Saturday, July 14, 2012

The Pied Piper cut out story book, c. 1930s






An exceptional advertising booklet with paper dolls, from the 1930s, I'd guess. This is a few of the 15 pages; the rest tell the classic children's story, and then updates it for the hardsell -- the Pied Piper leading the children to the best shoe brand! Each page illustrated beautifully.

3 comments:

  1. Wonderful images! Aren't vintage ads engaging? I'm visiting your blog for the first time and enjoying it! Thanks!

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  2. It's really stunning! The illustrator looks familiar, but I don't know if I'm thinking of other books they did or perhaps work that was influenced by them. Either way a wonderful find!

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  3. Coincidence:
    I saw the last Shrek movie last night and the Piper was part of the story. Yours looks less grim.
    :)~
    HUGZ

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