C. Carey Cloud created the
Metal Litho Garage 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.
The toys he made from the scrap metal were,
Metal Litho Garage, Metal Litho
Typewriter, Metal Litho Piano, Metal Litho Cabinets, Metal Litho Range,
Metal Litho Clock,
Metal Litho Radio,
Embossed Metal Circles,
Metal Chirpers,
Metal Litho Plates.
Carey Cloud used the same shape for three other tin prizes (shown below), the Metal Litho
Range, the Metal Litho Clock, and Metal Litho Radio.