Candy Box Cards.....Orange Border, All Star Candy, J=K, Baseball Bats etc...

[steve B]

That's really cool. I never knew those were from Lowell.

So I did a bit of looking and found a couple interesting things.

The company moved to Lowell around 1907 from Boston, 463-467 commercial street. The building is gone, or modernized so much it's not recognizable. The current building is part of the coast guard base.

The local paper on Nov 2 1910 was reporting that the creditors and bondholders of the company had met at the plant in Lowell to figure out if the company had the ability to pay it's bills. Apparently not, and one was appointed to look after the interests if the stakeholders.

On another interesting note, they were big in printing boxes and did work for "the sugar trust, from candy companies and the tobacco trust, and other concerns of similar kind" The tobacco trust of course was ATC, and the orange borders share a few poses with another more well known set.

Hmmmm...........I wonder what I can turn up in the local historical society.

Most likely nothing related, as their specialty was boxes especially novelty candy boxes for which they had several patents.

Steve B

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[e107collector]

I always liked these more obscure candy issues.

Anyone know of a Ty Cobb or Honus Wagner existing in a 1911 Baseball Bats issue? If so, any pics?

Thanks,
Tony

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[Exhibitman]

[soxinseven]

Great cards everyone. My lone contribution...

[calvindog]

I find it amazing as to how long no one knew where the "1910 W-UNC Orange Borders" cards came from. And also amazing how few full boxes remain in existence.

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[Hal Kaplan]

Originally Posted by steve B

That's really cool. I never knew those were from Lowell.

So I did a bit of looking and found a couple interesting things.

The company moved to Lowell around 1907 from Boston, 463-467 commercial street. The building is gone, or modernized so much it's not recognizable. The current building is part of the coast guard base.

The local paper on Nov 2 1910 was reporting that the creditors and bondholders of the company had met at the plant in Lowell to figure out if the company had the ability to pay it's bills. Apparently not, and one was appointed to look after the interests if the stakeholders.

On another interesting note, they were big in printing boxes and did work for "the sugar trust, from candy companies and the tobacco trust, and other concerns of similar kind" The tobacco trust of course was ATC, and the orange borders share a few poses with another more well known set.

Hmmmm...........I wonder what I can turn up in the local historical society.

Most likely nothing related, as their specialty was boxes especially novelty candy boxes for which they had several patents.

Steve B

The P.R. Warren company name also appears on the back of the E125s.

[Ladder7]

For Steve B, the old Goudey Gum factory is still standing downtown on Broad St., across from The Littlest Bar.

[steve B]

I knew about the Goudey place, I think National Chicle is still standing? And Delong. Haven't looked for US Caramel.

The George C Miller location I think went to the Mass Pike. Either that or was removed around then and some new place built. The closest I can find for the address is a tiny houselike building. That just doesn't seem right unless the office was in a house and the warehouse was somewhere else. Or maybe they had someone else print and distribute- There were a lot of gum/candy places in town doing cards.

I always imagine a print shop salesman having a really good year selling the idea of cards to just about every place in town.

Steve B

[steve B]

The closest guess I can find so far for where PR warren was located in Lowell is currently the textile history museum. I'll have to find a better source than what's online. The machine shop companies that had buildings they moved to occupied a huge stretch of Dutton street, everything from about the current Fletcher street to broadway and from Dutton to the canal behind it. So either the museum, the big building next door or the now parking lots out back.

Steve B