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

[Jobu]

I posted my Carolina Brights poster in this thread a number of years ago. For anyone who liked it, I want to let you know that it is now live at REA:

https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=64991

[phlflyer1]

Recently picked up the following piece which I was pretty happy to acquire.

From my research, it is one of the first documented candy containers having been distributed at the first Worlds Fair (Centennial Exposition) in Philadelphia in 1876. The container held candy produced by Croft & Wilbur which was the predecessor to Croft & Allen of E92 fame.

Samuel Croft eventually split up with H.O. Wilbur in the 1880s. Wilbur went on to concentrate on producing Chocolate candy and his company became famous for producing "Wilburs Buds" candies similar to Hersheys kisses.

After the split with H.O. Wilbur, Samuel Croft formed a partnership with George Allen in the 1880s to manufacture candy and cocoa related products that included Croft's Cocoa and Croft's Candy which we are familiar with from the backs of E92 cards.

[icurnmedic]

Didn’t realize I had this

[1880nonsports]

is the back from a folding chair. Doesn't make it any less nice - just different.

[1880nonsports]

Had a few neat things from the later brand in the past - that is way cool... It's the ancillary items to my core collections that bring it all together.

[phlflyer1]

Originally Posted by 1880nonsports

Had a few neat things from the later brand in the past - that is way cool... It's the ancillary items to my core collections that bring it all together.

Thanks Henry,

I'm definitely of like mind that items like this, related to the cards that I collect, add to the enjoyment of collecting the cards themselves.

[asoriano]

pb4.jpg

thumbnail_IMG_9924 (1).jpg

thumbnail_IMG_9234.jpg

[phlflyer1]

Hey Turner,

Love the Piedmont chair and sign, thanks for sharing them.

I've seen a couple of those chairs over the years in antique stores when visiting my grandmother down in North Carolina but never one in as nice of a condition as yours.

[icurnmedic]

Originally Posted by 1880nonsports

is the back from a folding chair. Doesn't make it any less nice - just different.

Yes that is my understanding. Or a bench maybe. It’s Double sided. I have had it for years, long before I started collecting prewar.

[tedzan]

Not "Tobacco, Candy, Gum, or Bakery" adv....but, interesting 19th Century stuff, nevertheless.





TED Z

T206 Reference
.

[phlflyer1]

Didn't even realize this when I posed the Croft & Wilbur Liberty Bell from the 1876 Worlds Fair/Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia but I have another Worlds Fair advertising piece related to the manufacturers of our beloved baseball cards.

Here is a Plows Candy souvenir postcard from the 1904 Worlds Fair in Saint Louis where they were located.

[slantycouch]

I was doing some research an came back across this incredible thread. I figure it's worth a bump.

I'm surprised to _not_ see any of the original Sporting Life ads featuring T206. Does anyone here have one (or more) of them?

[HD28Player]

TedZan - interesting....same exact offer on my 1888 Buffords Trade Card. Must be part of the same printing.

[tedzan]

Well, by no means is this Tobacco, Candy, Gum, or Bread.... it's an "etc." advertisement piece







TED Z

T206 Reference
.

[tedzan]

1952 BOWMAN Football wrapper....note the label on the banner: "GIANT SIZE". In order to compete with the very popular larger size 1952 Topps BB cards,
BOWMAN re-sized their regular set of 1952 FB cards. Then re-issued these larger size cards in the Fall/Winter of 1952.
Shown here is a very rare 32-card uncut sheet of the (1st series) BOWMAN "GIANT SIZE" cards.







TED Z

T206 Reference
.

[tedzan]

1952 BOWMAN wrapper










And the "genius" Manager who won 5 consecutive World Series Championships (1949 - 1953).



TED Z

T206 Reference
.

[1880nonsports]

some nice packs there......

[1880nonsports]

That home run tin is new and not a tobacco tin?