Johnson Smith Company

A mail-order company known for its extensive catalog of novelties.
Cover of The Star Money Maker "A Self-Supporting School Lad," inside The Star Money Maker A listing for The Star Money Maker in a c. 1930 Johnson Smith & Co. catalog

The Star Money Maker inspired me to purchase my first gumball machine. This small book provides 53 pages of first-hand reports from youths who found clever ways to make money. What I didn't realize when I purchased the book in 1967, was that it had been published 60 years earlier!

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