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Sara-- There has been quite a lot written about Crackerjack lagniappes: _Cracker Jack Prizes_ by Alex Jaramillo; _Cracker Jack Collectibles_ by Ravi Pina; _Cracker Jack : The Unauthorized Guide to Advertising Collectibles_ by Larry White. Two books about Cracker Jack toy designers would be very helpful, as the designers created toy prizes for other companies, too: _A Surprise Inside! The Work and Wizardry of John Walworth_ ; and _Cloud Nine_ by C. Carey Cloud. The Cracker Jack Collectors Association puts out a newsletter; unfortunately, their website isn't very good. A website called the Cracker Jack Box, however, is excellent: http://pw2.netcom.com/~jeepers/CJBhome.html . Happy Meals toys are avidly collected and hence there are many buy/sell websites for them. The history is harder to track down, but one of Joyce & Terry Losonsky's books might have some good info: _Encyclopedia of Fast Food Toys_ or maybe _McDonald's Pre-Happy Meal Toys from the Fifties, Sixties, and Seventies_ . LC uses the heading "Premiums (Retail trade)" if you choose to look for more books. --K.A. Bayruns Seattle, Washington At 01:54 PM 9/14/04 -0400, you wrote: >Dear ARLIS members, > >I have a senior graphic design major who wants to do her senior thesis (they >design a book) on the little give-away toys and action figures that come in >boxes of tea, Cracker Jack, fast food meals, etc. Can any of you recommend >any sources for research on this kind of object? The closest I've come is >some articles on WilsonWeb which I found under the subject >PREMIUMS/COLLECTORS AND COLLECTING. The only books I've found are the price >guide sort of books. > >When I was little and went to the dentist we got to choose a free little >rubber animal - wish I had them now! > >Thanks very much - > >Sara >------------------------------------------- >Sara J. MacDonald, Public Services Librarian >The University of the Arts - University Libraries __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]