Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1938.
Condition: Very good – monkeys are loose in the box.
Description: Item #714 “3 Monkeys” has two plastic monkey charms inside and a mirror. Joke: you are the third monkey!
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good.
Description: “Circle on The Square” is a tiny box with a drawer-type pull-out and a ring inside.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1938.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: Item #871 “A Hairbrush for Bald Heads” is a hairbrush shaped plastic handle with a rippled washcloth on it.
Manufacturer/Distributor: F. J. Smith.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: 1907.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “A Nice Juicy Lemon Card” is a joke card that reads,”To be worn in outside pocket, display handkerchief and watch the result. More fun than a box of Monkeys.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: Unknown.
Age/Date: Unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: This little gag box has a plastic scoop inside. It is unknown who made this or where it came from.
Manufacturer/Distributor: S. S. Adams.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Adams Passion Cigarettes” is a cigarette box that pops out big expanding balls when it is opened up.
Manufacturer/Distributor: L. A Magic & Toy, LLC.
Country of Origin: China.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Amazing Magic” black eye joke — take the cap off and put it to your eye and you get a black eye.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Daddy & Jack’s, 22 Bromfield St., Boston, Massachusetts.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Fair – Box label is damaged, rubber hot dog inside is broken.
Description: “America’s Most Popular Dog” gag box is a wooden box with a rubber hot dog inside.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1934.
Condition: Good – box is good, label is worn and dirty, rubber hot dog inside is very good.
Description: Item # 805 “American Hairless Dog” gag box is a wooden box with a rubber hot dog inside.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “An Old Maid’s Hope Chest” is a little gag box that opens up to a diaper with a pin inside. There is a poem on the inside of the cover, which reads: To My Own — When the moon fulls again over the mountain, and the mocking birds feather their nests anew; I’d be as happy as a frog in the fountain, washing out things for you.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: Japan.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Auto and Hat Nail” is a phony nail with a tiny spike on the end to make it stick to various surfaces and make people think there is a real nail in a tire or holding a hat.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: Austria — bottle, Japan.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good – the sleeve insert is detached so the two pieces of the peanut don’t fit together, there is a tear on one side of the peanut.
Description: “Peanut Shell Baby” is a large faux peanut shell that opens up to show a celluloid baby and a bottle inside. It was sold on page 582 in JSC catalog #137.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: Unknown.
Age/Date: Unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Baby Moccasins” gag box is a wooden box with a pair of moccasins inside. There is no way of knowing who made this box or where it came from, however it is something that could have been made by Fishlove. It just doesn’t have any of the company markings.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1938.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: Item #833 “Baby Rattler” gag box is a wooden box that claims to have a toy baby rattler in it (the word toy is written very small). Inside is a baby’s rattle.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Sold by Johnson Smith & Company.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good – some surface damage to edges.
Description: “Back Seat Communicator” is a device that is intended to be pinned up in a car for the use of the person(s) in the back seat. When the button is pushed, though, absolutely nothing happens.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1941.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: Item #760 “Back Seat Driver Glasses” consists of a pair of plastic glasses frames with green cardboard lenses that can be attached to block the view.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Bed Bugs (Imitation) is a small card with a package of six imitation bed bugs.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Sold in Johnson Smith & Company catalog.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: “Beetle In Box” is a wooden box with a sliding top. When the slider is across the top of the box a beetle jumps out from inside the box.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1948.
Condition: Very good.
Description: Item #614 “Behind The Red Curtain” gag book is an actual book with a replaced cover and cut out pages to display the gag, which in this case is a child with a bare behind.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: Germany.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Best Playing Cards” is a gag where a supposed deck of cards is pulled out of a card box and the card pops up with two mice attached to it.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1950.
Condition: Very good.
Description: Item #630 – “Billiard Ball Cover” gag box has a picture of a man with a fluffy wig on.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: Item #35 “Blue Monday” gag box makes reference to Monday being the historic wash day with a wash board and tub inside.
Number of Pages: 64.
Date: 1924.
Publisher/Distributor: Wehman Bros., New York, New York.
Condition: Very good.
Notes: “Boarding-House Jokes” is part of the Handy Series.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: This is a box of keys that can be used to wind up a variety of prank items.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: Item #707 “Boy! They Measure Big Out Here!” is a souvenir mailer with a ruler and a mailing tag.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Johnson Smith & Company, Detrioit 7, Michigan.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: Item #2132 is a joke produced by Johnson Smith & Company that consists of a crayon to draw cracks on mirrors.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Panoramic Sales Corp.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1957.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Brownie New Improved Gas Shaver” gag box has some enema tubing with a safety razor attached along with a box of beans and instructions.
Manufacturer/Distributor: H. Fishlove & Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1939.
Condition: Very good – brush is not attached to back board.
Description: Item #873 “Brush Up On Your Bridge” is a real book with a replaced cover and cut out pages to display the gag. Inside is a toothbrush.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: Japan.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Buzzer” is a knock-off of the Adams Joy Buzzer.
Manufacturer/Distributor: S. S. Adams.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: “Cachoo Sneezing Powder” is a tiny vial of sneezing powder created by S. S. Adams. It was the first item sold by Adams and was sold for many years until the ingredients were banned because they were harmful to humans. This is the product that started the Adams business.
