Questions about Cracker Jack in the 1920's
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:27 pm
I relieved an e-mail from a college student working on a class project. She could our help and advice. Below are her questions.
Hello Mr. Spence,
My name is Nicole Klee and I am a college student at Trine University. In one of my classes, we are doing a sales project that is somewhat dated - 1923. We are representing the Cracker Jack Co. and are pitching to a company called The Woolworth Company (at the time a nickle & dime store). We are trying to get The Woolworth Company to sell our product (Cracker Jack) in their stores. The majority of our grade comes from our creativity and accuracy to the time period - i.e. dressing appropriately, talking correctly, and representing Cracker Jack closely.
I am contacting you because in all my research, I can not seem to find much information outside of a brief history on Cracker Jack. We want to know what the box looked like in 1923 so we can re-create it (was it the WWI design - what did it look like?), we want to know what sort of prizes came in it at the time (metal? what did they look like? what type of metal?). Is there anything else you can think of that would be relevant and possibly overlooked for the assignment? Do you have any pictures of item at that time period? Do you know if Woolworth already carried Cracker Jack?
I would really appreciate any and all pointers, guidance, and enlightening you can provide. I look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you again,
Nicole Klee
Hello Mr. Spence,
My name is Nicole Klee and I am a college student at Trine University. In one of my classes, we are doing a sales project that is somewhat dated - 1923. We are representing the Cracker Jack Co. and are pitching to a company called The Woolworth Company (at the time a nickle & dime store). We are trying to get The Woolworth Company to sell our product (Cracker Jack) in their stores. The majority of our grade comes from our creativity and accuracy to the time period - i.e. dressing appropriately, talking correctly, and representing Cracker Jack closely.
I am contacting you because in all my research, I can not seem to find much information outside of a brief history on Cracker Jack. We want to know what the box looked like in 1923 so we can re-create it (was it the WWI design - what did it look like?), we want to know what sort of prizes came in it at the time (metal? what did they look like? what type of metal?). Is there anything else you can think of that would be relevant and possibly overlooked for the assignment? Do you have any pictures of item at that time period? Do you know if Woolworth already carried Cracker Jack?
I would really appreciate any and all pointers, guidance, and enlightening you can provide. I look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you again,
Nicole Klee