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Sponsor here is "De la boutique de Peabody" in Salem. The card lacks the usual title above the picture but has it in hardly legible print at the bottom. There is nothing on the verso. Perhaps the greatest strangeness is that I have not found other cards in this size and format. The artist has been clever in integrating the human and animal scenes into the design.

Abstract The pink and floral border frames each of two scenes familiar already from cards marked by "Dépot Central," namely "Le Loup, la Mère & l'Enfant" and MSA. These cards are thus slightly larger than their "Dépot Central" counterparts. Once again, the color printing is not exact. Baloy is a shoe dealer. The "Le Loup, la Mère & l'Enfant" card shows some old paste scars on both faces, while the MSA card shows them only on the text side.Le Loup, la Mère & l'Enfant...

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These cards present some of the same scenes found in the "Dépot Central" set. Advertisers include A la Place Blanche, Maison Pigeon-Fernet, Grande Maison de Lingerie G. Bignou, A la Mère de Famille, Fil au Dragon, Au Marche Menilmontant. Printers acknowledged include Bouillon, Rivoyre et Cie and Leroy Sécail et Cie.

Abstract The pictures are colorful and impressive traditional scenes. Often they include a second reference, as when DW shows the dog animals meeting in a circle at the upper left, while the bulk of the picture shows a scene of a poor old man (the wolf) conversing with a plump man in uniform (the dog). FG has both a fox and grapes in the foreground and then, slightly set into the background, a courtier looking up to damsels in front of a castle. Other fables, like WL, GGE, and "The Heron," are...

Abstract These may be the smallest cards I have. This is the first time I have seen the frog lying on his back in OF. The wolf drags off the lamb by the hand, while the lamb's other hand carries along his water jug. I am surprised at the quality of definition these cards achieve in their very small format. "Le Singe et le Chat," which advertises Carraud, is shorter, and its lettering is thicker; it may actually belong to a different set. Besides notions, Carré sells bandages and ribbons....

Abstract The texts do not follow La Fontaine exactly. This is the first time, I believe, that I have seen the ant dance in any form. The "Aux Deux Passages" is in Lyon and sells "nouveautés." Though I presume that there are six or seven cards in the set, these two complement each other nicely. In the first scene, the cicada approaches the ant; in the second scene, the ant dismisses the cicada. The artist here works with a very traditional approach to the fable: young woman visits matron. I find the...

Abstract The pictures are colorful and impressive traditional scenes. Often they include a second reference, as when DW shows the dog animals meeting in a circle at the upper left, while the bulk of the picture shows a scene of a poor old man (the wolf) conversing with a plump man in uniform (the dog). FG has both a fox and grapes in the foreground and then, slightly set into the background, a courtier looking up to damsels in front of a castle. Other fables, like WL, GGE, and "The Heron," are...

Abstract The pictures are monochromatic blue-and-white, with five or six lines per card at the bottom. The text and picture are not coordinated. In the text, for example, Perette is still thinking about cows when the picture already shows the milk fallen. The whole series ends with the line "They call it 'The Pot of Milk.'" Half the backs feature advertising for Mouchonnet's Teinturerie in Paris and half Sedille's Chaussures in Rouen. I take it that the backs were printed by firms other than...

Abstract The haughty crow in FC is paying the bowing and scraping man in the red coat to praise him. I think these are excellent illustrations! FG is a classic, as the unhappy old man turns away from the pretty young women. Note the grapes in the left background. The faces on both figures in GA are well done: judgmental and rejected, respectively. The MM card, though cropped, presents a lovely picture of a disappointed young woman. She is in fancy attire to take milk to town, including roses on her...

Abstract None of the pictures on these cards is well coordinated for colors. Perhaps the best of the colored images is the bespectacled child playing the teacher in "L'Enfant & le Maitre d' École." The most curious feature of this set lies in the unusual relationship between picture side and verso. The latter seems to go its own way, to have a series of scenes of its own, independent of the picture-side. The cards on this reverse side offer six different numbered black-and-white scenes (with...

Abstract The two cards depict "Les deux Mulets" and "Le Loup devenu Berger." Each card is titled "Fables de La Fontaine." Each at the bottom has the title of its fable and the moral. One advertises Francetta chocolate. Another advertises "Chauss? Paul." This firm seems to sell "specialités pour Pieds sensibles" and is a "Maison de Confiance." The three from Bertrand in 2020 bear no advertising. All but one of the cpcr958 cards are stamped on the verso with "Nouveaux Prix" and the new and...

Abstract GGE: Coats: 2 copies No. 33: Butler & Kelley, Manufacturers of Ball Programmes, etc., NY, with indication on the back that there are eight cards in this fable series. 2 copies Blank back, no printing, no number"The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle": No. 34: Jacob Doll Pianos No. 34: Church Bros. Fair, Oshkosh Wis. Coats"The Swan and the Cook": Coats: 2 copies Blank back, no printing, no numberFC: Coats: 2 copies McPhail Pianos 32 No. 35: Emerson Pianos:...

