A Prize in Every Box!

Cracker Jack boxes included prizes from 1912 to 2016.  I collect the earlier prizes, circa 1912 - 1939.  My favorites are the tin litho toys designed by Carey Cloud.

I like the early premiums because they were made to be useful.  Some of the toys were compatible with the Marx-scale dollhouses:

Others fit the one-inch scale houses.

They also made charms for bracelets, which doubled as game pieces.

I have incorporated Cracker Jack miniatures into several of my houses.  Examples are below.  The animal charms also make nice nursery toys for 1:12 scale scenes.