Sunday, August 28, 2011

Betty Cut-Out Series, 1923

From "Aunt Elsie", July 08, 1923. A Betty, Ruth and Doll cut-out paper doll.



Saturday, August 27, 2011

The Tribune Paper Doll Family

A paper doll by Marjorie Wales from December 08, 1935.



Curly-Locks paper doll by Marjorie Wales. From October 07, 1934.





A paper doll that looks very much like Shirley Temple. This paper doll is also by Marjorie Wales. From September 29, 1935. This paper doll series ran for many years in an Utah newspaper. Marjorie Wales drew many of the paper dolls but some were submitted by the youngsters of the area. Very similar to "Aunt Elsie".







Friday, August 26, 2011

Leola & Rosemary Paper Dolls, 1941

From May 04, 1941. Drawn by Leola Farr.

Rosemary paper doll by Leola Farr. From April 27, 1941.




Monday, August 22, 2011

The New MAYTAG All Fabric AUTOMATIC WASHER, 1956




This "Count The MAYTAGS" contest appeared in an Oklahoma newspaper on September 16, 1956.





School Girls by Aunt Elsie

From December 12, 1920.
From October 08, 1922.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

ROYAL Futura Portable Typewriter, 1959



"Just Count The Number Of Times The Word 'ROYAL' Appears In This Ad . . ." This ad for the iTEX Graduation Contest appeared in an Idaho newspaper on April 24, 1959.




MARSHALL (Looking Natty!) by Laura Brock, 1933

"Now that school days and football days are with us again, Marshall will be kept busy with his megaphone, for as you know he is a new member of the Doll Family and makes his debut this year as a cheer leader. He wears a natty turtle-neck sweater just like Clark Gable." Marshall, another member of the newspaper paper doll series by Laura R. Brock, needs you to color him and his natty outfit in time for the upcoming football season at school. From October 1933.