| The picture below shows larger side views of the (2) Old Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Pot Metal or Lead Toy Prize Bluebird Race Cars in this lot. There were two different sizes of the Bluebird race car prize and these are the larger version. The Cracker Jack prize ID number for this prize is: Z-0638 by The Tootsietoy Company of Chicago, Illinois, and they are marked “TOOTSIETOY” on the bottom. These prizes were also made by The Cosmo Manufacturing Company also of Chicago, Illinois. These cars are painted in two different shades of blue, and have driver heads. 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 late 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. The race car prize measures about 2'' x 5/8'' x 1/2''. They appear to be in good condition. One has over all paint wear, and the other has pitting on the front end as pictured. |
