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Smith's Mello Mint (E105) Wrappers, Newspaper Ads, & Other Information
I found these and thought I would share with the board. If these have already been posted and/or discussed before, my sincerest apologies.
Last edited by 4815162342; 06-03-2014 at 03:46 PM. |
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Very cool. I love that set.
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These are great. So little is known about these that this kind of thing is really neat. Any thoughts on whether the cards were folded to be placed in the packs or not?
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Mello-Mint
Those are awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Any idea what year they are from? |
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Mello-mint
I just did a search on Google and found the top one was a newspaper ad from October 1912.
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All of the ads are from 1912. The jar ad intrigues me the most. It looks like the jar contained gum packs...kinda.
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Folded?
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Brian |
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It's definitely the mello mints with the crease. But there are so many that don't have the crease that makes me wonder if they were given away in another manner as well.
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A little more research on Smith's Mello Mint Gum and the Texas Gum Co. has yielded the following:
Texas Gum Co. factory in Temple, Texas Federal court case between Texas Gum Co. and Autosales Gum & Chocolate Co. (owner of Colgan Gum Co.) An article mentioning this patent infringement case Also, thanks to an awesome board member I was able to acquire an original wrapper, which as you can see, matches the newspaper ads. Last edited by 4815162342; 06-03-2014 at 03:58 PM. |
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Just 5 Danny. {insert marathon comment}
How about you? |
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Stuck at 22. The marathon gets a lot more painful as you get further along.
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Great research Daryl! Amazing adds. Thanks for posting those!
Sincerely, Clayton |
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Below are two other Smith's Mello Mint wrappers:
I believe the top wrapper is for an individual stick of gum, while my wrapper (earlier post in this thread) is for a 5-pack. The bottom wrapper appears to be given out as a promotion of some kind; "unfolded" E105 examples were probably distributed this way. Many thanks to fellow board member Mark M. for the scan of these two wrappers. |
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Those are freaking awesome wrappers. Thanks for showing them and thanks to Mark M. for sharing. Great looking wrappers that are super duper rare. Coincidentally, I was in IT sales for over 20 yrs until 2 yrs ago. My largest customer almost the whole time was Mclane Company (a 30B$$ distributor) based in Temple Texas. I have been there at least 50 times but haven't ever looked for cards .
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