Grand Rapids Creamery
07 August 2025
Description

1", opaque white shooter marble, appears to be mint condition (never played). MARBLE DESCRIPTION: CENTER, MAIN: Drawing of a milk bottle with the words ”Grand Rapids Creamery Co.” in black text CENTER, BOTTOM: Black text reading, ”Grand Rapids Milk,” ”Grand Rapids Creamery Co.,” ”305 Scribner Ave., N.W.,” ”Tel: 9-3476” and ”1934” LEFT, FOREGROUND: Minnie Mouse in a red and black dress, sitting in a tree, thought bubble over her head that reads, ”Outside of you, Mickey-that milk is the best thing in the world.” LEFT, BACKGROUND: Red and black building (home? school?) with smoke coming out of chimney RIGHT: Mickey Mouse in red and black sitting in a tree with thought bubble above his head that reads, ”INSIDE of you, Minnie-that milk is the best thing in the world” BACKGROUND: This Grand Rapids Creamery Co. + Disney co-promotion is believed to be part of a series of co-promotions negotiated with dairies in the early to mid 1930s by Horn, an editor of the Mickey Mouse Magazine, which was printed monthly. Horn would license the use of Mickey Mouse and his friends to the dairies, including special issues of Mickey Mouse Magazine imprinted with the dairies’ names on the magaxines’ covers and on generic ads within. This is the only marble I've been able to find related to this campaign. Images of the magazines themselves and related promotional items indicate the co-promotion included the below-listed dairies and magazine issues: No similar marbles have been found, thus it is unclear if co-branded marbles were a standard part of the promotion or something specifically offered by Grand Rapids Creamery. Participating Dairies: •Belle Vernon (City and State unknown) •Brighton Place Dairy (City and State unknown) •Bryant & Chapman (City and State unknown) •Clover Farm Dairy Co. (Clover Farm Cream Crest Milk), Walnut from Union to Beal, Telephone: 6-5330. City and state unknown. •Chestnut Farms - Chevy Chase , Penn. Avenue at 26th Street N.W., Telephones West 0183 DEcatur 1011 (City average unknown) •Detroit Creamery Milk, Detroit Creamery Co., Grand River Avenue at Sycamore Street, Tel. Temple: 1-7000. Detroit, Michigan •Ebling Creamery Co. (City and State unknown) •Grand Rapids Creamery, City Unknown, Wisconsin •Highland Dairy, (City and State unknown) •Luick Dairy (City and State unknown) •Moore’s Cream Top Milk, Moore’s Brothers Co., 253 Elm Street, Tel. 223 •New Haven Dairy (City and State unknown) •Ohio Clover Leaf Dairy, (City unknown), Ohio •Pontiac Dairy (City and State unknown) •Rieck’s Milk (City and State unknown) •Southern Dairies (City and State unknown) •St. Louis Dairy (City and State unknown) •Tru-Li-Pure (City and State unknown) Included Mickey Mouse Magazine Issues: •November 1933 - Vol. 1, No. 1 •December 1933 - Bol. 1, No. 2 •February 1934 - Vol. 1, No. 4 •March 1934 - Vol. 1, No. 5 (Girl Scout Issue) •June 1934 - Vol. 1, No. 8 •July 1935 - Vol. 1, No. 9 •August 1934 - Vol. 1, No. 10 •February 1935 - Issue II, No. 4 •March 1935 - Vol. II No. 5 •June, 1935 - Vol. II, No. 8 •August, 1935 - Vol. II, No. 10 •January 1936 - Vol. II, No. 3 Related Promotional Items: •Porcelain signage (2-sided, 2-color)

Dimensions

1" round

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