*THIS LISTING IS FOR A: VINTAGE SUNKIST ORANGES PROMOTIONAL GIFT CUFFLINKS WITH ENAMELED SURFACE ART.
*I HAVE NEVER SEEN A DUPLICATE SET OFFERED FOR SALE.
*ZIPPO MADE LIGHTERS IN THE MID 1960'S WITH THIS SAME EXACT ENAMELED ART FOR THE SUNKIST GROWERS.
*EACH PIECE IS MARKED JAPAN.
*THIS SET IS FROM AN ORIGINAL FAMILY MEMBER THAT OWNED A TOM-BOY GROCERY STORE. (MY UNCLE)
*THESE WERE A GIFT HE RECIEVED.
*THE SET IS 50+ YEARS OLD.
*I DOUBT IF THEY WERE EVER WORN.
*THE CONDITION IS VERY NICE.
*I HAVE HAD THESE IN A CLOSED DISPLAY CASE FOR 30+ YEARS.
*THE HISTORY WITH THE PEDDLER'S CART AND THE SUNKIST NAME BY ITSELF IF A NEAT PART OF PRODUCE HISTORY. I HAVE COPIED, PASTED, QUOTED INFORMATION FROM THE INTERNET BELOW:
"Sunkist had an old-fashioned Fruit Cart. In the late 1880s, California citrus growers began organizing themselves into cooperatives, with the goal of increasing profits by pooling their risk and increasing their collective bargaining power with jobbers and packers. In 1893, P.J. Dreher and his son, the "father of the California citrus industry" Edward L. Dreher, formed the Southern California Fruit Exchange in Claremont, a small college town near Los Angeles. It originally represented only growers of oranges: in 1896 lemon growers joined as well. The exchange soon included growers and groves in Riverside in Riverside County, Pomona and San Dimas in Los Angeles County, and Santa Paula, Saticoy, Fillmore, Rancho Sespe, Bardsdale and Piru in Ventura County; by 1905, the group represented 5,000 members, 45% of the California citrus industry, and renamed itself the California Fruit Growers Exchange. In 1952, it changed its name to Sunkist Growers, Inc. In the 1960's several Zippos were ordered by the Sunkist Co-op with the Fruit stand image on them and the simple one-word promo: "Sunkist".
*I HAVE BEEN A COLLECTOR FOR YEARS AND AM NOW DOWN SIZING MY COLLECTION.
*THE PICTURES ALL HAVE ENLARGEMENT AND ZOOM OPTION.