The pictures below show larger front and back views of all (3) Different Old Lowney’s Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Military Aircraft or Airplane Trading Cards in this lot. These trading cards are (3) from a set of (50) different military airplane trading cards. These cards were once in 1940s or 1950s boxes of Canadian Cracker Jack from the Walter M. Lowney Company of Montreal, Canada when they were under contract with Cracker Jack in Chicago to manufacture and distribute their product outside of the United States. There were three different Canadian airplane card sets made back then. This set had (50) cards, another had (98) cards, and the third set had (147) cards. These cards have a colorful war scene with airplanes in action and the aircraft name on the front. On the back there is a number, a title or aircraft name, a paragraph of History, and credits below. Besides the paragraph the cards are marked as follows: (numbers and aircraft name) No. 3 – THE BELL “AIRACOBRA” No. 12 – THE LOCKHEED “HUDSON” No. 19 – THE SARO “LONDON” THIS IS (number) OF A SERIES OF 50 CARDS CRACKER JACK MANUFACTURED IN CANADA BY WALTER M. LOWNEY CO. LIMITED MONTREAL CANADA UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE CRACKER JACK CO., CHICAGO COPYRIGHT APPLIED FOR LITHO IN CANADA All three of these for one price! The trading cards each measure about 3'' x 2-1/2''. They appear to be in fair to good condition with each having a crease and light wear from handling as pictured. The cards were made with rounded corners. |