Closing out the exhibits for the first year of operation of the Harvey Mercheum, I would like to present my favorite rack toy. The reason it is my favorite is that, rather than taking the easy route and making the ticket folder from “Rich Airlines”, JA-RU opted to use a real airline, in this case Pan American World Airways, better known as Pan Am. Pan Am went out of business three years later.

View the exhibit:

Richie Rich Travel Set

Read an analysis of the JA-RU rack toy collection here:

“Big Data”: Analyzing the JA-RU rack toys

or download it in Portable Document Format here:

Analysis of the Rack Toys JA-RU Made for Harvey Publications, Inc.