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Happy Thanksgiving!

11/24/2010

 
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In honor of the holidays, we have this appropriately dated November 24th, 1895 art supplement to the Boston Sunday Globe, which printed a lot of fun cut-outs and paper dolls at the turn of the century and into the next. This one is interesting as it shows a traditional family: mother, father, son, and daughter, all sitting down to their holiday meal.

These interesting assemblies are a strange lot. Definitely a lost plaything of the past. Click on the image to see the work in more detail!
RLC link
11/29/2010 11:13:17 pm

This reminds me of building paper models when I was a child... though I was never quite patient enough for them, so I think my mother had to help a lot. These old toys are fascinating though the cook looks rather like she might have poisoned the turkey. Something about her eyes...

Danise link
11/30/2010 12:32:06 am

Happy Thanksgiving to you also(sorry a little late).Thanks for sharing your paper dolls .It is hard to find quality ones like these.

Boots link
12/1/2010 09:25:05 pm

Hello RLC and Danise!

I was never very good at constructing these types of things either. I remember one Christmas receiving a book of birds to assemble (it was really cool ~ wish i could find another one). But it was really complex for whatever age I was at the time and I just remember being frustrated.

Thank you for the belated holiday wishes! I can't believe it's already December!


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