What did I buy? Mays and mantle!!!
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Seen this pop up on eBay and bought it. No idea what it is or where it came from
8”x3.5” thick cardboard stock Searched all over google and Facebook as well as eBay and cannot find what this came from. Contest ends 9/63 so if assume it’s from the 1963 season. |
That's a neat item, I'm assuming it was for Members of the Armed Service only, as a fun morale booster. I'm curious if it was distributed in SE Asia or just Stateside, would be a hell of a prize to be flown home from Vietnam in 1963.
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True I didn’t even think of that, I thought it was from a magazine but the thickness makes me now think otherwise.
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Interesting. Must have been on a "carton" of some kind of dry goods - certainly not milk - maybe cookies - probably as an impulse purchase item at the checkout aisle in a base exchange or commissary. As a youngster stationed in Alaska at that time, I would have been eligible to enter the contest, but don't think my unit commander would have authorized a leave for me if had won. Could sure have used the money, though, as I was saving for a car purchase.
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The card stock would be similar to that of dry goods. It’s slightly thicker than a cereal box. I’m not sure how that compares to boxes from the 60s.
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Any interest in selling
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Not looking to sell, I also just want to know what it is. Can’t find any info!!!
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Does anyone know and brands exclusively from commissary’s? Maybe this was a promo from that. Looking for any clues.
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Old Newspaper Clips
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Funny thing - I happened to be on a TDY trip to Japan and was stationed at Tachikawa AB for a couple of weeks in late 1963, so maybe I bumped into the contest winner?:rolleyes: |
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Anyone else seen anything like this before or know where to find out more about lever brothers in 1960s commissary’s. I keep striking out with every search I perform.
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Bump for more information. Looking for anything I can use to get more
Info. I can’t find anything!!! |
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Looking for a full panel, or the box they came on. More so specifics about what it is and where it specifically came from.
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Just crazy to me there is no info anywhere
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Can't help with info other than what you already have. But just so know yours is not unique see below.
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Wish I could help. I’m a Mays collector, and I’ve never actually seen this piece before. So I think it’s fair to say that it’s not a common piece, potentially even a very rare piece.
In some ways, I would like to think that what we’ve all learned in this thread so far is not an insignificant amount of additional context and detail. So I’m actually somewhat pleased that we’ve all learned as much as we have. Based on the tidbits that we can all glean from the actual item itself, along with a few extra details that have been provided here, that might be about all we’re going to be able to share. For better or worse, not many of us were there at that specific time and place to have much more to share with you, particularly around a relatively obscure piece like this. Really wish we could help more, but if there’s more out there, its news to me. Hopefully I’m wrong, and someone out there has a treasure trove of additional information, insights, and context that they’ve just been compiling and getting ready to post for our collective edification. |
Standing on my head hurts...
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Thanks again Velod. Your research skills are amazing. Truly appreciate your help. So counting this one, and mine, I have seen 3 total copies of this.
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Update!!!!
Took the advice of Volod, and researched through a newspaper archive. I found this newspaper advertisement with a similar contest. It provides details of contest as well as how to enter and what products it was found with! Thanks all for your help. |
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very impressive " detective work " by you guys !
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Thanks for the update...
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Here is a zoomed in contest rules
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Thanks for the repost, but...
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Here is the listing where Fred's (Whitey) came from. You can tell it's the same one from the perforations. It sold for $32.47 in 2018 on ebay.
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...est-1965121687 |
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