| The picture below shows larger views of both sides of this Old Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Miniature Pot Metal or Lead Toy Sedan Automobile. These early car prize is not dated but it is believed to be from the 1930s. These have several old Cracker Jack Company ID numbers including: Z-0639, ZP-037, and ZP-052. It was from The Tootsietoy Company of Chicago, Illinois. This Sedan car is painted in red, and it is marked “TOOTSIETOY” on the bottom. This is the larger size version of this prize. Many of the pot metal or lead prizes were manufactured by the Tootsietoy Company of Chicago, Illinois. There were other companies, including from Japan prior to World War II. Some of these type prizes were made specifically for Cracker Jack, while others were made as novelties, bought in volume, and used as prizes by The Cracker Jack Company. Pot metal or lead prizes were some of the earliest prizes that were used in Cracker Jack boxes from the 1910s to the 1940s. Many of these type prizes or novelties were also sold out of old Johnson Smith & Company catalog as well as some other early novelty catalogs, also used in fortune telling sets, and some were also sold and used as board game parts. Many of these can be found factory painted, inked, or with no finish at all. This miniature auto sedan prize measures about 2'' x 5/8'' x 5/8''. Currently it appears to be in poor condition as pictured. The crusty areas could be carefully cleaned up with a little sandblasting and repainted. |
