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#CS022 - Griddle Mix Pancake Bag
Unused 12" tall vintage pancake bags from the I. O. A. Foods Co. in Cedar Rapids, IA. Says "Griddle Mix for Buckwheat Compound Pancakes".  This company went out of business a long time ago and these were left in the warehouse.  Circa 1950.
 
$1.00


#CS417 - Full Gunston Hall Pure Ground Ginger Spice Tin
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage 2 1/2" tall Gunston Hall Pure Ground Ginger Spice tin. They all are full and have their complete original contents. Marked "Janney-Marshall Co., Inc. Fredericksburg, VA.". Circa 1950s. We acquired these from the estate of Zane Shaffer who was one of the largest country store dealers on the East Coast. Excellent condition with a little minor age crazing.
 
$1.50


#DA093 - Hill Country Butter Box
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage 4 3/4" wide cardboard box (shipped folded flat as in the picture). Marked "Hill Country Butter" "Creameries Brady, Fredricksburg, Texas". Circa 1950. Old factory stock in excellent condition.
 
$0.75


#DA101 - Group of 12 Large Drive-in Dairy Waxed Milk Cartons
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. You get 12 for $12 (that's $1.00 each). Vintage large (7 7/8" tall if you fold it together), brightly colored waxed milk carton picturing the old farmer. Says "Farm Milk Drive-in Dairy" etc. Reverse has the same image of the farmer, and says the dairy was in Salinas, California. Unused old stock in excellent condition.
 
$12.00


#PC116 - Group of 12 Sammy Ice Cream Sandwich Wrappers
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. You get 12 for $6 (that's 50¢ each). Vintage 8 1/4" tall wrappers. Circa 1950. Nice graphic. Marked "Sammy Bar Ice Cream Sandwich" "Sammy Ice Cream Company, Kenosha, Wisconsin". Excellent unused condition.
 
$6.00


#SIGN174 - Apple Pie and a Glass of Milk Sign - As low as 50¢ each
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage 9" wide diecut paper sign that was made for use in diners. Classic Apple Pie on a plate with a glass of milk. Bright and colorful. They are old stock found in Pennsylvania. They were found at a distributor still in their shipping boxes dated 1953. These are as 1950s as you can get.

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#SIGN187 - Diecut Cantaloupe and Ice Cream on a Plate Sign - As low as 50¢ each
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage 8 1/2" wide diecut paper sign that was made for use in diners. It pictures half of a cantaloupe on a plate with a scoop of ice cream in the center. They are unused old stock found in Pennsylvania. They were found at a distributor still in their shipping boxes dated 1953. These are as 1950s as you can get.

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#SIGN188 - Diecut Diner Lunch Sign with Strawberry Milk Shake and Sandwiches - As low as 50¢ each
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Buy 4 or more and the price drops to 50¢ each. Vintage 9" wide diecut paper sign that was made for use in diners. It pictures a lunch which consists of a strawberry milk shake, a double decker sandwich cut into four slices, and a chunk of lettuce with a scoop of cottage cheese in it. They are unused old stock found in Pennsylvania. They were found at a distributor still in their shipping boxes dated 1953. These are as 1950s as you can get.

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#SIGN211 - Diecut Diner Sign of a Strawberry Soda with Straw
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Buy 4 or more and the price drops to 50¢ each. Vintage 10" tall diecut paper sign that was made for use in diners. It pictures a Strawberry Soda in a glass. They are unused old stock found in Pennsylvania. They were found at a distributor still in their shipping boxes dated 1953. These are as 1950s as you can get. 

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#SIGN217 - Diecut Diner Sign of a Steaming Cup of Hot Chocolate with a Spoon
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Buy 4 or more and the price drops to 50¢ each. Vintage 8" wide diecut paper sign that was made for use in diners. It pictures a steaming cup of hot chocolate on a dish with a spoon. They are unused old stock found in Pennsylvania. They were found at a distributor still in their shipping boxes dated 1953. These are as 1950s as you can get. 

