The Travelers and the Bear Handbill, 1950
Scope and Contents
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
- 1950
Extent
1 Sheets ; 5" x 7½".
Language of Materials
French
Abstract
"Handbill" is my best guess as to what these two very lightweight sheets are. I never thought of using fables to advertise medication to kill lice! One should use La Marie-Rose on one's children every Thursday, so that one can send proper children to school. The quips on the back touting the virtues of La Marie-Rose are a riot! The earlier handbill illustrating TB proclaims that Marie-Rose Lotion is not greasy and does not stain. It wards off the insects that bring all sorts of diseases!
Immediate Source of Acquisition
One illustrating TB, apparently earlier, for $5 from the same source, May, '05.
Source
- Mme Denise Debuigne (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository