piece to the Colgans rounds I had. When I opened the tin there was gum and a card in it.

That gum from 1958 looks a bit stale. Here's a fun story. I found a pile of cards in my son's room a few years ago. I was kind of happy because I thought he may be starting an interest in cards. I asked him where he got the cards and he told me the garage. I figured he pulled them from one of the 5K count boxes of cards I had. I found more cards in his room a few days later and I again asked where he got them. Again the reply was the garage. At that time I told him that I'd be more than happy to give him some "other" cards because those were a few years old and they're in numerical order in the big boxes. He then said he didn't get them from the big box, he got them from a smaller box and the gum didn't taste very good. He was pulling packs from a 20+ year old wax box. I guess the gum was a little stale.

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If you need an old time candy fix, here's your place:

http://www.hometownfavorites.com/

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