#59

Barney Google Bank
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Clear glass profile view of comic character Barney Google with prominent nose, raised designs of hat and suit, attached to ribbed barrel with red metal tin screw cap with coin slot. Marked "Barney Google" on front of barrel, and "Copyright 1923, King Features Syndicate Inc." The candy container appeared in the 1925 wholesale catalog of Butler Bros. 3"H.