Climbing out of the deep archives again for today’s entry into the Countdown, we’re going to reach back over four decades. Taking a look at a 1973 Halloween candy sales brochure from the Curtiss Candy Company, best known for their Baby Ruth and Butterfinger bars (now produced by Nestle), I think you’re really going to dig it. Make the jump to check it out.
The following over-sized brochure was created primarily for candy salesmen and distributors so most consumers would have never seen it. Yet today, it stands as a wonderful artifact and another rare glimpse into our shared confectionery past. CollectingCandy.com is the only place you’ll find this stuff, so without further ado, lets get to it!
1973 Curtiss Halloween Sales Folder – Page 01 – cover
The brochure was designed with overlapping pages that would flip up to reveal single tall presentations of promotional product lines.
1973 Curtiss Halloween Sales Folder – Page 02
1973 Curtiss Halloween Sales Folder – Page 03
I love the Baby Ruth and Butterfinger Jrs. packages shown on that page, and while I don’t have any of those snazzy multi-packs in my archives, I do have a set of the Junior bar wrappers themselves:
Curtiss – Baby Ruth Junior – candy wrapper – early 1970’s
Curtiss – Butterfinger Junior – candy wrapper – early 1970’s
1973 Curtiss Halloween Sales Folder – Page 04
1973 Curtiss Halloween Sales Folder – Page 05
Love the Saf-T-Pop multipack shown on that page:
Curtiss Saf-T-Pops – Fun Size – Halloween package photo – 1973
1973 Curtiss Halloween Sales Folder – Page 06
Curtiss Chewees and Choco Logs are two delightfully-named products that I thought deserved to be highlighted:
Curtiss Chewees – Assorted – Halloween package photo – 1973
Curtiss Choco Logs – Halloween package photo – 1973
1973 Curtiss Halloween Sales Folder – Page 07
How great is that Halloween candy shopping scene?
Curtiss Halloween Store display photo – 1973
The back inside and outer cover wrap up the brochure with a product ordering table along with some handwritten notes that a distributor or salesman must have made those many years ago.
1973 Curtiss Halloween Sales Folder – Page 08
1973 Curtiss Halloween Sales Folder – Page 09
That’s the end of the brochure and that’s everything I’ve got to share on it. It’s a piece I’m so happy to have uncovered and so thrilled to be able to share today for the Countdown. I hope you’ve enjoyed the look.
See you next time!
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I love these catalogs so much! Thank you for posting them!
Carol,
Thanks for always enjoying them. They’re always challenging to track down but so cool when I do. I suspect that for many of the things pictured, this is the only chance any of us will have to see them.
No one offers us a window into the historical world of candy Like Jason Liebig!
Thanks, Kenny.