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Since cracker jack began including a prize in every box in 1912, there have been thousands of different prizes, and independent collector jim davis has most of them. Tinlitho prizes, including a cracker jack bank, a thrift bank and a sundial. The alphabet26 guide to plastic cracker jack prizes. If it could be molded out of plastic, cracker jack made it, albeit in an under 2 size. Flute whistles from 1958, they come in three colors, red, yellow, and blue. On this day, february, in 19, the first prizes went into boxes of cracker jack snacks. But there came a time when you would always get that crappy fake moustache that would clip into your nostrils.