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The School House Candy Company, also known as the E. Rosen Company, or, ROSBRO Plastics, based on the Pawtucket and Providence line of Rhode Island (about a ten minute walk from my house here on the East Side of Providence) was founded in 1912. For years it produced candy and packaging for candy on delightfully printed cards and, in famously collected plastic containers. Holiday candies and packaging were their specialty. It went into receivership in the summer of 1998 and was bought out by Sherwood Brands for 4 Million dollars later that same year.
Plans to renovate the building which is part of a larger historically-significant manufacturing complex in Pawtucket have been ongoing for the past several years. While it started off strong, the economic downturn which sadly kicked-in within a year after the momentum had started, has slowed progress and development significantly.
Photo courtesy RI Art in Ruins
Plans to renovate the building which is part of a larger historically-significant manufacturing complex in Pawtucket have been ongoing for the past several years. While it started off strong, the economic downturn which sadly kicked-in within a year after the momentum had started, has slowed progress and development significantly.
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Private Collection
Holiday Kitsch Klatsch on Etsy
Of course, anything that is more difficult to find becomes even that much sought after by collectors. This puts the Halloween containers into the "most fervently collected" category!
Moon Hollow Vintage
smick55 on eBay
Photo courtesy of Halloween in America, by Stuart Schneider
The rolling wheeled bases easily turned any container into a "pull toy" thus increasing the marketability as gifts to children from parents, grandparents and the kids themselves. The wheeled platforms are fairly generic across the holidays; you can see that those shown on the holiday figures above exactly match that shown on my first Easter Figure in this post. As these things go, I have learned recently that the collectible nature of these more "complex" containers has of course spawned hybrid "reproductions" of sorts. Some sellers are evidently gluing vintage hard plastic containers to newly created bases. The details, with photos, are documented here. Take a look and be mindful of this, especially if collecting off the web or, if something seems too good to be true!
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