Showing posts with label High Lights of History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label High Lights of History. Show all posts

Friday, August 1, 2014

BOYS AND GIRLS THE WORLD OVER Series - Abyssinia, or Ethiopia

 October 28, 1934.  A cut-out boy and girl from Abyssinia, or Ethiopia, from the BOYS AND GIRLS THE WORLD OVER series from High Lights of History by J. Carroll Mansfield.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Boy and Girls The World Over - SIAM by J. Carroll Mansfield

 May 27, 1934.  Boys and Girls The World Over series.  This girl and boy represent the country of SIAM.  Color and cut out them out and add to your collection.

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Boys and Girls The World Over - POLAND by J. Carroll Mansfield

 May 20, 1934.  Boys and Girls The World Over - POLAND.  Two attractive cut-out dolls from this series representing Polish boys and girls.  This series ran from 1934 through 1935.  I can not help but think about the terrible events that occurred in the world just a few years after these cut-outs were printed.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Boys and Girls The World Over - ALBANIA by J. Carroll Mansfield, 1934

 December 02, 1934.  An Albanian girl and boy to color and cut out from "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield from his series "Boys and Girls The World Over".  The series taught American children how other children lived across the world.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

BUCKSKIN BOY Cut-Outs No. 9, Betty Bowman

December 09, 1934.  BUCKSKIN BOY Cut-Outs No. 9, Betty Bowman.  "The charming daughter of the Buckskin Boy's foster parents.  Betty is a smart little girl and endowed with plenty of that fine courage that pioneer women were often called upon to display."  "This concludes the present series of cut-outs.  There will be more later, if there are sufficient requests for them."  I have not been able to find any other cut-outs from this series.

Saturday, September 14, 2013

BUCKSKIN BOY Cut-Outs No. 8, The Panther

December 02, 1934.  BUCKSKIN BOY Cut-Outs No. 8, The Panther.  Shawnee Chief, leader of a roving war party that threatens Daniel Boone and his pioneers on the way to Kentucky.

Friday, September 13, 2013

BUCKSKIN BOY Cut-Outs No. 7, Uncle Shadrach

November 25, 1934.  BUCKSKIN BOY Cut-Outs No. 7, Uncle Shadrach.  "Funny, lovable, old colored freedman who works for Lige Bowman, the Buckskin Boy's foster father.  Uncle Shadrach fears no perils so long as he has his rabbit's foot with him."

Thursday, September 12, 2013

BUCKSKIN BOY Cut-Outs No. 6, Pineknot Purdy

November 18, 1934.  BUCKSKIN BOY Cut-Outs No. 6, Pineknot Purdy.  Old back-woods man, spry for his years, who instructs the Buckskin Boy in the ways of the woods.

Monday, September 9, 2013

BUCKSKIN BOY Cut-Outs No. 4, Jack Blount

November 04, 1934.  BUCKSKIN BOY Cut-Outs No. 4 - Jack Blount.  "Handsome young Virginia Ranger and two-fisted fighting man, who is the Buckskin Boy's comrade in many adventures."  Series by J. Carroll Mansfield.

Sunday, September 8, 2013

BUCKSKIN BOY Cut-Outs No. 3, White Buffalo

October 28, 1934.  BUCKSKIN BOY Cut-Outs No. 3, White Buffalo.  "The friendly old Delaware Indian who usually appears just in time to help the Buckskin Boy escape from some peril . . . ."  Cut-Outs by J. Carroll Mansfield, High Lights of History newspaper series.

Saturday, September 7, 2013

BUCKSKIN BOY Cut-Outs by J. Carroll Mansfield

 October 14, 1934.  "KIT KIRBY is the plucky little hero of these thrilling stories of the frontier in Revolutionary War days. . . . . . KIT gets into many tight places but always comes up smiling."
October 21, 1934.  "MOLLY MacDONALD, pioneer girl, -- a courageous little heroine and loyal friend  . . . MOLLY looks well in feminine attire too, but perfers her boyish forest costume . . . . so do we!"