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Wheaties "Take Me Out
To The Ball Game"
Record |
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1954
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MANUFACTURER
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Rainbo Records
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SPEED -
78 RPM
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SIZE
- 5 3/8"
diameter
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PRICE GUIDE - $10.00 - $15.00
Excellent -
Near Mint Condition
- Uncut Box Panel
$30.00 - $60.00
- Complete Box
$75.00 -
$125.00
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In 1953 Rainbo Records developed
a thin micro-plastic record,
manufactured in a continuous web,
resulting in numerous patents,
domestically and internationally. This
Wheaties record, "Take Me Out To The
Ball Game" was part of a 9 record set,
produced for a 1954 promotion. The
"Record on a box" was born. In 1955 Rainbo Records introduced a patented
method to produce the flexible records
as the "Record-On-A-Box" for a Wheaties
promotion. Using Rainbo built and
refined equipment, the company produced
over 30 million records for Wheaties
over the next several years, including
a series for Walt Disney issued in
1956.
The free phonograph records that were to be cut from the box on the doted
line included; Dixie, Yankee Doodle
Dandy, Three Little Fishes, Sparrow In
The Tree Top, Pony Boy, Music
Goes Round & Round, On Top Of Old
Smokey, Sparrow In The Tree Top, and
Take Me Out To The Ball Game. A square
sheet of plastic was glued over the
area on the box with the record for
protection. Regular Wheaties Red Record
Albums were also made available through
a mail in coupon provided on the box
for .25¢ and one Wheaties box top.
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MORE PHOTOS |
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| Wheaties Box Record |
Back of Box record |
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1954 Ad - Free Phonograph Record
On Special Wheaties Packages |
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