1950 American Nut & Chocolate Company Whitey Kurowski Mini Pennant (F150)

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1950 American Nut & Chocolate Company Whitey Kurowski Mini Pennant (F150). The Whitey Kurowski pennant is one of the rarest examples in this issue. The first batch of nuts ever roasted by American Nut & Chocolate Company was made on Tremont Street in Boston in 1927. Soon after that their business primarily catered to the retail street vendors as well as the wholesale vending trade where a small coin deposited into a glass-globed vending machine yielded a handful of fresh nuts. These machines were found in many drug stores, supermarkets, restaurants, and barber shops throughout New England. In 1946 they came out with their first baseball pennants, which came in candy boxes with a metal pin (all for 5 cents). In 1950, their second set of mini-pennants was offered – a set of 22 pennants that featured drawings of individual players to compliment the earlier team pennants. The pennants were most often obtained inside the box of chocolate candy (it is common to find many of the pennants with candy stains). American League players were printed in a very dark blue on the white felt, while the National Leaguers were printed in red ink on the white flags. The pennants feature simple line drawings of the players (similar to a comic format) alongside the player’s facsimile autograph.