Sunday, November 14, 2010

"The Harvest Girl" by Georgia Thanos, Aunt Elsie Club

An imaginative paper doll by Georgia Thanos, age 15, a member of the Aunt Elsie Club. "The Harvest Girl" has a carrot dress, a corn dress, a radish dress and a tomato dress. This paper doll appeared in the Oakland Tribune on November 24, 1929.

Count the Dots Contest, 1905

A Count the Dots contest that appeared in various newspapers in 1905.

TILLIE Cut-Out Club, 1950

From June 25, 1950.

WIN A TURKEY COLORING CONTEST, 1973

The above appeared in a Sheboygan newspaper on November 14, 1973.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Miss Paper Doll's Winter Costumes, 1911

From the newspaper paper doll series. Miss Paper Doll's Winter Costumes ran in papers in October of 1911.

CRANE Piano Contest, 1910

A counting contest that appeared in newspapers in October of 1910. A person had a chance to win a CRANE Piano just by counting the number of times the name CRANE appeared in the illustration above.

Betty's Winter Clothes, 1935

BETTY'S Winter Clothes appeared in the Flapper Fanny comic strip of October 06, 1935.