GENE & GLENN EARLY RADIO PERSONALITIES TIN.
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Auction #183 - Part II
Item numbers 1292-2528 in auction 183
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Item Description
8.5” dia. litho. tin c. 1930s. Image on lid features Gene Carroll and Glenn Rowell in conversation. Lid reads “Hello, Hello, Hello!” and has a facsimile signature that reads “Gene & Glenn”. Tin base has manufactures stamp on base and reads Canco. Both the base and lid feature scattered amounts of wear from use with most being found at the edge of the base or at the high points on the lid. Overall VG with the lithographed image on the lid having a very clean overall appearance w/minor wear. The history of Gene & Glenn (Gene Carroll and Glenn Rowell) as published in "Tune In Yesterday" is that they were a comedy-team show that came out of radio's early days, and were very popular during the Depression era. They were heard 15 minutes a day, six days a week on "The Quaker Early Birds Program." The men took a piano-records-chatter-and-situation approach to their time on air. They were on various networkk and local radio slots until 1943 when Glenn decided to quit show business. Gene later returned to radio in 1947 as a part of the "Fibber McGee and Molly" team.
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