Curtiss Baby Ruth Halloween Treats Candy Box, 1958
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Halloween trick-or-treating as we know it today became common throughout America by 1950. Costumed children back then could receive a variety of goodies -- coins, toys, fruits, nuts, or even baked goods. Over the years pre-packaged candy became the treat of choice. In the late 1950s, the Curtiss Candy Company made small, two-cent-sized Baby Ruth candy bars to hand out to bell-ringing goblins.
Halloween trick-or-treating as we know it today became common throughout America by 1950. Costumed children back then could receive a variety of goodies -- coins, toys, fruits, nuts, or even baked goods. Over the years pre-packaged candy became the treat of choice. In the late 1950s, the Curtiss Candy Company made small, two-cent-sized Baby Ruth candy bars to hand out to bell-ringing goblins.
Artifact
Candy box
Date Made
1958
Subject Date
1958
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Creator Notes
Manufactured by Curtiss Candy Company of Chicago, Illinois
Keywords
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2008.14.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Orange (Color)
Brown
White (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 1.5 in
Width: 9.383 in
Length: 7.25 in
Inscriptions
Printed on top of box: CURTISS / Baby 2c Ruth / HALLOWEEN TREATS / "BE GOOD TO YOUR GOBLINS" / 40 / TRICKS / OR / TREATS / [copyright] CCC 1958 Printed on side of box: Baby 2c Ruth / AMERICA'S FAVORITE CANDY / 40 TREATS / NET WT. 1-1/4 LBS. /
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