Greetings and salutations true believers! More useless junk of a bygone age, pulled from the maw of the scrapheap!
4 Detroit's own Velvet Peanut Butter jars, 3 of the Freezer variety plus one 3 lb Crunchy jar.
Hit an estate sale a couple of weeks back....tons of toys & clothes & dolls and such. Nothing I'm ever interested in. Off to the garage.....and behold! A plethora of aged junk just waiting to be tossed into the trash.
Being that I've got a reputation to uphold as a 1st class Nemesis....I jumped right into the fray and salvaged the only jars with paper labels intact. The 3-4 others without? Banished to the Fist of Doom....or some such forgotten nonsense!
Yes indeedy, these 4 have the labels & lids to match! Sparkling like the Sun of the effervescent 1960's!
2 with the latter day font & no 3 kids on the label...These 2 still bare the Detroit address of production.
This jar has the 3 Norberts....and the Livonia, Mi address, making it the youngest of the bunch.
And them there's this old salty dog! Older style font.....possibly early 1960's?!?
And on the back of said jar....the ultra rare ***2nd label***.....I ""know"" of another jar with a back label....but finding them is a rarity like spotting the legendary Dog-man or Bigfoot!
"I know this guy..." Don't we all? Well, you should. I know this guy that deals in all sorts of "Odds & Sods"...mostly the flotsam & jetsam of the past. The good stuff. The stuff you don't seem to find at either the estate or garage sale. I don't often get the chance to catch up with "the Guy", but it always pays off when I do.
1st up....the "Liar's License"....
As you can see....you can fill in the date yourself...starting with 1890....an old piece for certain.
M. B. Curtis was an actor & self made man. Hopefully he found the humor in this "license"....
Next, a J.L. Hudson's plastic "Charge Plate" in store credit card
Plastic case with "Hudson's Detroit"....and the tin "card" belonging to somebody from A2.
Next....and Vintage Channel 50 Sgt Sacto autographed card
For those of us too young to remember a mid-1960's kid show host....it's Sgt Sacto aka Detroit radio DJ Tom Ryan. Better known to genX viewers in Detroit as Count Scary! One of my best college friends Mother was his childhood neighbor! Harkens back to the glory day of Channel 50!
and lastly...a vintage bit of Coca-Cola advertising
A cardboard Santa Claus toy....toss the circle onto Santa's manly mustache. If you can find one of these the mustache is usually broken off!
Made to be given out as gifts around the holidays.....
Santa has brilliant color and is virtually spotless!
My source has set me up with some other impossible to find artifacts....truly "one-of-a-kind"....but that'll be for another day...perhaps, if I'm ever so inclined....
"If it says J.L. Hudson's....somebody somewhere is collecting it."
So said the sage this weekend....in just a random conversation that I happened upon....which in turn spurred this latest blog entry.
The 1st (The Hudson's Pretzel tin) tin I happened across a couple of years back at a nearby yearly flea market/rummage sale. A couple of bucks for a Hudson's 5lb tin? You bet your sweet bippy I was buying!
Still had/has the original label....missing the nutritional value chart....so my guess would be the late 1970's to the very early 1980's.....little to no rust, a few dings and dents, and a couple of scratches....much like the rest of us.
The 2nd tin...
Found at a local estate sale...in a back room. The place had been picked over & under...yet somehow this treasure had been missed. Great shape....little to no rust, a couple of scratches & dents....A "grate" find.
Still has its small Hudson's sales tag....almost faded beyond recognition...just enough to the trained eye. I have seen the same tin downtown at an antique store in Detroit's Eastern Market.....$30+ for a tin that's rusted beyond reason and looks like its been dragged down a dirt road...no thanks. Got this one for a measly buck....right place right time. I chalk it up to clean living! HA!
The Bertels Can Co. of Wilkes-Barre Pa is still in business,,,,and has been since 1922. Just 2 more artifacts for the collection.....TO THE VAULT
