In 1950, you could send in your photo, 25 cents and a Nabisco Shredded Wheat Box Top to get this STRAIGHT ARROW gold nugget Picture Ring. They'd superimpose your photo to look like you were in there with Straight Arrow and his palomino horse, Fury, in the secret golden cave. This ring doesn't have a photo inside...just the lens. Words STRAIGHT and ARROW are engraved around the ring. This is slightly adjustable...measures 7.5. Ring is gold-dipped. This was left over after the 1950 promotion...

Here's a great original vintage cardboard advertising sign for FAIRBANKS GOLD DUST WASHING POWDER - LEVER BROTHERS COMPANY. This is circa 1940s when Levers was still selling this product to Latin American countries. Sign measures 7 1/2 by 10 1/2 inches and is made of sturdy cardboard that has 2 punch holes near the top where a string was put for hanging. Shows the classic GOLD DUST black twins logo. Very slight wear to corners. Sign was never used and is in excellent condition.

Just so you have no doubts as to the origin and originality of this circa 1960 DRINK COCA COLA yo-yo, we photographed the box it came out of (sorry, not for sale). Called KOOKY CAPS, the yo-yo was a giveaway...'With the purchase of a carton of Coca Cola'. Yo-yo is made of hard plastic and shaped like the famous Coke bottle cap. Measures 1 7/8 inches across and 1 1/8 inch thick. Original string. Near-mint condition.

These 3 Black Americana hair product tins are circa 1940...all unused and empty. The small sample tin is for SWEET GEORGIA BROWN HAIR DRESSING POMADE and measures 1 1/8 inches across. Colorful red, yellow and black tins for LUCKY BROWN include Pressing Oil...featuring a smiling black woman with half her hair curly and the other half straight. Measures 2 3/4 inches across top by 1 inch high...

This original circa 1950's cardboard, easel-back sign advertises ~ Father John's Medicine - A Fine Tonic - Good For The Whole Family. Measures 11 x 7 inches. Sign is in unused, excellent condition.

Here's an original 1930s two-sided cardboard sign for MARTIN SODAS. One side advertises MARTIN DELICIOUS SODAS - CREEMI CREAM, CREEMI ROOT BEER and CREEMI SARSAPARILLA - 5c. The other side is for MARTIN FRESH FRUIT SODA. Both sides show a bottle and the line...LABORATORY TESTED FOR YOU AND YOURS. Sign measures 11 by 14 inches. Marked at corner...'Gun Hill Printing Service - Broadway - New York'. Overall, sign is unused and in excellent condition.

These 2 old product cartons were made by the Baltimore Butterine Co. and were never used. One is marked GOLD TINT For Frying and Shortening. The other was made to hold a pound of VITA OLEOMARGARINE. Both cartons are still flattened and each is waxed which is how the product stayed fresh. These measure 10 1/2 by 11 3/4 as they are but can be folded into boxes for display. Great old advertising products for a country store or a country kitchen.

This old, original 1920s BAB TABLETS lithographed tin makes some big promises...'Will restore and strenghten your voice...unequalled for weak or diseased throats'. The back copy adds...'Bab is an efficient remedy in case of Laryngitis, Pharyngitis and Loss of Voice'. Tin measures 4 1/8 by 2 1/2 by 5/8 inches. Made by Springfield Medicine Co. Springfield, Mass. Black lettering on salmon-colored tin. Never used, excellent condition.

Never used, this original Victorian era HURLEY'S MORE HAIR TONIC box is still flat and in its original condition. Box front shows illustration of a woman...half bald, half flowing tresses. Box copy claims that product promotes hair growth and removes dandruff...'the chief cause of the hair falling out'. Box also claims that Hurley's is 'INDORSED (sic) BY PHYSICIANS AND HIGH-CLASS HAIR DRESSERS' (beware of those dreaded low-class ones.)...

For the Jack Daniels collector who has everything, here's a deluxe silverplated shot glass. Bottom is marked J. Daniel - Lynchburg Tenn. - Towle Fine Silverplate. Cup measures 1 7/8 inches high by 1 5/8 inches across. It's in excellent condition...no dents or dings.

These 2 original vintage beer advertising pinbacks are at least from the 1950s, maybe earlier. One advertises NATIONAL PREMIUM...THE TRUE PILSNER and has the Mr. Pilsner logo in the center...marked National Brewing Co. - Baltimore Md. on the rim. The other says...WE SERVE KAIER'S SPECIAL BEER-ALE-PORTER....Kaier Brewing Co. - Mahonoy City, Pa. These pins measure 1 1/4 inches across and are both in excellent condition.

Author Mark Twain was so well liked, he rated a cigar named after him and this original circa 1910 cigar box label which says...'Known to Everyone - Liked by All'. It's a great embossed lithograph showing the wise Twain with scenes from some of his well-known books...looks like Huck Finn and/or Tom Sawyer. Label measures 9 by 7 inches and is in near-mint, unused condition.