UPDATE For your evening enjoyment .The Butter and Eggs Man Play in the Longacre Theatre 1926

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Information on Wikipedia here
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Designed by architect Henry Beaumont Herts in 1912, the theatre was named for Longacre Square, the original name for Times Square. The French neo-classical building was constructed by impresario Harry Frazee, better remembered as the owner of the Boston Red Sox who, needing money for his theatrical ventures, sold Babe Ruth's contract to the New York Yankees. A curse allegedly lingered on the theatre as a result, and there was a time in which superstitious producers avoided it for fear they would be backing a flop, as noted by William Goldman in his book The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway. Despite the rumor, a large number of performers who have appeared on stage here have taken home a Tony Award for their efforts.
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The Play from Wikipedia
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The Butter and Egg Man is a 1925 play by George S. Kaufman, the only play he wrote without collaborating. It was a Broadway hit during the 1925–26 season at the Longacre Theatre.[1] Adapted to film six times, it is still performed on stages today.
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The song originally by Lois Armstrong but this newer version is pretty good.
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=HVe1r4HPj7Y&feature=share
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The token. You would think one can find these fairly easy and in high mint state........well I’ve looked
for several years and only found this one. Maybe I don’t have the right connection but I think I got a super nice
example that has original luster and is totally proof like.
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Showing the pl fields.
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The newest Pick up. It took quiet along time searching for another example. Same gold gilt and super proof like fields.
Just don't feel like imaging them tonight but I did want to share
This one states on the obverse "COMING TO YOUR TOWN" Also very proof like. Now I'm wondering how many varieties
of this one is known?
However it might only be the two as "Coming to your town" pretty much covers everywhere.
Another difference is the man's face is much more detailed and the bull he is riding has shed quite a few pounds.....
......maybe from carrying all those heavy gold coins wore him thin
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ricko

The older I get, the less I seem to know... Was not familiar with the song, play or token Stef.... Thanks for the background and links. Really nice token. I am old enough to remember the milkman (actually helped my Uncle deliver milk when I was a youngster), and the ice man... but not a butter and egg man. Cheers, RickO

CaptHenway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Butter_and_Egg_Man

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@CaptHenway said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Butter_and_Egg_Man

Thanks for fixing the link

Cameonut

That's pretty cool.
I am also old enough to remember dairy product deliveries to the milk chute by the back door of the house as I was growing up in Racine Wisconsin. Our milkman, Mr. Jorgensen, came on a regular schedule and delivered eggs, milk and butter to our house - he had other dairy products too, but I don't recall Mom buying those. He got there late enough to knock on the door instead of using the milk chute. Very nice man, and we enjoyed his smiling face.

Of course those days are probably long gone save a few corners of the country, but still a pleasant memory for the 15 years we were visited by Mr. Jorgensen.

CaptHenway

We have a local dairy that delivers milk and butter and eggs and cheese and, at Christmas, some damn fine egg nog. Gets left in two wooden boxes on the porch.

kaz

Very nice token, Stef and really enjoyed the music!

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Thanks everyone.......found an advertisement online.
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BillJones

The main things I know about George S. Kaufman are from the book "Act One" by Moss Hart. Hart is best known today for his directing work with Learner and Lowe on the original productions “My Fair Lady” and “Camelot.” Hart was married to Kitty Carlisle who was known for appearing on ‘50s TV quiz shows and looking like she was in her 40s when in fact she was in her 90s.

Their first play, “Once in a Lifetime,” played for 406 performances on Broadway, which was a good run for the time. According to Hart they had to do a lot of revising on the road before the show opened in New York. According to Moss Hart, getting the opportunity to work with George Kaufman was his big break in show business.

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UPDATE TO THREAD TO POST A NEW ONE I FOUND

Flatwoods

Very nice!

A few months is quite a long time searching for some items.
Others not so much.

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@Flatwoods said:
Very nice!

A few months is quite a long time searching for some items.
Others not so much.

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Thanks!…..it felt like forever. There have been a few fugly ones but this one is as nice as the first one.

Flatwoods

Nicer IMO!

NumisOxide

Very nice look to it! I do like the "coming to your town" version better. The die engraving is more detailed but both are neat medals.