For sale is a 1930s CRACKER JACK PRIZE TWO RING PUZZLE No 12 manufactured by L. W. G. & Company, Chicago, Illinois. This toy premium was free with your purchase of a box of Cracker Jacks or the purchase of a game of Checkers. This promotional puzzle challenge consists of whether you move can move one of the rings so they are both hanging on the same loop. The original envelope with the solution is not included. However, I can provide a print of a picture of the envelope so you have the instructions. An interesting collectible toy or promotional item.
Some historians view Cracker Jack as the first junk food. Cracker Jack was first sold back in 1896 and marketed with the slogan: “The More You Eat, the More You Want”. In 1907, the release of the song, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”, gave Cracker Jack free publicity, with its line: “Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack!” In 1912, Cracker Jack started putting its novelty prizes in its candy. In 1922, the sold Cracker Jacks, the Rueckheim Bros. & Eckstein company, was changed their name to The Cracker Jack Company.
