Steph Posted October 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 I think that's a new box on me. The printer's plate is just plain neato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Marie Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Yes, Very Cool plate!Pelt Tracers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 7-ups very sunshiny ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 I wish these pics were bigger but they're all I have -- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Copperhead . . . one of my favorites, annealing fracture and all . . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Beautiful! Thanks for adding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migbar Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Nova types These were in the safe at Peltier. The smaller blue on white marbles were not Nova type marbles, but they were all kept together, and likely made at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Kewl! p.s., everyone, they can be magnified if you follow the link to photobucket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Some sold in an advertising box for Weather Bird Shoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Thanks for all the nice bumps. I did a newspaper search to try to find a date for the Weather Bird promotions but haven't yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarab Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 I see mib frequently, what does it stand for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarab Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 also, thanks for posting the 7-Up photo. I do not have one, as Steph asked a couple days ago about one of mine in a group photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 "Mib" mean "marble". Some say it's Latin for "marble". I don't know if that's true. It goes back a long time though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted February 8, 2015 Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 Oh wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cheese Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Thanks for all the nice bumps. I did a newspaper search to try to find a date for the Weather Bird promotions but haven't yet. Here is something I just located about the weatherbird box and logo. Makes me wonder just how old those rainbos are. "The Peter’s Shoes Company, with headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, used the Weather Bird logo from 1907 to 1932. The company issued a wide range of promotional items ranging from comic books to postcards to whistles. Researching this question brought back a flood of childhood memories. My mother favored Buster Brown shoes, manufactured by the Brown Shoe Company who licensed the use of Richard Outcault’s Buster Brown cartoon character in 1904. Before a sale was concluded, children were asked to step up to the shoe-fitting fluoroscope machine which produced an x-ray image of your feet showing how your feet fit within the shoes. The fluoroscope was a sales gimmick. The fit of a shoe depends on flesh size, something the machine could not measure nor demonstrate. Once a sale was concluded, it was premium time. Encountering a Buster Brown shoe premium in my travels always brings a smile to my face. According to one source, The Peltier Marble Company made the Weather Bird, rainbow marble premium. Another source indicated the boxes contained Akro corkscrew marbles. It is possible Weather Bird Shoes contracted with more than one company. Equally probable is that a dealer switched the marble type to create a rarity that never existed historically." Taken from this site: http://www.harryrinker.com/col-1359.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 I forgot to post the 1938 article I found a little while ago. When you posted the box on FB, I knew the 1932 seemed too restrictive. Or are these later versions of the logo not as close to the one on the box as I think? Here's a 1938 ad which mentions marbles and has a little birdie. And here's a similar-looking bird from 1955. A bit different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Looks right to me! Apparently the other site is just wrong! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I have a Weather Bird yoyo. No idea of a date -- I'll have to compare it chicken to chicken with these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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