C. Carey Cloud

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Cracker Jack prize - Metal Litho Typewriter
C. Carey Cloud created the Metal Litho Typewriter for Cracker Jack out of scrap metal. Carey Cloud discovered that Ball Brothers, maker of home canning lids, had tons of scrap two-inch metal discs. Buying the scrap metal for only $25 per ton for his toys, he was able to make over eighty million toys for Cracker Jack. When Ball Brothers discovered that he was making toys from the scrap metal, they raised the price to $125 per ton, and that was the end of his metal toys.

Carey Cloud used the same shape for two other tin prizes (shown below), the Metal Litho Cabinet, and the Metal Litho Piano.




C. Carey Cloud