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c.1940 Ad Fan Featuring the Dionne Quintuplets "Springtime" department store ad

$ 5.28

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Color: Multi-color
  • Modified Item: No
  • Brand: The Brewster & Church Co.
  • Type of Advertising: Hand Fan
  • Condition: Good Condition - Some dirt, sun strike on rear. - Please see photos.
  • Date of Creation: c.1940

    Description

    See Wikipedia for a full history - a shorten version:  The quintuplets, born in 1934, were the first to survive with a birth weight of only 13 pounds, 6 ounces for the five.  The following year, Brown & Bigelow Advertising Company of St. Paul, Minnesota, used the girls' fame to advantage, negotiating a contract which gave Brown & Bigelow the exclusive use of the girls' photographs and
    images.  Between 1935 and 1951, more than 20 million Dionne calendars were distributed throughout the world.  Unfortunately, Brown & Bigelow has no records of the number of Dionne fans made.  Fan historians have determined that 10 different fans were made starting with a sepia tone photo of the girls on their potty seats and ending with a 1943 depiction of them romping in the surf.
    The fan has a 8" W x 9-1/2" H leaf and the total fan with stick is 14-3/4" high.
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