Buellride
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Crazy title to a crazier find (thanks to LovestheShiny for the push to post) while RainorShine and I were hunting in Spokane...what we found "shiny wise" is less the point of this post (we found 13 silvers between ourselves, Vs, IHP, plus the 2nd rarest Buffalo Nickel minted) and more about the medal I found for the Northern Pacific Railway. The medal is printed with 4 leaf clovers and Northern Pacific Railway on one side and the reverse says "Member in Good Standing. Great Big Baked Potato Booster Club". The medal is circa 1908-1915 and was given to train passengers that ordered and ate one of their BIG BAKED POTATOS.
The photos I found of the history of the issuance of these medals is hilarious and definitely something I get a thrill out of reading about.
Enjoy the links and pictures.
Medal Example
Potato on Building in Tacoma, WA
"Images of the huge spud appeared on postcards, letterhead, and even in 3D form, when NP mounted a 40-foot-long, three-dimensional Great Big Baked Potato on the roof of its commissary in Seattle. Electric lights caused the butter to glow and the potatoes eyes to wink."
The photos I found of the history of the issuance of these medals is hilarious and definitely something I get a thrill out of reading about.
Enjoy the links and pictures.
Medal Example
Potato on Building in Tacoma, WA
"Images of the huge spud appeared on postcards, letterhead, and even in 3D form, when NP mounted a 40-foot-long, three-dimensional Great Big Baked Potato on the roof of its commissary in Seattle. Electric lights caused the butter to glow and the potatoes eyes to wink."