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America's Early Advertising Paper Dolls (A Schiffer Book for Collectors)
Bajorek, Lagretta Metzger, Bajorek, Benjamin T.
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Description for America's Early Advertising Paper Dolls (A Schiffer Book for Collectors)
Paperback. History of advertising using paper dolls from 1890s to First World War in America. Series: Schiffer Book for Collectors. Num Pages: 160 pages, 508 color photos. BIC Classification: AFH; JFCA; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 278 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 880.
Colorful paper dolls that sold everything from coffee to cathartics, from tea to thread, from cocoa to corsets. These dolls were the playthings of generations of children from the 1890s to the First World War. These wonderful examples of advertising art include fanciful characters from the imagination of artists like Palmer Cox. Dolls dressed in the national costumes of the many immigrants to the United States had a special appeal to everyone. Dolls depicting characters from favorite nursery rhymes and folk tales were issued by many advertisers; these dolls filled the playtime hours of many. Dolls appealing ... Read more
Colorful paper dolls that sold everything from coffee to cathartics, from tea to thread, from cocoa to corsets. These dolls were the playthings of generations of children from the 1890s to the First World War. These wonderful examples of advertising art include fanciful characters from the imagination of artists like Palmer Cox. Dolls dressed in the national costumes of the many immigrants to the United States had a special appeal to everyone. Dolls depicting characters from favorite nursery rhymes and folk tales were issued by many advertisers; these dolls filled the playtime hours of many. Dolls appealing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Ltd
Condition
New
Series
Schiffer Book for Collectors
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764307027
SKU
V9780764307027
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About Bajorek, Lagretta Metzger, Bajorek, Benjamin T.
Lagretta Metzger Bajorek grew up in Bowling Green, Ohio, with her twin sister, Loretta Metzger Rieger. Both were talented in art and loved history, and are graduates of Bowling Green State University. While teaching elementary school in Garfield Heights, Ohio, she attended classes at The Cleveland Institute of Art, where an interest in intaglio, (engraved ... Read more
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