{"id":4467,"date":"2012-06-09T17:47:53","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T21:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=4467"},"modified":"2012-06-09T17:52:38","modified_gmt":"2012-06-09T21:52:38","slug":"photo-hunt-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=4467","title":{"rendered":"Photo Hunt: 1975!"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the reasons this site exists at all is that the visuals of candy history are typically short in supply, and oftentimes lost forever.\u00a0 It’s unusual to come upon a vintage photo of candy, let alone an actual wrapper or box.\u00a0 So, when you find a historical confectionery photo, it can be a lot of fun, especially when it’s a photo of a fully populated sales rack of candy.<\/p>\n

Today, I’m presenting a two-page article from a 1975 candy trade magazine, which includes three great photos in service of the topic of merchandising.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As you can see, these two pages are just loaded with awesome 1970’s candy imagery.\u00a0 I’m going to present a close-up of each, with a few comments to follow.<\/p>\n

Our first image is a great, straight-on shot, with a lot of great candy and gum.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here we can see Lifesavers Pops, which were new in 1975, Sugar Babies, Topps’ Big Buddy, Topps’ Gumnicks, and more.\u00a0 Topps Candy Pennies, which I mentioned way back in my Lotsa Loot article<\/a>, are something I’ve been hunting for, for a while.\u00a0 This image also presents a great lineup of Tangy Taffy (later to become part of the Wonka Family and renamed to Laffy Taffy).<\/p>\n

Next up is a shot of a candy\/gum rack (with some Archway cookies tucked in behind them):<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>My favorite bit of this image is the bottom line-up of candy boxes, as well as the early white Starburst pack at the end.\u00a0 Great stuff.<\/p>\n

The last image is one I’m going to spend a little more time on.\u00a0 It’s an angular perspective, which presents a LOT of candy to see, and because of that, it’s my favorite of the three pictures:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This last image is the one I’ve spent the most time dissecting and examining, and in some cases it hasn’t been easy or obvious just what I’ve been looking at.\u00a0\u00a0 Without a doubt, there’s a great cross-section of chocolate bars here, and that makes them worthy of their own close-up:<\/p>\n

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Close-up of the chocolate bars.<\/p><\/div>\n

So it’s a great selection of 1970’s classics, but there are some fun nuggets hidden around this one.\u00a0 I’m going to show you the image again, with four areas highlighted, and then explain why I’ve highlighted them.\u00a0 This is a bit of a photo-hunt-exposition:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>First up in yellow you can just make out a display box for Fun Dip:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>It’s great to see Fun Dip on actual store shelves, all the way back in 1975.<\/p>\n

Next up, tiny Chiclets and Dynamints:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>There’s a great shot of a display box for Chiclets Tiny Size packs with kid-characters on them, as well as the two original flavors of Dynamints.\u00a0\u00a0 For those too young to remember, Dynamints were a small mint, much like Tic Tacs.<\/p>\n

Next up… a whole bunch of Marathon bars:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I just love this close-up because in it you see more Marathon bars (and Marathon bar wrappers) than likely still exist today.\u00a0 All in one place.\u00a0 Also, a nice bit of Bonomo Turkish Taffy there, and finally all the way at the right, you see ends of several packs of Willy Wonka Oompas.<\/p>\n

And now for the last highlight:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>It’s difficult to make out here, but this image is remarkable for a couple of reasons.\u00a0\u00a0 First, in the foreground is a Heide Red Hot Dollars box, but that’s not what is so awesome about this.\u00a0 It’s that we see several mid-70’s Milk Duds boxes, and finally, lined-up as a trio, the original three “flavored” Duds boxes; Cherry Duds, Banana Duds, and Grape Duds.\u00a0 Even though it’s just a few smudges of color, this is currently the only known image of a Banana or Cherry Duds box.\u00a0\u00a0 Which is kind of crazy…\u00a0 but there you go.<\/p>\n

Flavored Duds are an especially big favorite of mine, and pieces which I’ve been hunting for for years, and I’ll be doing a post dedicated to them later on.<\/p>\n

And that’s all for today.\u00a0 I hope you’ve enjoyed this little CollectingCandy.com Photo Hunt – and I hope it’s clear that when you’re really into this stuff, photos like these present quite a lot of enjoyment.\u00a0 See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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