3 Cracker Jill Charms on a pin bid is at .99 cents
CRACKER
JILL STORY: Millions of tiny zinc bunnies, scottie dogs, Buster Browns,
shovels, candlesticks, flatirons and storks have vanished over the
years into the cracks and crannies of American homes. They were the
prizes that came in candy boxes, like Cracker Jacks, or were used as
markers in Monopoly and Clue. Since World War II these little objects
have been made of plastic and paper. Now the original zinc is back as
the newest thing in costume jewelry. The vogue was launched one summer
by two Chicago jewelry makers as they dashed over and rescued 188,000 of
them. Painted bright crayon colors and hung on a black twill cord,
Cracker Jills a neighbor thought up the name.
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