1915 Cracker Jack Advertising Poster

[HoggZilla]

I have been working on this reproduction for a few weeks. If anyone can help with additional cards cut out from 1914 or 15 I would like to create the other variations of this poster. Enjoy.

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Please post pictures. Thanks!

[JasonD08]

A Walter Johnson classic pose opposite Cobb at top would make this unimprovable.

[RichR]

Very Cool

Shouldn't the text on the back be upside down

[JasonD08]

Are you going to sell these?

[the-illini]

If you are printing these up and selling them, put me down for one!

[HoggZilla]

Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74

Shouldn't the text on the back be upside down

LOL! I guess they broke pattern with the poster - it's not like the '15 cards.

[HoggZilla]

Originally Posted by RichR

Very Cool

Thanks! I took time to make as exact a replica as possible - of course working from what little I could find. Couple items of note.

1. The Cracker Jack box is as true to the original box on the poster - my guess it was hand drawn by the printer or artist. If someone will send me a cutout Baker or Collins card, super high resolution - I might be able to improve the box even more. Maranville and Speaker cards with the box printing included would also be great. I just need high resolution. Scanned preferably.

2. I found the printers mark and duplicated it. Only thing I'm not 100% on is the ampersand.

3. Some of the cards pictured are not square or sized exactly like the actual cards, I really focused on these details. The Wagner card is cut up abruptly into the Jackson card - if true to the squared card it should have extended further.

4. The back pattern was not as easy as I thought, but the details are really close for sure, thanks to pictures of the back of some cutout cards I found here on net54.

Steve

[clydepepper]

pretty amazin' stuff, Steve!

[Mikehealer]

Steve, I received mine yesterday. Thanks again it's great.
Mike

[HoggZilla]

Originally Posted by JasonD08

A Walter Johnson classic pose opposite Cobb at top would make this unimprovable.

Was there a version of this poster with Johnson? I know of only two other cards, a Baker in Collins place and McGraw in McInnis place. Others?

I also have, from this forum, 4 cards from the 1914 poster.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by HoggZilla

Was there a version of this poster with Johnson? I know of only two other cards, a Baker in Collins place and McGraw in McInnis place. Others?

I also have, from this forum, 4 cards from the 1914 poster.

Hi Steve,
I picked up the cutout of Walter Johnson pictured below from a dealer at a card show roughly 15-20 years ago. I have long-assumed that it was cut from a Cracker Jack advertising poster and is authentic, but I really don't know. FYI, I don't collect the Cracker Jack sets - rather, I bought it for my WaJo card collection. The size of this cutout is approx. 1.875" x 2.50", and the paper stock is roughly the thickness a typical baseball card, but is much more rigid. Hope this is helpful to you. If you or anyone else can shed more light on this piece, I'll be most appreciative.
Val

[rhettyeakley]

Looks like your Johnson was in the equivalent spot as Tris Speaker in the above poster.

[ValKehl]

Hi Rhett,
Many thanks for taking a close look at my WaJo piece and seeing how it could have been in the same spot as Speaker on a similar poster. I now see that letters on the back appear to match up with Speaker's position on the poster, which I hadn't noticed earlier.
Best,
Val

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

These look pretty cool. Good work!


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[ruth-gehrig]

I haven't received mine yet but really excited to get it. I haven't been this antsy for the mail to come since REAs "book brick"

[HoggZilla]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

I haven't received mine yet but really excited to get it. I haven't been this antsy for the mail to come since REAs "book brick"

Nice! Hopefully yours will come tomorrow. Curious if anyone else is still waiting? Once I know they have all arrived safely I will open up the reserve I'm holding for sale. For now, I have 1 available for sale.