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Clark Whittington with cracker while in Chattanooga, TN
to install a machine at Create Here.


"Glad to have mine!!"

COLLECTOR: Daniel Stetson
CRACKER #: 3395
LOCATION: Lakeland, Florida
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL


Special thanks to Anders Brownworth, who created the verification software that we use for your cracker tracker submissions (see bottom of page) and this humorous homage to his ingenious interface. Thanks Anders!

"Thanks from JustHumans.com!"

COLLECTOR: Anders Brownworth
CRACKER #: 3594
LOCATION: Cary, NC
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift from a friend
LINK: JustHumans.com


"I love him. Yes, it's a him."

COLLECTOR: Dan Condon
CRACKER #: 3058
LOCATION: Estes Park, Colorado
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: Beans & Barley, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
LINK: innovation matters


"My perpetual oreo or non-branded cookie sandwich 'cracker' was a Christmas present from my sister-out-law Heidi. It's been staring at me from my desk for many months now. A few hours before april fools day and it's time to put it into action "

COLLECTOR: Hankness
CRACKER #: C0707
LOCATION: San Fran, CA
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift from a friend
EMAIL: Hank in CA


"My sister Belinda and I spent $30 at the Art-O-Mat and of course our favorite was the cracker (even though we were a little confused at first). I'm excited to be a part of the cracker community."

COLLECTOR: Martha
CRACKER #: 3271
LOCATION: Springfield, Oregon
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon


"Little did I know when I got my pewter art cookie that it is precisely the diet recommended for stuffed lemurs. Amazing how fate steps in."

COLLECTOR: Michele Lemureo
CRACKER #: C0707
LOCATION: San Diego, CA
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift from a friend


"This is my dog Tucker and my bestest Christmas present ever.
I'll shall name thee Cracker Jacks."

COLLECTOR: Jaclyn Sheridan
CRACKER #: 3065
LOCATION: Coram, NY
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift from a friend


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"My friend Marnie bought this for me at the gallery Art251.
The Art-O-Mat is like toy vending machines for adults. What fun!"

COLLECTOR: Ako
CRACKER #: 3065
LOCATION: Keller, Texas
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: Art251 Keller, Texas


"too lazy to take a pic...sorry. just wanted to let the world know...
there's a some crack-er in budapest."

COLLECTOR: Dr Pokoly
CRACKER #: 2979
LOCATION: budapest, hungary
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: NYC


"I've been lax about taking the cracker on my travels. So, 2009 will mark the beginning of Elmers journies. He appears very excited."

COLLECTOR: Lory
CRACKER #: 2507
LOCATION: Napa California
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift from a friend


"They are so cool"

COLLECTOR: Matthew
CRACKER #: 1891
LOCATION: Wilmington, DE
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift from a friend
LINK: youtube.com/matthewfisher96 EMAIL: Matthew in DE


COLLECTOR: Melanie
CRACKER #: 1731
LOCATION: New York, NY
ACQUIRED FROM: I'll tell you later.


"PREMIUM"

COLLECTOR: Mark Collop
CRACKER #: 2205
LOCATION: Dallas, Texas
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift from a friend
EMAIL: Mark in Texas


"Tinman enjoys a pewter cracker now and then."

COLLECTOR: Jhosef Legros
CRACKER #: 2944
LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: Whitney Museum, NYC


"<333"

COLLECTOR: Vincent Pham
CRACKER #: 3099
LOCATION: North Carolina (on vacation)
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: SECCA


COLLECTOR: Sam Smith
CRACKER #: 2162
LOCATION: Baltimore, MD


fig. 1
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"I am pleased to report that #2955 blended seamlessly into its new setting (fig. 1), formed immediate relations with the most mobile of locals (e.g. fig. 2), and received warm welcome (and the sobriquet 'Ülker') from representatives of the larger community (fig. 3)."

COLLECTOR: (CH)4
CRACKER #: 2955
LOCATION: Istanbul
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: Geffen Contemporary Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA


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"A gift from my son...
He knows I love unique forms of art that inspire one to
take the next step or consider the unordinary."

COLLECTOR: Jeffary Sonnentag
CRACKER #: 2914
LOCATION: Physically: Waukesha WI Mentally: ?
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: Pop Culture in Madison Wisconsin
EMAIL: Jeffary in Wisconsin


"Stuff On MY Cat"

COLLECTOR: stexe
CRACKER #: 2938
LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: Geffen Contemporary Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA


"Thomas Jefferson loves pewter crackers!"

COLLECTOR: Sara
CRACKER #: 1919
LOCATION: Decatur, GA
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: Mary's of Course in Winston-Salem, NC


"ice cream sandwich! mmmmmmmm."

COLLECTOR: Nick & Tricia and family
Ice Cream #: IC0261 and IC0271
LOCATION: West Newton, MA
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift from a friend


"This cracker is smooth. It goes *clank*. It is hard to digest.
We like it a lot. The possibilities of it are endless."

