RARE “YELLOW KID” VINTAGE PULVER CHEWING GUM VENDING MACHINE 1920’s

RARE “YELLOW KID” VINTAGE PULVER CHEWING GUM VENDING MACHINE 1920’s – 30’s

The Yellow Kid was the creation of Richard Felton Outcault and is considered the first American comic strip character to be a popular star. The character first appeared in Truth magazine in 1894. This is a highly sought after original and most popular collectible character today from the turn of the century. This slogan “yellow kid” represents the first ever comic character endorsement of a presidential candidate- McKinley.

This machine falls in the coin op category, but could be considered advertising, cartoon toy character with the animation of the puppet. The yellow kid “puppets” were popular cartoon characters during the time period

RARE vintage “Pulver Yellow Kid” Chewing Gum vending machine. Porcelain. Good working condition. Has original lock and key. The porcelain has couple chips expected for age. Due to quality of item shipping will include professional packing. Please review all photos and ask questions before bidding. Tall case 20”T x 9” W.

The yellow kid of the 1890’s was a popular character today highly collectible and sought after with exceeding prices over the thousands featured from displayed in books, chewing gum, toys, magazines, dolls, pins, buttons, cards, figural paper weight, rings, flags, comic strip, post card, xmas tree ornament, milk bottle, pipes, pin back pins and others.