| The picture below shows views of both sides of the (2) Old Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Pot Metal or Lead Toy Prize Tricycles or Bicycles in this lot. Since these are only 2D figures we can not tell if there are two or three wheels on each. The child toy ride does not have pedals. One is red and one is blue. The Cracker Jack prize ID numbers for these is: Z-0345, ZP-0032 and ZP-0086, and they were from the Cosmo Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Illinois. 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. Both of these for one price! To judge the sizes, the larger sled measures about 1-1/16'' x 1-1/16'' x 5/16''. The red one appears to be in excellent condition, and the blue one looks good as pictured. |
