1917"Jell-O Famous Friends of Jell-O" Recipe Booklet w Pictures of Famous Women*

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Description:  This
1917 "Jell-O Famous Friends of Jell-O" Recipe Booklet has Pictures of Famous Women. There are 22 pages of colored pictures of recipes. There are three women mentioned in this booklet. The first woman is Ethel Barrymore. She is an actress, housewife and mother. The second woman is Merion Harland. For more than fifty years, she has been the foremost worker and writer in behalf of common-sense housekeeping methods. The third woman is Rose O'Neill. The Kewpie's Mother. The fourth woman is Madame Schumann heink. A great singer. Many great recipes.
History - "
Kewpie
is a brand of dolls and figurines that were initially conceived as
comic strip
characters by artist and writer
Rose O'Neill
. The illustrated cartoons, appearing as baby
cupid
characters, began to gain popularity after the publication of O'Neill's comic strips in 1909, and O'Neill began to illustrate and sell
paper doll
versions of the
Kewpies
. The characters were first produced as
bisque dolls
in
Waltershausen, Germany
beginning in 1912, and became extremely popular in the early twentieth century."
"
Rose Cecil O'Neill
(June 25, 1874 – April 6, 1944) was an American illustrator, artist, and writer who created the popular comic characters,
Kewpies
. After the growing popularity of O'Neill's Kewpie cartoons upon their publication in 1909, the characters were made into
bisque
dolls in 1912 by a German toy company, and later in
composition
material and
celluloid
. They were wildly popular in the early twentieth century, and are considered to be one of the first mass-marketed toys in
America
."
Measures 4-3/8" W x 6" H.
Condition: Corners a
nd edges are sharp. Excellent condition.
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