| The picture below shows larger side views of the (3) Old Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Pot Metal or Lead Toy Prize Race Cars with Drivers in this lot. There are two different style race car prizes here. The center one, in light blue is different. We do not have the Cracker Jack prize ID number for that one prize, but the other two (left & right) are: A-0050. The makers are unknown. These cars are painted silver, light blue, and dark blue. They each 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. To judge the sizes, the center race car prize measures about 1'' x 11/16'' x 3/8''. The center one appears to be in excellent condition, and the other two are good to very good with light paint wear as pictured. |
