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Tortoise and the Hare Grape Nuts advertisement, 1944

 Item
Identifier: CFC2020.0023.1

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Carlson Fable Collection is a gathering of primary fable materials at Reinert Alumni Memorial Library at Creighton University. It grew out of the personal collection of fable materials gathered by Rev. Gregory Carlson, S.J. and was given to the Creighton Libraries in 1996. There are more than 10,000 books and approximately 8,000 artifacts in the collection.

From plates to stamps, from cards to whiskey decanters, from toys to posters, you'll find just about anything you can imagine here. Please explore all that is to offer here in my fables Catalogue of Objects.

This is the largest online catalog of fable related objects on the internet. Many are from Aesop's Fables but you will find La Fontaine, Velazquez and Krylov also represented in this collection.

Dates

  • 1944

Extent

1 Linear Feet ; 10.5" x 13.5"

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

An advertisement for Grape Nuts in Ladies' Home Journal of June, 1944, plays on TH. A large, cartoon printed image of a tortoise and a hare is accompanied by a story reading “Exposed! Read the True Tale of the Tortoise and the Hare…”. The story plays on Aesop’s fable, claiming that, if the hare had eaten nutritious Grape Nuts, he may have won the race with the tortoise.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

eBay auction via adangels; [no location] [2008]

Source

Repository Details

Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository

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