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<p>[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 326604, member: 85"]Since you know about Gobbo, I'm assuming you know his origin?</p><p>For those who don't</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>"Gobbo, a cherubic figurine with a tilting head, a huge smile and fat hands resting on fat knees, was made to be placed on an automobile radiator cap. An advertisement in The Scientific American for May 15, 1909, said, "THIS IS THE MASCOT that has brought good luck to the Maxwell during the entire 10,000 mile non-stop engine run. Attach one to your radiator cap and you will have no hoodoo."</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>From this site about Billikens</p><p><a href="http://www.churchofgoodluck.com/Billiken_Lore.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.churchofgoodluck.com/Billiken_Lore.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.churchofgoodluck.com/Billiken_Lore.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have <u>The Big Gook of Cigarette Lighters </u>- If it is in there, I didn't find it. The book is all pictures and doesn't give any info on makers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 326604, member: 85"]Since you know about Gobbo, I'm assuming you know his origin? For those who don't [I] "Gobbo, a cherubic figurine with a tilting head, a huge smile and fat hands resting on fat knees, was made to be placed on an automobile radiator cap. An advertisement in The Scientific American for May 15, 1909, said, "THIS IS THE MASCOT that has brought good luck to the Maxwell during the entire 10,000 mile non-stop engine run. Attach one to your radiator cap and you will have no hoodoo." [/I] From this site about Billikens [URL]http://www.churchofgoodluck.com/Billiken_Lore.html[/URL] I have [U]The Big Gook of Cigarette Lighters [/U]- If it is in there, I didn't find it. The book is all pictures and doesn't give any info on makers.[/QUOTE]
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