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#SOZ038 - Group of 3 Vess Soda Mystery Bottle Cap Puzzle Giveaways
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. You will get 3 puzzles for $2.50 (that's about 83¢ each). Vintage 9" tall advertising giveaway from the Whistle & Vess Beverages plant in St.Louis, Missouri. It was a carton giveaway in the 1950s. When you bought a carton, one of these was stuffed in it. It is a puzzle of 9 pieces that need to be put together in the proper way,so as to have all the bottle caps matched up and 3 accross and 3 down in arrangement. Nice unused condition. Packages do show some very minor paper aging.
 
$2.50


#SOZ089 - Harmony Club Beverages Cardboard 6 Bottle Carrier - Dancing Girl
Click on the picture to see how great these really are. Vintage 7" wide Harmony Club Beverages 6 bottle carrier from the 1950s. Patriotic colors with a scantily clad dancing girl and silhouette of a piano player. Risque for the time. They are in excellent unused condition. These were found at the plant in Cleveland, Ohio many years ago. They came from the estate of friend and famous dealer, Bob Secrist.
 
$2.50


#TY574 - Pair of Sex Detector Novelties - Japan
You get the pair for $2.50. Vintage sex detector novelties. The one with the illustration on it says "Instantly Indicates the Sex of Humans, Animals, or Insects" "Wonderful Fun-Maker" "A Scientific Instrument Better Than the Ouija Board" "Circular motion Female" "Forward and Backward Male". The illustrated package is about 3" wide and contain a small tin bobber on a string that you dangled. The larger package is about 3 3/4" all and contain a larger tin bobber on a string (pictured), but no instructions (even though it says they are inside!). Both packages are marked "Japan" and are circa 1950. We had a few of these years ago, and they were very popular. Unsold old store stock we recently recovered from a warehouse in Northeast Ohio. Packages show typical minor paper aging. Parts inside are like new.
 
$2.50


#TY628 - Imitation Butter Gag Toy - Japan
Vintage 4 1/2" tall header bag with fake butter. Says "Imitation Butter for Party Fun" "A Fun Provoker at the Table". Brightly colored entertaining header pictures of a guy having trouble with the butter. They are from the 1950s. Unsold old store stock in excellent condition. We recently uncovered these in an old warehouse in northern Ohio.
 
$1.00


#TY678 - Pair of Carded Tin Sheriff and Special Police Novelty Brooch Badges - Made in Japan
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. You get the pair for $3.00 (that's $1.55 each). Vintage 2 1/4" tall embossed tin sheriff badges on display cards. Marked "Made in Japan". One is diecut in a star shape and says "Deputy Sheriff". The other is diecut in a badge shape and says "Special Police". The cards say "Novelty Brooch Made in Japan". They have sharp pins in the back, so be careful.  These are old 1950s stock that we got from a friend who is retiring. Excellent unused old store stock. The tin show some nice patina on some. Some star shapes have a wavy prong.
 
$3.00


#TY868 - James M. Cole Circus Complimentary Ticket - Clown
Vintage 5 3/4" wide complimentary ticket to the James M. Cole Circus from the late 1950s. These are perforated paper tickets that were given away free if you signed a contract to let them put a sign in your yard or business window. Nice clown image. Unused excellent condition. We have some of the actual contracts available in another listing.

These came from a fellow whose job it was to run ahead of the circus to prime the town they were going to. He would put up signs in yards in exchange for tickets. Give tickets to the local stores to sell, and take proofs to the local newspapers. He did this from about 1958 till 1962 for several circuses. This paper and a lot of other stuff we bought came from leftovers in his garage. The Cole Circus was one of the majors. It was equal to Ringling Brothers in the 1930s. When TV came around in the 1950s and 60s, many of these circuses had trouble. People got glued to the TV. The New Cole Brothers Circus was formed in the 1980s and it is still around today.
 