COLLECTOR: Fuzz
CRACKER #: 2854
LOCATION: Mukilteo, WA
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: popdeluxe.com
EMAIL: Fuzz at accoutrements


"i received my cracker today, but unable to download picture with my new friend. crackers have been a comfort in our family since the day i was born (earliest recollection). a little thing as simple as a cracker has given us a lot of fond memories."

COLLECTOR: koffeekat bever
CRACKER #: 2526
LOCATION: Fort Worth,TX


"Cracker tracks for the cracker tracker. What else can you do with a cracker on a snowy February day?"

COLLECTOR: Sheri
CRACKER #: 2726
LOCATION: Lockport, NY
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift from a friend/Art-O-Mat Machine
MACHINE: Oak Park Public Library, Oak Park, IL
IMAGE URL: click here


"From my Flickr page."

COLLECTOR: Jen
CRACKER #: 2894
LOCATION: Lincoln, NE, USA
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: Ross Media Center, Lincoln, NE
EMAIL: Jen at hotmail


Cotton Pickin' Cracker.
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"These were taken at Baker's Farm in Alabama."

COLLECTOR: Patrice Glass
CRACKER #: ????
LOCATION: Alabama
ACQUIRED FROM: Artist


"Lucy would love to eat the cracker and tries every chance she gets."

COLLECTOR: Emily Kinsell Berger
CRACKER #: 2488
LOCATION: Lake Mills, WI
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift from a friend
EMAIL: Emily at GMail


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"I named my cracker Salty Dog.
My kitten, Modigliani, enjoys sniffing my cracker.
And Gumbi is overjoyed to have a new best friend."

COLLECTOR: Faith Payne
CRACKER #: 1922
LOCATION: Cape May, New Jersey
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: Whitney Museum, New york, NY


"From our great friends, Aimee and Marc from Austkee, that's Truckee and Austin. Thanks guys!!!"

COLLECTOR: Albert Lewis
CRACKER #: 2022
LOCATION: Truckee, CA
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift from a friend
EMAIL: Albert at Mac


COLLECTOR: Robert Hoffman
CRACKER #: 2398
LOCATION: Sarasota, FL


COLLECTOR: Tony Esposito
CRACKER #: 2677
LOCATION: Utica, NY
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift from a friend
EMAIL: Tony at space26



Click on the image to see a witty and fun cracker series on flickr

"I love my cracker!"

COLLECTOR: Pauline Yu
CRACKER #: 2269
LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: Chambers Hotel, Minneapolis, MN



Click on the image for John Firestone's Art-O-Mat article

Up close and personal.

COLLECTOR: John Firestone
CRACKER #: 2047
LOCATION: Harrisburg, PA
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: Utrecht store, New York City


The cracker is under the red cape.
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"This was taken on April 8th 2007 at the Plaza de Toros in Madrid, Spain."

COLLECTOR: Erick Grau
CRACKER #: 1868
LOCATION: Atlantic Highlands, NJ
ACQUIRED FROM: Artist


"My cracker in Grand Central Station. Coolio. Thanks Herb & Koren! "

COLLECTOR: Elin
CRACKER #: 2406
LOCATION: New York
ACQUIRED FROM: I'll tell you later


Me & My Cracker.
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"My cracker is very special to me. It has made many friends back in the homeland and it has gone many places with me. I enjoy sharing all of my experiences with my cracker. It has been with me through the best of times and the worst of times. No other crackers can compare. I love my cracker because it has one really big hole and then twelve other really small holes. It also has a dark spot on its underside, this is because it is multi-racial. My cracker represents all races of the world. I love the crunchyness of the cracker in the morning. I love the sound it makes when I tap it lightly with my index fingernail. Sometimes I like to decorate my cracker, or play dress-up with it. It enjoys wearing earrings. My cracker means the world to me. Thank you Herbert Hoover."

COLLECTOR: Alison
CRACKER #: 2220
LOCATION: North Carolina, USA
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: SECCA-Winston-Salem, NC
EMAIL: Alison at AOL


"The cracker now lives on a bookshelf in glamorous Lewisham, South East London..."

COLLECTOR: Nell
CRACKER #: 1988
LOCATION: London, UK
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York


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"I got my Herbert Hoover Cracker at an Art-O-Mat party hosted in Dancing Eye Gallery of Northville, MI... the Detroit Derby Girls were there too! Took Gallagher puts on the best Art-O-Mat parties and always keeps the machine stocked with Herbert Hoover Crackers! I love my pewter cracker, all my friends are envious!"

COLLECTOR: Jess Lacey
CRACKER #: 2059
LOCATION: Michigan
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: Detroit Community Art-O-Mat


"I love crackers. Crackers are so cool. I like to eat them in bed and wake up with crumbs in my sheets. My pewter cracker does not have crumbs but I like it anyway."

