Repro Product Packaging

[CharlieH.]

I've always been a big fan of this kind of thing - candy wrappers, soap boxes, cereal boxes, soup cans, soda bottles, coffee cans, just about anything of that sort from the 30's and 40's.
Since this is mostly about label graphics (except for the soda bottles), I'd like to know where can I get the necessary items to make my own 1939 box of Rice Krispies or anything else of the sort? (and I don't mean just eBay!)

And any advice as to how should I print them would be greatly appreciated.

 

[db5zx]

There are a couple of Yahoogroups on that topic. Most are on WWII Army Paperwork, etc, but some do offer free PDFs of candy wraps, etc.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/repro_paperwork/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwiifreepaperwork/

Hope that helps!

Jens

 

[CharlieH.]

Thanks! That'll come in quite handy.

Anyone else?

 

[Story]

I'd have sworn this was pre-war
http://theimaginaryworld.com/box903.jpg

but apparently the guy only does 1950s-70s. Email him, maybe he's got a perspective.
http://theimaginaryworld.com/page4.html

This 1940 single-serving size looks simple enough for a beta-test of your construction skills.
http://www.timepassagesnostalgia.com/&page=1&pm=0&searchkeywords=Packaging&sin=0249

If you're not emotionally wedded to Rice Krispies, there's always Corn Flakes
http://www.agassiztrading.com/advertising/1920-kellogg-box.htm

It also strikes me as a wonderful opportunity for parodies - like a Corn Flakes box with Mussolini on the front and a tag line of "Get the trains running on time, just like Il Duce!"
http://images.heritagecoin.com/images/HNAI/75/1083/1083005005o.jpg

Yup, there's the happy face you'd want to see over your first cup of coffee in the morning...

 

[CharlieH.]

Those are swell, thanks!

 

[Wild Root]

Get a load of this!

Check this old 1939 cartoon advertising Rice Crispies with "Snap" "Crackle" and "Pop"!!! Didn't know they went that far back!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J19G57-BHQ&search=1939

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[CharlieH.]

Dang! I've been meaning to cast an eyeball on that one for quite a while, but YouTube makes the machine go kaput. Doggone Microsoft!

 

[Quigley Brown]

Soggy, Mushy and who?

 

[jdjs]

Dang! I've been meaning to cast an eyeball on that one for quite a while, but YouTube makes the machine go kaput. Doggone Microsoft!

Here's a workaround for this problem (and it comes in handy for other things as well):

1. Copy the shortcut
2. Go to http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php. Paste the shortcut into the panel, select youtube from the pull down, and click download.
3. A new panel will appear. Right mouse on the download button and choose save target. You will need to give it a name and the extension .flv (example Krispies.flv).
This converts the video to a FlashVideo file on your machine.
4. To play the flv, you will need an flv player. My favorite tool is Riva Encoder/Player (http://rivavx.de/index.php?encoder&L=3). This will allow you play flvs, change them to avi's or convert both formats into individual jpgs (based on your selection of frame rate).

Hope that will help.

 

[jdjs]

Soggy, Mushy and who?

Would you believe toughy (boy, that would be one interesting cereal!)