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Is there a fable behind these illustrations? Is it perhaps from Renard? If so, would people have recognized it without any kind of a title? Of course it is hard to know anyway what a fox marriage has to do with washer wringers! The Empire Wringer Company was in Auburn, NY. Their "Empire"model, pictured on the verso of both cards, was available from A. Page in Wentworth, NH for the first card and from M.B. Potttle of Kingfield, ME, for the second card.

Abstract DM, FC, "The Fox and the Goat," "The Fox and the Leopard" (two copies) and TH. FG is also stamped "Anderson & Thorson" while "The Fox and the Goat" is stamped "Hiram Cornish, Jr." of Newfield, NY. This series seems to coincide largely with my J. & P. Coats series; this set has slightly smaller cards. This series includes three cards that I do not yet have represented in that Coats set: DM, "The Fox and the Goat," and "The Fox and the Leopard." See also Wheeler & Wilson Sewing...

Abstract The first six from Clignancourt are cropped. At present I have full versions of all seven cards except "Le Lion et le Léopard," for which my only examplar is cropped. How wonderful to have something from an institution like "Aux Deux Magots" right at St. Germain des Pres! The colors are strong and the animals well dressed. Most humans would need a magnifying glass to read these fable texts! They were kept deliberately small, one suspects, to make room for the advertiser's information. "La...

Abstract In these portrait-formatted small (2½" x 4⅛") cards, a blue border surrounds the full-color picture in the upper three-quarters of the card and the five or six lines quoted from Florian below. The title of the fable itself, with Florian's name in parentheses, is written across the blue bar separating the two portions of the picture side of the card. Most cards have no advertising on either front or back, and include only the text of the fable on the verso. In fact, if one exchanges the blue...

Abstract FS First scene: The Shallow Dish3 copies, no text on the front and blank on the back, one signed "Willie Groover"FS Second scene: The Tall Vase2 copies, no text on the front and blank on the back 1 copy, no text on front and advertisement for Ackerman Bros. Crockery, San Francisco, on the back 1 copy, American Exchange Hotel, San Francisco, information on the front and an engraving of the hotel on the back 1 copy, "Buy Garland Stoves and Ranges" on the...

Abstract Sickle-like arcs divide the colored image into three sections. The large center portion shows the goose having laid a golden egg. Arcs enclosing the upper right separate a picture of the man having killed the goose. The arcs at the lower left show the repentant man having found nothing unusual inside the goose. The picture uses a different title: "The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg." It does not punctuate "Aesops." The text side has "Printed in Germany." It introduces a long description of...

Abstract Sickle-like arcs divide the colored image into two sections. The large upper portion shows the ass eating thistles. Arcs enclosing the lower left separate a picture of a man being served fine food. The picture does not punctuate "Aesops." The text side has "Printed in Germany." It introduces a long description of its product with this question: "Do You Use the Cracker Stamped 'Stapler'? If not, why not?" It is quite surprising that I found two cards independently--and within a couple of...

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One of the loveliest trade cards I have. Sickle-like arcs divide the colored image into three sections moving from the farmer and his son in the upper right to the lark mother and her chicks in the center to the harvested sheaves in the lower left. Sauer's 32 flavors are "Guaranteed under Food and Drug Act, June 30, 1906."

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Again, an arc divides this colored image into sections. The title and picture both make the bear into a doer of tricks; the text knows nothing of this description. The befriending is shown in the upper left section; the rest of the card's picture shows the result of this bear's care for his friend. "Quantity and Quality are both found in Heydt's 'Yankee' bread. A trial will be convincing."

Abstract The card is slightly torn on its right side. Again, the artist creates a composite picture, with the real life scene in the center. In this scene, a rooster and a chicken stand over a gold pocket watch while a third fowl nests in the background. The two additional scenes show, in the upper left, an ear of corn and, in the lower right, an array of gleaming jewels. Sickle-like arcs and ribbons divide the sections. This card has no indication of being printed in Germany. The message for Heydt's...

Abstract Individual cards may be identical with those from a set for McPhail Pianos. They share the "32" on the front of each card. They also seem to share the unusual characteristic of having only the fable text and the company name and place on the verso of each card. They seem otherwise to be the same as the various cards I have listed under J.P. Coats. The set includes:The Swan and the Cook The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle CP FC GGE LM OF THUnfortunately, none of them...

Abstract The cards are tan, and the ink is a brownish black. The designs--many of which are signed "P.S."—seem rudimentary to me. There is enough of the scene to understand what is taking place, but little interpretation or wit expressed. The verso contains the Jubilé logo and motto at the top and the title and a moral at the bottom.2PCochet, Chat, et SouriceauFCFGFMHeronLaboureur et EnfantsMM...

Abstract These cards are as beautiful as their larger counterparts. Each the three in this Series A has a counterpart in the Bon Marché Oriental set that I have. While those cards are 4" x 5½", these are 3¼" x 4 7/8". These cards add an oval in the lower left: apparently a man with a pitchfork and a seated woman are both drinking Elixir De Kempenaar. The border of each card has its own intricate golden pattern. The cards of this "A" series are numbered "4" (WC), "9" (FC), and "10" (CJ) in the lower...