Teenie Weenie W. Donahey sale 1922 Fine Candies Box from Geo Haas & Sons San Francisco

Here we have a tin in the shape of a suitcase from Geo. Haas & Sons. The originally contained fine candies from their candy shops located in San Francisco, California. The box is decorated on each side with characters from William Donahey's comic strip, The Teenie Weenies. It is dated copyright 1922.

Measurements: 5" by 3 1/2" by 1 1/4"

Condition: Some wear to the paint as expected from a one hundred year old tin. There is a crease at the bottom in the metal. Wear to the inside of the box as well.

A Little History: The Teenie Weenies was a comic strip created and illustrated by William Donahey that first appeared in 1914 in the Chicago Tribune and ran for over 50 years. It consisted of normal-size objects intermingled with tiny protagonists. The comic strip characters were two inches tall and lived under a rose bush. They lived with "real world" size materials made from discarded objects like hats, jars, barrels, kegs and boxes – all of which were gigantic to them. ~ courtesy of Wikipedia dot com

George Haas & Sons was sale a confectioner in San Francisco, California. He established his first candy factory and store, where he made some 200 varieties of candies, in 1868. After selling the business in 1880 he opened a new business two years later in the Phelan Building, designed by William Curlett, which was marketed as the most beautiful candy store. After being destroyed by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the business reopened in the rebuilt Phelan Building and three other sites, later expanding to eight stores in San Francisco and a thousand outlets elsewhere. The company went bankrupt in 1940.


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