Tuesday, January 18, 2011

William Donahey, Monarch Food Products, 1928

Click image for 723 x 991 size. Scanned from Taschen's "All-American Ads of the 20s".

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5 comments:

  1. Lauren HairstonJanuary 18, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    Any idea why everything is "teenie weenie"?

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  2. MJanuary 18, 2011 at 3:37 PM

    I can't be sure, but I think these are characters from a comic of the time.

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  3. Lauren HairstonJanuary 19, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    I found this page (http://the-tw-king.com/pages/trading-cards), which shows the Teenie Weenie trading cards that were included in Monarch Toffee. So cute!

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  4. MJanuary 19, 2011 at 6:02 PM

    Thanks for the link, they are very sweet. :)

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  5. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 2:05 AM

    The Teenie Weenie's were a syndicated comic series by William Donahey. He was approched by Monarch Foods wanting to tie his little people into the advertising of their products. I met him in the '60s at his studio in Chicago. As we talked, he sketched a frame for me that I still have displayed.

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