COLLECTOR: Candice
CRACKER #: 2100
LOCATION: At my office
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift from a friend
EMAIL: Candice at yahoo


"It's simply Crackerjack!"

COLLECTOR: Liz Vega
CRACKER #: 2266
LOCATION: L.A. California ey!
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine in Sacramento
EMAIL: Ms Vega at Cornell


"I found my cracker on the steps out The Museum of Contemporary Art...appropriate since the cracker itself is an art object! Thanks!"

COLLECTOR: Brooke
CRACKER #: 2119
LOCATION: downtown Los Angeles
ACQUIRED FROM: Found


COLLECTOR: Alexis Loftness
CRACKER #: 1816
LOCATION: Minnesota
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine in Charlotte NC


"I love my cracker. I'll have to start taking it with me on my travels."

COLLECTOR: Anne
CRACKER #: Legacy
LOCATION: Milwaukee WI
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine at Murray Hill Pottery
LINK: My Flickr Page


VeryVintageVegas.
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"We bought ours at TRIFECTA gallery in Las Vegas. at the monthly FIRST FRIDAY Art fair. We are the sponsors of VeryVintageVegas.com and blog about old vegas, it's homes, history, neighborhoods, folklore and more."

COLLECTOR: Uncle Jack
CRACKER #: 2094
ACQUIRED FROM: Trifecta Gallery
LOCATION: Las Vegas, NV
WEBSITE: Very Vintage Vegas


Beach Reading
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"Vacationing in St. George Island, FL."

COLLECTOR: Donna Gaines
CRACKER #: MFMIL
LOCATION: Chattanooga, TN
ACQUIRED FROM: artist


I love my cracker; it's exactly what I've always wanted. I am also a big pewter fan. The cat, on the other hand, was not interested at all. His comment was something along the lines of, "If I can't eat it, what good is it."

Mike liked it and thought it was just lovely, however, his comment was, "You woke me up for that? I can't even eat it."

COLLECTOR: Loretta Pirozzi BKB Company
CRACKER #: 1849
LOCATION: Seattle, WA
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-mat machine


"The cracker was a gift from a friend - Jim Gland"

COLLECTOR: Rob Clemens
CRACKER #: 1921
LOCATION: Delaware
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift from a friend


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COLLECTOR: Betty Koshalek
CRACKER #: 2020
LOCATION: Pasadena, California
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-mat machine
ARTOMAT LOCAL: Chambers hotel Minneapolis Minnesota


Happy Christmas!

COLLECTOR: Jim Gland
LOCATION: Dover, DE
ACQUIRED FROM: Artist


San Felipe Neri Church
in Albuquerque
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Scroll through for "Crack and Cracker!"

COLLECTOR: Jim Gland
LOCATION: Wilmington, DE
ACQUIRED FROM: herbhoover.com


COLLECTOR: Ken & Adriana
CRACKER #: 1742 & 1748
LOCATION: Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, Ireland
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-mat machine


"Cracker has become the new best friend of both Troy's Work Table and the child. Thank you Cracker!"

COLLECTOR: Troy's Work Table
CRACKER #: 1993
LOCATION: Puyallup, Washington
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-mat machine
LINK: Troy's Work Table Blog


"I found out there was an Art-O-Mat in Tacoma and had to try it out. Here is my pewter cracker from the machine. Now I just need to find a place for it."

COLLECTOR: Mike Knowels
CRACKER #: 1979
LOCATION: Tacoma, Washington
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-mat machine at BKB
LINK: Mike's Flickr


"So happy to have a fabulous Herb Hoover cracker
of my own and join the cracker tracker movement!"

COLLECTOR: Laura Gentry
CRACKER #: 1848
LOCATION: McGregor, Iowa
ACQUIRED FROM: herbhoover.com
EMAIL: strayeggplant at yahoo dot com


"Hey rockstar!! I finally got my cracker!! Here's a picture of my cracker hanging out with my lucky cats."

COLLECTOR: Ping Yan
CRACKER #: 1863
LOCATION: New York City
ACQUIRED FROM: Artist


Hangin' on a string.
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COLLECTOR: Willem Marx
LOCATION: New York, NY
ACQUIRED FROM: Artist


108 inches of "lake effect" snow.
 
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"This cracker is one of the neatest things I have ever seen!"

COLLECTOR: Gene Baker
CRACKER #: 1607
ACQUIRED FROM: herbhoover.com
LOCATION: Carthage, NY
EMAIL: gene dot baker at us dot army dot mil


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"Cracker pix from Bridget coming soon."

COLLECTOR: Bridget
CRACKER #: 1934
LOCATION: Sacramento, CA
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-mat machine


"Neat-o. I bought three."

