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Posted By: Jon Canfield

Hello All,

I'm looking for your opinions and possibly some help... As most of you know, I put together a small guide of all the baseball related cigarette/tobacco packs and their corresponding cards. Based on the over 200 copies I sent out, I think it was a success even though it is always a work in progress. Well, since then, I've kicked around the idea of putting together a matching guide for candy/gum issues. I'd like to limit the guide from 1880's-1930.

First - what is your opinion of the idea? Again I would offer it to any board member free of charge when completed, just cover shipping and whatever material cost in the printing (a total of usually $1.50 - $2.00).

Second - IMAGES! I do have a few containers in my personal collection, Colgans, some Dockman boxes, Close, Croft's Croft and Allen, but other than that, I'm missing most other images.

Below is a list of some brands I'd like to include...
G&B Chewing Gum - NY
Breisch Williams
Philadelphia American Caramel
Croft and Allen Co. – Philadelphia
Crofts Candy
Crofts Swiss Milk Cocoa
Dockman & Sons – Pennsylvania
Nadja Caramels
Philadelphia Caramel Company
C.A. Briggs Lozenge Makers – Boston
Colgan Mint Chips
Colgan Violet Chips
Bishop & Company – Los Angeles
Darby Chocolate Company
Boston Garter
Ju Ju Drum Candy Company
Texas Gum Company Smith’s Mello-Mint Gum – Temple, TX
Standard Caramel Company – Lancaster, PA
Williams Caramel Company – Oxford, PA
George Close Candy Company – Cambridge, MA
Blomes Chocolate Company – Cambridge, MA
General Baking Company – Buffalo (Buster Brown, Peerless Bread, Brunners Butter Krust, Martin’s Bakery)
Collins McCarthy Candy Company – San Francisco
Home Run Kisses
Plow’s Candy Company
Mother’s Bread
Texas Tommy Company
Oxford Confectionary – Oxford, PA
Neilson’s Chocolate
National Caramel
Curtis Ireland Candy Company – St. Louis
Willard Chocolate Company – Canada
York Caramel Company – York, PA

I was hoping maybe the board had some images I could use. Again I'd give you full credit in the guide. Please email or post any suggestions or comments!

Thanks!