Gumball Machine Cards of the 60's-70's

I recently purchased a small stack of vintage gumball machine cards-- and wow, what a delirious assortment of memories! Kooky characters bearing tingly-tangy names that perfectly time capsule the 60's and 70's with sugar-powered notions of space travel, circus clowns, and dirty hippies-- you can't help but want to plunk down a coin for one of these tooth destroying treats!























Manufacturers in today's post include: Sconza, Leaf, and Herman Goelitz, while the bulk of the more mindbending samples come from Standard Specialty and feature their cute "Pat and Lyn" mascots with the teasing tagline: "They're Fresh!" I wonder, are they talking about the candy, or about Pat and Lyn?

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