| The picture below shows a larger view of all (18) Different Old Painted Plastic Van Brode Cereal Prize People Character Figures in this lot. These are not dated but they are believed to be from the 1940s or early 1950s. These were from The Van Brode Milling Company, Inc. of Clinton, Massachusetts. They were from Luckies Puffed Wheat cereal. They were factory painted in multiple colors, except for the last one pictured. The hard plastic cereal prizes are of boys and girls, men and women, in costumes, of different countries around the world, and others. In the order pictured, left to right, these are marked on the bases as follows: CHINA BOY
INDIA
SPAIN
ESKIMO
COW GIRL
COWBOY
JAVA
PORTUGAL
DENMARK
CUBA
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
FINLAND
EARLY AMERICAN
SWEDEN
GERMANY
HAITI
NORWAY
HAWAIIAN All eighteen of these for one price! To judge the sizes, the last figure pictured measures about 2-1/8'' tall. These appear to range from excellent to mint condition as pictured. |
