Original 1914 1915 Cracker Jack box

[ChasingPaper]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

I am pretty sure it is also Wagner that is being displayed. I remember researching it quite a bit when I owned it.

Its definitely a Wagner.

[Pat R]

A couple of newspaper ads with the front a part of one of the sides of the boxes one from 1914 and 1915


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[packs]

I haven't been to the HOF since I was a little kid but I remember they had unopened Cracker Jack boxes when I visited and some kind of X-Ray that supposedly showed the card inside.

[Bridwell]

I have this one.

[Fred]

Originally Posted by Pat R

A couple of newspaper ads with the front a part of one of the sides of the boxes one from 1914 and 1915


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So, is the printing on the back of the 1914 box backwards from 1915?

[WillowGrove]

Happy to see this thread I've been wondering about the year of mine for a while. Cool that the main panel is the same as the baseball period boxes from the newspapers. A collector friend told me a while ago he thought it was from about 1917-18 and I finally did some research and found that the first use of the line supporting their marshmallow product, "One taste invites another" was from 1916. Pretty close. (sorry for ginormous pics).

[ChasingPaper]

Great stuff! Amazing pieces of baseball and American history.
Does anyone know the measurements for the boxes of those 2 years? I ordered a replica to display with my other CJ memorabilia, but the box is tiny and there is no coupon offer anywhere on it.
Lets keep this thread going, love it.