e90-1 packaging

[FrankWakefield]

I think I've seen that letter before, as well as the quarter. I don't recall seeing the box or wrapper. Good to see those, thanks to both of you. I'm sure that you two just picked those up at The National, I know you've not been holding out on sharing those images with us...

[rman444]

The only thing I could afford at Leon's table was the quarter, which he charged me 35cents for.

The box has been in my collection for a long time, and you will notice the shrink wrap from the original date of issue - 1909. This is a complete factory sealed set.

[edhans]

Interesting. I didn't know they even had shrink wrap in 1909.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by rman444

...you will notice the shrink wrap from the original date of issue - 1909. This is a complete factory sealed set.

Please tell us you're kidding.

[3-2-count]

Nice Richard. How bout you keep the quarter, but send me the box.

Tony

[Matthew H]

Why does the box say 80 count?

[ubiqty]

Did he just say what I thought he said?

[FrankWakefield]

1- I don't think a complete set came in an "80 count" box.
2- I think there are 80 candy packages in there, not one.
3- I'm not convinced that that candy is what had E90-1 baseball cards with it.
4- It seems likely to me that shrink wrap would be first used around WW II, with the advent of plastics, and not back in 1909.

[Troy Kirk]

Here is a scan of an American Caramel box. The scan came from ebay in 2000, and I didn't buy it.

[ubiqty]

Thanks for the scan Troy.

Do you have any idea on the size of that box?

Would that box have then had a certain number of smaller packages in it, each with 1 e90-1 card?

Would theoretically 80 of them been in the box that Richard showed?

Does Richard's box potentially have unopened e90-1 cards in it?

I guess the mystery remaines unsolved an maybe just nobody knows for sure.

Thanks for everyone's help.

Scott (ubiqty)

[Troy Kirk]

Scott, I don't know the size of that box. From my recollection, the seller said it was issued much later than the 1910 era, so I don't think it was used for E90 cards, though I don't really know.

[tedzan]

In the late 19th century there were three major Caramel Company's. Milton Hershey founded the Lancaster Caramel Co. in Pennsylvania
in 1886. The Breisch-Hine Co. of Philadelphia and the P. C. Wiest Co. of York, PA merged together to form the American Caramel Co. in
1889. Its founder, Daniel LaFean, acquired the Lancaster Caramel Co. from Hershey in 1900 for $1 Million. This expansion resulted in the
American Caramel Company controlling 90% of the caramel candy market in the country at the beginning of the 20th Century.

LaFean was an avid Philadelphia A's fan and a close friend to Connie Mack. LaFean was a shrewd businessman and in 1908, he started to
include BB card premiums with his Caramel products. The 1st set of cards in 1908 were the E91's (33-card series). Followed up by the 1st
series of E90 cards in late 1908 (and early 1909).

In what form these early E-cards were packaged with caramels, I'm not certain of. There was a great thread on Croft's candies on Net54
by Scott Mosley a few years back that illustrated how candies in the Philadelphia area were packaged.



TED Z

[Matt]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

Please tell us you're kidding.

He's kidding.