Friday, February 4, 2011

AW, HAVE A HEART by Ethel Hays, 1927

HEARTS - HEARTS - HEARTS' Just Try To Count Them' One-Two-Three-Half A Dozen-and there's another and another: How many hearts can you find in this Valentine done so beautifully by Ethel Hays, the Sheboygan Press artist? You will find a list of all the hearts in this picture on another page: Do not count the word "heart" in your count, but only the hearts drawn in this picture.
Ethel Hays, the clever girl artist of the Sheboygan Press had 20 hearts in her beautiful drawing which appears on the Society Page today. Here is the way she counts them:
This drawing by Ethel Hays, known for her illustrations and comic strip paper dolls, appeared in the Sheboygan Press on February 14, 1927.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

BOOTS & Rags

BOOTS Battling The Wind, from February 09, 1941.

RAGS, a friend of Bootkins, and Her New Clothes, from June 12, 1937.

BRITISH SOLDIER 1914-18 from Melandra Card Models, 1985

A British Soldier from 1914 thru 1918 by Mike Brown for MELANDRA CARD MODELS.
Some of the great Cut-Outs from MELANDRA CARD MODELS.

Military Cut-Outs, Number 2 - British

Military Cut-Outs, Number 2 - British appeared in the Constitution on March 24, 1918. It included a Field Marshall, a General, a Colonel, a Captain, a bugler and soldiers. Also included a blimp dirigible, a Red Cross ambulance, a sniper, a motor cycle dispatch rider, telephone operator at the front, an aviator of the Royal Flying Corps and a Howitzer.

Monday, January 31, 2011

My Great-Grandfather the Soldier Boy

My great-grandfather, Sanford Edwards, served in the Great War (World War I).
Another photograph of my great-grandfather in his uniform with one of his buddies. My great-grandfather is the one sitting on the arm of the chair.

Cut-Out Soldiers from A. W. Nugent, 1933

" Here are three cut-out soldiers for your collection. First color them with your crayons or water colors. Then cut out the men around their outlines. Bend the base backward on the dotted lines to make them stand." These cut-outs by A. W. Nugent appeared in the Tribune on September 17, 1933.

LIFE-LIKE MILITARY CUT-OUTS, Number 1 - American


A series of Military Cut-Outs appeared in the Atlanta Constitution in 1918. I have found 8 of the cut-outs from the series of at least 10. The American Military includes a General, a Colonel, a Major, a Captain, a Sergeant, a Bugler, Infantry soldiers, airplanes, red cross nurses, aviator, sniper, a machine gun, artillery and a very cool tank and armored car.