Stuff From the Box!
Stuff From The Box! It's the Stuff that America is talking about!
Let's begin with this awesome premium Jet Plane Ring, a Kellogg's PEP giveaway (Pep cereal had the best prizes) from 1948. A ring with a gleaming silver jet plane on it would be cool enough, but this one is spring-loaded! Just pull the little tab (to the right) back and fire the plane into mom's meatloaf mix.
The planes would get lost, though to be honest these rings are not terribly rare. Still, they are pretty cool, so they can go for over ten million dollars.
Here's a vintage comic's page ad. Mother knows best!
Next, two similar badges with a jolly little elf waving to us. One says "I am a pal of Tiny Tawker". Huh? As far as I can determine, Tiny Tawker appeared on calendars with illustrations by famed artist Andrew Loomis in the 1950s. Tiny did elf stuff (as you might expect). It seems that he was also used as a mascot for many companies, such as Tri-City Dairy.
You know how I love me a vintage employee pin or badge! And this one is from the Campbell Soup company. Contractor 269 probably supplied the little star-shaped pasta for "Chicken and Stars" soup, a position that required top security clearance so that the Russkies couldn't steal our idea. Give me some tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. NOW!
Another vintage pin is this brass example worn by a Burger King employee. Was it given after 50 years of service? "Frankly, this is the first one we've ever bestowed on an employee!". I would be proud to wear it, I'll tell you what.
Speaking of brass, here's a nice uniform button from a Western Airlines employee. At one time, Western advertised itself as "America's Oldest Airline" - whether that's a true fact or not, I could not determine. However, it did start operations in 1925; Charles Lindberg did not cross the Atlantic until 1927. In the early years Western used such motifs as arrowheads and the profile of an Indian chief. Later they became well known for their slogan, "Western Airlines; the o-o-o-o-nly way to fly!".
And finally here's a fun little plastic advertising keychain from the Orkin pest control company. Founded by Otto Orkin in 1901, the name "Otto" was also used for The Orkin Man. Call him if ya gots bugs! He'll blast them with something totally safe, I'm sure.
You already know that there is lots more STUFF FROM THE BOX.
3 comments:
Major-
Clearly, I MUST have that Jet Plane Ring-! Thank you for providing my next object of desire du jour-!
Of course, I have to ask: Have you launched the plane from the ring? I'm guessing 'yes'. Because that's how you know it is attracted to meatloaf mix. Seriously, I would think that the tiny plane would get lost after the first launch... or two.
Hard to choose a favorite today. I like the plane ring, the elf badges, the Burger King pin, and the Indian head button; all about the same.
The Campbell's badge is kinda plain, but I'm sure you have your reasons for collecting it. :-p And I'm not sure what Otto, the Orkin Man is supposed to be; sort of like a fire extinguisher filled with bug killer?
What the heck. I'll just say my favorite today is the Burger King pin. I like the sort of "Art Deco meets modern art" design. Plus it looks hefty, like gold bars.
Thanks for sharing more of your Stuff, Major.
I really like that Burger King pin, but that plane-launching ring is pretty nifty. I suppose you could potentially put someone's eye out with it. I wonder just how many kids were excited to find a photo of Alice Faye inside their box of cereal? My grandmother had a conversation with her husband, Phil Harris, when she ran into him at an Albertson's grocery store in Palm Desert. If I had been there with her, I would have asked him to sing a few bars from "The Bare Necessities," but that's just me.
Thanks for sharing more "Stuff From The Box," Major!
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