COLLECTOR: Bucky Waters
CRACKER #: CC022 & CC023
LOCATION: Boston, MA
ACQUIRED FROM: herbhoover.com


"I love the Art-O-Mat. My cracker was one of many I have gotten. My first Art-O-Mat item was purchased in Sacramento. I got my cracker in Los Angeles. I hope to visit many more Art-O-Mat machines in the US and around the world. I am an artist myself and am inspired. Love this cracker!"

COLLECTOR: Sara Tanenhaus
CRACKER #: 1650
LOCATION: Richmond, CA
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat


CRACKER #: 1568


On "Rigoletto" prop table awaiting entrance cue.
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COLLECTOR: Anne Roza
LOCATION: Chattanooga, TN
ACQUIRED FROM: MFMIL
EMAIL: broza at comcast dot net


Waffles, bubbly, & cracker.
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"Here we are enjoying our waffles and champagne.
This was a great idea."

COLLECTOR: Jane & Hart
LOCATION: Toronto, ON
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat


PEZpresso!
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"A tasty treat arrived in the mail this week, and our postal inspector (Cricket) gives her approval."

Check out Dan Pezely's site for more: play.org

COLLECTOR: Dan "Pez" Pezely
CRACKER #: PEZ01
LOCATION: Seattle, WA
ACQUIRED FROM: artist


"I love my cracker and he will accompany me
on many future journeys."

COLLECTOR: Nancy Stalker
CRACKER #: 1615
LOCATION: Austin, TX
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat


"Cracker Twins attend a Perforation Society meeting."

COLLECTOR: Lothar & Elizabeth
CRACKER #: LOEB
LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift from a friend


"Donna Gaines (Tracker No. MFMIL) gave me my cracker for Christmas this year. I'm taking it to Las Vegas for our Christmas Holiday with our two nephews and their mom. Hopefully there will be some winnings as a result of my personal cracker."

COLLECTOR: Ida Cotter
CRACKER #: 1724
LOCATION: New Yorkk, NY
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift from a friend.
EMAIL: wcotter at bellsouth dot net


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Noah and cracker.


"This is an interesting cracker."

COLLECTOR: Kristie Hill
CRACKER #: 1842
LOCATION: New Yorkk, NY
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift from a friend.


COLLECTOR: Rachel
CRACKER #: 1645
LOCATION: Clarksville, Maryland
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat
EMAIL: girlhop00 at msn dot com


"This Iced Out saltine is considered one of the most unique and cherished bling pieces owned by Music Producer, PDawg McCracker."

COLLECTOR: Bart Plaskoff (a.k.a. PDawg McCracker)
CRACKER #: 1611
ACQUIRED FROM: ebay
LOCATION: Las Vegas, Nevada


Dorothy from Oz
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"Sightseeing in Chattanooga."

COLLECTOR: Donna Gaines
CRACKER #: MFMIL
LOCATION: Chattanooga, TN
ACQUIRED FROM: artist


"What an attractive cracker!
Good work, stranger."

COLLECTOR: Johnny Grey
CRACKER #: 1604
LOCATION: Chicago, IL
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat
EMAIL: johnnygreyart at gmail dot com


"My cracker arrived just in time for a recent art pilgrimage. So I'm e-mailing two photos from the trip. Feel free to post any or all. One is of the cracker visiting the Utah Salt Flats. The second is northwestern Utah at "Sun Tunnels," the impossibly remote environmental masterpiece of Nancy Holt."

COLLECTOR: Jeff Paris
CRACKER #: 1808
LOCATION: Salt Lake City, Utah
ACQUIRED FROM: herbhoover.com
EMAIL: jeff dot paris at aros dot net


"I love my cracker!"

COLLECTOR: Susan Roseman
CRACKER #: LEGACY
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-o-mat machine
LOCATION: Pipersville, PA
PHOTO: Riverbank Arts, Stockton, NJ


Mr. Monkey with his spoils from New York City.
You can visit Mr. Monkey's website and see all of
the places he has been by clicking here.

COLLECTOR: Mr. Monkey
CRACKER #: mOnk3y
ACQUIRED FROM: Whitney Museum Art-O-Mat, NYC
LOCATION: Alnwick, UK


"Catherine and I are kind of obsessed with this industrial-ish artist we discovered named Herbert Hoover."
To visit the Jane blog click here.

COLLECTOR: Katy & Catherine
CRACKER #: Legacy
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat
LOCATION: Northampton, MA


One reviewer went so far as to compare me to
the great Campbell's soup silkscreen artist:
"With my first token, I get a brown box marked "Cracker"
by an artist named Herbert Hoover of Harlem. Inside,
folded in nifty silver bubble wrap, is an unmistakable
Saltine cracker, cast in pewter, a neat-o bit of pop art
to be served with Andy Warhol's soup cans."

                    -Jen Graves, The News Tribune


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