Show your Tobacco, Candy, Gum, Bread, etc. advertisement pieces

[canjond]

Although this cost a fair bit, it leaves only 1 to go for the T-206 run now (Uzit).

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Awesome pack Jon..

[Filthy]

I hope I don't get laughed out of this thread, with what I have to offer. However, I had the chance to go thru a chest of family members stuff, that had been sealed up since the late 50s. It was mostly WWI, and WWII militaria from my ggreat grandfathers, and grandfather. I admit, that I wanted to rummage thru these boxes, hoping to find baseball cards..but my mom warned me up front..that she didn't think any of her relatives collected sports cards...and none of them that she remembered had ever smoked. It didn't stop me from searching. I've spent the last few days going thru the boxes, and there is some AMAZING war items. A lot of really good/collectible war memoribilia, from letters, postcards, and medals to roadmaps and Nazi pistols, flags, and daggers. Really some interesting stuff, and jhave had a great time learning about my families past.

But at the end of the day..no tobacco baseball cards. Or baseball cards of any kind really. Pretty bummed. However...there were a ton of advertising cards, of sort. Soap, Coffee, cologne etc.... There were about 50 cards in all, from different years ranging from about 1890 to the mid1940s. Nothing really stuck out to me, as having a reason to be valuable..so I just snapped a pic of a handful to share. Once again..don't laugh... but any comments are welcome, and if some reason, theres something there that's worth a small fortune..please let me know.

[ruth-gehrig]

Laugh you off the board? No way! Thats awesome...we all wish we could rummage through an old trunk locked up from the 1950s. You didnt find baseball stuff but still discovered some really cool stuff! Congrats

[tedzan]

Row, row, row your boat....Gently down the stream....Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily....Life is but a dream








TED Z
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[tedzan]

In a neat little Antique shop in Oklahoma last week, I found this Plow Boy Tobacco tin. It's 6" high and 5" in diameter and contained 12 oz. of tobacco.
It's pretty clean for a 100+ year old tobacco tin.

I'm not sure if the circa of this Tin is 1910 - 1912. But, I'm sure Jon C. (or any one else) on this forum can identify the year(s).







We just returned home and I haven't had a chance to photograph it. So for now, the scan of this round object on a flat screen will have to do.



TED Z
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Nice Plow Boy tin Ted. Thanks for sharing...

Here's a unique item. Seems it's one side of a Cracker Jack shipping crate that once transported the caramel treat. Very large in size measuring 33" x 9". Etched into the wood underneath the Cracker Jack name is their infamous slogan, "The more you eat, the more you want". I plan on having a small wooden vintage frame made for it and display it as is.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by canjond

Although this cost a fair bit, it leaves only 1 to go for the T-206 run now (Uzit).

Congratulations on the CAROLINA BRIGHTS pack.......wishing you Good Luck in finding the UZIT pack.


Here's a full cigarette pack that I got from you years ago; and, it's quite neat that every cigarette in it
is labelled AMERICAN BEAUTY.

Is this typical of the other ATC brands, where their name is printed on each cigarette ?







TED Z


LOOKING for these 5 - T206 guys to complete my AMERICAN BEAUTY 460 sub-set (75 cards)
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CAMNITZ (hands over head)....DOYLE (portrait)....McGRAW (portrait-cap)....TINKER (bat off shoulder)
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[canjond]

I've seen others. Pirate, Piedmont and Tolstoi all printed on the cigarettes, themselves.

[botport]

A similar sign can be seen hanging in post #20

[canjond]

Here's an extremely rare one that I recently got scans of. The proper size for the N284s.

[1880nonsports]

I had to drop out because it was still too "new" for me and my narrower focus. Only one I had seen before was at Tik's table 7/8 years ago. I tried to snag it for 100.00 and while we were talking - Jr. decided to take it off the table.....
Ted - I have a small collection of single cigarettes from a few major 19th century manufacturers - they all have their brand in the paper. As for your Chesterfield question my initial thought was they did issue branded pinbacks of women but haven't really had time to look or think about it much..........

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by 1880nonsports

I had to drop out because it was still too "new" for me and my narrower focus. Only one I had seen before was at Tik's table 7/8 years ago. I tried to snag it for 100.00 and while we were talking - Jr. decided to take it off the table.....
Ted - I have a small collection of single cigarettes from a few major 19th century manufacturers - they all have their brand in the paper. As for your Chesterfield question my initial thought was they did issue branded pinbacks of women but haven't really had time to look or think about it much..........

Henry

Thanks for your answers to my questions.

Take care,


TED Z
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[ErikV]

For all the Cracker Jack enthusiasts here's a couple of ads circa 1910 and 1914.

The first is a patent for their "triple proof package" from the January 1910 Confectioners Journal.

The second is an ad from the January 1914 International Confectioner.

ErikV

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ErikV

For all the Cracker Jack enthusiasts here's a couple of ads circa 1910 and 1914.

The first is a patent for their "triple proof package" from the January 1910 Confectioners Journal.

The second is an ad from the January 1914 International Confectioner.

ErikV

Those are cool Erik. I have seen a CJ package with it advertising a card I believe, but not sure. Your ad says there is a prize in a box but doesn't mention a card. I wonder if anyone has an ad saying there is a card inside a box? Thanks again to everyone for posting their ad related items. Here us a Pinkerton (T5 associated) letter that is turning down some poor quality tobacco.

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Leon, the only piece that I know of which advertised BB cards with the CJ box was the original circa 1915 ad that REA sold off years ago. The box itself only had the word "Prize" on it though. Pic from REA below....

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Here is a 1915 postmarked pc with the "prize" wording on the CJ box.
Pic borrowed from another board member.

[tedzan]

1948 Pittsburgh Pirates program











TED Z
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LOOKING for this T206 guy to complete my EXCLUSIVE 12 red HINDU sub-set (12 subjects)

SHECKARD (glove)
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[alan1899]

I think the illustrated checklist posters by Allen & Ginter and others, are absolutely superb.

As a pensioner with very little pocket-money these days, and living on the wrong side of the pond, I was wondering if they had ever been reproduced for the 70s/80s/90s poster generation. It would be the only way I would be able to get my grubby little hands on them and drool over them to my hearts content.

Failing that, are they available in a digital format at all.

Alan