| The pictures below show larger front and back views of all (4) 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. 21 – THE DOUGLAS “DB-8A-5”
No. 26 – THE BLACKBURN “SKUA”
No. 30 – THE NORTH AMERICAN “HARVARD”
No. 34 – THE PERCIVAL “Q-6” 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 four of these for one price! The trading cards each measure about 3'' x 2-1/2''. They appear to range from poor to excellent condition as pictured. #21 has one light crease. #26 has no creasing, #30 vertical creasing, and #34 has over all creasing, wear, and an old piece of scotch tape at the top. The cards were made with rounded corners. |
