Giles is Ready for a Rainy Day

August 05, 1917.  Giles is feeling a little drab so grab your colors and help to brighten him up.

Military Cut-Outs During the GREAT WAR, 1917

 September 30, 1917.

September 09, 1917.  Along with paper dolls, military cut-outs were very popular in newspapers.

Fashionable Paper Dolls From 1917

 June 10, 1917.  Thomas is ready for summer in the latest 1917 fashion styles.

 June 03, 1917.  Mittie Lee will be the envy of all her friends when she steps out in her new wardrobe.

September 02, 1917.  Big sister, Etta Mae, loves her new dresses and accessories, especially her new purse.

Little Doughboy

August 16, 1917.

My Name is CARRIE

July 22, 1917. I have a photo of my grandmother when she was about 3 or 4 years old and this paper doll looks very much like her - so her name had to be CARRIE.

Motor Cycle Squad

August 26, 1917. "Paste on cardboard or stiff paper - - cut out figures and bend back stands on dotted lines." A newspaper military cut-out for children by E. T. Griffith.

Aeroplaning with Alvie, 1917

Aeroplaning With Alvie appeared in a Dallas newspaper on August 05, 1917. "Alvie is a daring aviator, and this is his aeroplane, the Gull. If his heart thumps hard and he is frightened half to death as his great birdlike machine sails above the clouds, Alvie never admits it, because he hopes to be sent across the ocean to France to help win the great war. If the airplane is to be one of your cut-out toys, paste it on to stiff paper before you cut it out. Paint the card to represent the blue sky and fleece white clouds. What do you suppose the tiny birds flying about think of this great gull with its enormous white wings and its loud, whirring noise? The aviator must be pasted on to stiff paper, colored and cut out. Place it in the slot at the top and we are ready for the launching of the great Gull."

Hooverizing in Squirrel Land, 1917

From December 09, 1917. Mammy Squirrel and little Frisky - I like it!

The DOLLHOUSE At Lunch Time, 1917

From May 27, 1917.