$1.00


#BC206 - Rare Cork Lined Cohasset Grape Soda Cap with Indian Chief Pictured
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage cork lined Cohasset Grape Soda cork lined bottle cap. Circa 1950. Pictures an Indian chief. Marked "Cohasset Beverage Co. Youngstown, Ohio" around the rim. These are rare and they are in excellent unused condition. They came from the estate of the late Larry "The Bottleman" Johnson, who was a friend. Larry was a picker his whole life, and he will be missed by the antique community.
 
$1.50


#BC212 - Rare Ma's Grapefruit Soda Bottle Cap - Pictures Ma
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage cork lined Ma's Grapefruit Soda bottle cap. Circa 1950s. Marked "Hammonton Bottling Co. Hammonton, NJ" around the rim. These are rare and they are in excellent unused condition. They came from the estate of the late Larry "The Bottleman" Johnson, who was a friend. Larry was a picker his whole life, and he will be missed by the antique community.
 
$0.75


#BEADS0481 - 14mm Crystal Topaz Bean Shaped Glass Cabachon - As low as 8¢ ea
Vintage rounded back 14mm (.6") diameter glass cabochon. These are topaz colored and clear. The package was marked "Morris Berger New York" with an old time phone number, and "Made in Western Germany", so these are from around 1950. Thee package also says "bombee back", which means melon shaped. These are a super bargain.
 
This is from our latest treasure hunt! From a warehouse of cabachons and beads! All were in original packaging. All are 50 - 90 years old.

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#BEADS0515 - 8mm Olivin Czech Glass Rhinestone - As low as 10¢ each
8mm pointy foiled back round rhinestone. Packages were marked "Czechoslovakia", and "Olivin". This is a scarce and pretty color. they were made in the 1950s. Excellent, never seen the light of day condition, from original packages.
 
This is from our latest treasure hunt! From a warehouse of cabachons and beads! All were in original packaging. All are 50 - 90 years old.

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#BEADS0942 - Strand of 24 Cherry Brand Glass 12mm Transparent Sapphire Blue Baroque (Dimpled) Glass Beads
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. You get 24 Beads for $3.50 (16¢ each). Vintage temporary strand of fancy Cherry Brand Japanese Baroque beads. They are heavy 12mm diameter transparent sapphire blue colored glass beads. The glass is very beautiful with dimples (they called it Baroque on the master case). These were made by hand using old techniques. The crude shapes and unusual dimple really enhance the look. These are 1940s Cherry Brand (company only existed from 1946 - 1951). As you may know, Cherry Brand was considered the highest quality Japanese bead maker. This is a very fresh find we made from a dealer in New York who originally purchased them in the 1940s. These are very hard to find, very nice, and have never seen the light of day.
 
$3.50


#CE007.1 - Annual Double Mixed Gaillardia Lone Star 10¢ Seed Pack - As Low As 50¢ each
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage 4 1/2" tall unfilled (empty) Annual Double Mixed Gaillardia 10¢ seed packet from the Lone Star Seed Co. in San Antonio, Texas. The beautiful images on the envelopes were printed in the 1940s. The price stamps and descriptions were printed in the 1950s. Excellent condition.

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#CE039 - Brilliantly Colored Pink Periwinkle (Vinca) Lone Star 10¢ Seed Pack - As Low As 50¢ each
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage 4 1/2" tall unfilled (empty) Pink Vinca (Periwinkle) Stone litho 10¢ seed packet from the Lone Star Seed Co. in San Antonio, Texas. The beautiful images on the envelopes were printed in the 1940s. The price stamps and descriptions were printed in the 1950s. Excellent condition.

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#CE039.1 - Group of 12 Brilliantly Colored Pink Periwinkle (Vinca) Lone Star 10¢ Seed Packs
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. You get 12 for $3.60 (that's 30¢ each). Vintage 4 1/2" tall unfilled (empty) Pink Vinca (Periwinkle) Stone litho 10¢ seed packet from the Lone Star Seed Co. in San Antonio, Texas. The beautiful images on the envelopes were printed in the 1940s. The price stamps and descriptions were printed in the 1950s. Excellent condition.
 
$3.60
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