Where W555's originated
 

Posted By: <b>Paul</b><p>What a cool find & thanks for sharing. Very enjoyable post, & great responses by all.

Where W555's originated
 

Posted By: <b>Joann</b><p>OK, hang on a second. I have to reset my thinking here.<br /><br />This box, as far as I can tell, couldn't be folded up into anything in the state shown in the scan. So it couldn't have contained anything - candy or whatever.<br /><br />If that's the case, why the reference to the FDA?<br /><br />Were they obtained by the kids like this - in this state? Maybe as a penny toy just to be the camera? And again, why the FDA ref? If it was supposed to contain something, was this one something that was never put to its intended use and just went out the back door of the factory?<br /><br />To me, unless you cut the side attachments on two of the cards (Birmingham and Mullin as shown in the scan), it could never be folded up. But this one does not appear to be cut. And it's unlikely that all four were detached at the factory and inserted into the camera, because they are found today with either one or two rounded corners as shown in the uncut version above. It seems like if they were factory detached, all four corners would be square. (And the cost of detaching and inserting the four photos would probably be as much as or more than the cost of printing and die-cutting the flat layout.)<br /><br />Dan - when you folded up your printout, did you have to cut the sides on the two cards, or could the snapshots be folded into the ends with no further cuts than shown in the scan?<br /><br />Cool cool object. Like someone said upthread, how stunning that the mystery is solved after 100 years. Wow. But still more questions.<br /><br />Joann

Where W555's originated
 

Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Joann, the Birmingham and Mullin cards had to be cut on the edge to make this fold up and I think if you look at Leon's scan very closely it appears that there is a cut there on those cards. Since this item has folds in it, it is possible that this one did contain candy and was not taken out the back door of the factory.

Where W555's originated
 

Posted By: <b>Rhett Yeakley</b><p>Forget it... I was trying to clarify what was being said, but whatever.<br />-Rhett

Where W555's originated
 

Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Why do I get the feeling nobody is reading my posts? <img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14>

Where W555's originated
 

Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Don't take it personally Rhett. I was further expanding on the running joke of the thread. See the smiley face? <br /><br /><img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/bseballsnapsohots002.jpg"><br /><img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/bseballsnapsohots005.jpg"><br /><img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/bseballsnapsohots004.jpg"><br /><img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/bseballsnapsohots006.jpg">

Where W555's originated
 

Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Dan- you now have my undivided attention. That's great you were able to make that model and reconstruct it.

Where W555's originated
 

Posted By: <b>Jim</b><p>Excuse my interruption from the NS board. "Privilege to Examine before Purchasing" "Open and Examine before Purchasing" are standard phrases on all early candy boxes. Am 99 percent certain this box held candy at one time. The cards are therefore early candy, package design. What a terrific find.

Where W555's originated
 

Posted By: <b>dstudeba</b><p>Fascinating! Thanks leon for bring this to our attention.

Where W555's originated
 

Posted By: <b>Joann</b><p>Hey Leon - any way you could repost the scan? I was trying to explain this to someone the other day, and came back to forward the scan and it no longer shows. <br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />J

Where W555's originated
 

Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>As we all know the scans only last approx 7 days when posted through the temp files....here it is again...<br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1182128369.JPG">