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RARE ~ FRITO KID CERAMIC CUP MUG 1950's DISNEYLAND CASA de FRITOS RESTAURANT

$ 31.67

Availability: 54 in stock
  • Time Period Manufactured: Vintage (Pre-1968)
  • Condition: Chip on bottom
  • TYPE OF ADVERTISING: ADVERTISING CHARACTER
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Brand: DISNEYLAND DISNEY
  • Character/Story/Theme: FRITO KID
  • Year: 1950 s
  • NAME OF RESTAURANT: FRONTIERLAND CASA de FRITOS

    Description

    OFFERED FOR SALE
    The Frito Kid vending machine in Frontierland’s Casa de Fritos. During the 1950s and 1960s, Disneyland guests could insert a nickel into the coin box and the Fritos official mascot, The Frito Kid, would come to life, lick his lips, and call for Klondike the Miner to send a bag of Fritos down the chute. The stereophonic audio track changed with each purchase, so each customer would hear a different interaction between the Kid and Klondike. Photo
    Walt Disney financed Disneyland in part by lining up corporate sponsors for various attractions, stores, and restaurants around the park. One early sponsor was Fritos,  founded in 1932 by food entrepreneur Charles Elmer Doolin.
    Walt persuaded Doolin to open a Fritos-themed Mexican restaurant in Disneyland. Casa de Fritos opened on August 11, 1955, less than a month after Disneyland’s opening day.
    EXTREMELY RARE CERAMIC CUP / MUG (have sold in past for as much as 0+)
    FRITO KID
    ( a 3-D image pictured on front )
    MEASURES
    :  3 3/8" tall, 2 5/8" diameter top
    CONDITION:
    NOTE there is a CHIP ON BOTTOM (see photo) ; Overall crazing
    No other Damage .... Photos tell the Story
    PLEASE REVIEW ALL OF THE PHOTOS AND LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
    HAVE LISTED OTHER MISC ANTIQUES, ADVERTISING, TOKENS, MEDALS, COINS
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