1914 Cracker Jacks

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by GregMitch34

And then the other question, why did they STOP after 1915?

cracker jack didn't stop..they had cards in the 1980s so only like 65 year delay...less than 10 in dog years..

[sniffy5]

They probably ceased production b/c procuring contracts, paying players, etc.. was not up their alley. Too much effort. Much easier to throw in some plastic toy. Even by 1915, their product was selling gangbusters anyway, regardless of what prize was included. I truly believe that some sort of prize held massive allure for little kids (and that remains to this day, btw), but the product sold well and stood alone. We are lucky they ventured into the card business at all.

[Bigb13]

I needs numbers 6 19 20 22 36 37 39 40 62 66 68 70 73 77 78 80 82 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 93 94 95 97 101 102 103 109 111 113 114 115 118 119 123 124 131 135 136 137 139 141 142. Rob

[Bigb13]

Thanks to a board member I can cross off Merkle. image.jpg

[Bigb13]

I also think they were right first 72 cards had 10 million so 10 m divided by 72 the second series of 72 cards only had 5 million made so that would be 5mlion divided 72. Second series less cards.

[ajjohnsonsoxfan]

this has some pretty interesting details.

http://www.baseballintheattic.com/pdf/candysnack.pdf