Mercury Records originally issued records from Alice in Wonderland in 1951 at the time of or slightly before the release of the film, and again in 1954 or 1955 as a part of their Childcraft line....
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Good-Win (Strome & Co Ltd) of London, England was a manufacturer of games and puzzles in the early to mid-twentieth century. While I have been unable to find much information on this company, t...
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From their series of Disney coloring books “¡Ven a Pintar!” this is the fourth in the series, featuring Alice. Consisting of 16 large pages to color or paint, the line art is quite good an...
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Previously we've seen serialized adaptations of the Alice film in comic strips and magazine from the US, the UK, Turkey, and Belgium. It turns out there is another, also based on the Belgian Mi...
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Y-485 ALICE IN WONDERLAND Likely issued in 1953, this 78 RPM entry in RCA Victor’s Little Nipper Junior series features a vivid yellow cover with new art of Alice and the dancing Tweedles. F...
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Rosemary Clooney recorded this record of four songs with the Percy Faith Orchestra for release on the Columbia label in both 78 RPM (MJV-112) and 45 RPM (MJV 4-112) formats. The cover art is un...
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The Lady in Blue, a character popularized by singer June Winters, released a number of children’s records beginning in 1947, with the Alice in Wonderland title Songs from WALT DISNEY’S ALICE ...
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The Punchout Book is a sort of combination book and toy, with eight large heavy board pages filled with figures and objects to punchout ('natch). Each page also contains a drawing of th...
http://vintagedisneyalice.blogspot.com/2016/03/whitman-punchout-book.html
As mentioned on the cover, the Sticker Fun is a stencil and coloring book - with a twist. The interior of the book is designed as a coloring book, with lots of line drawings of scenes from the...
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Stock #2167-25, this copy is a Western file copy. While this is called a paint book, today we would call this a coloring book. I guess children in the 1950s used watercolors more than crayons...
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Below is an except from the forthcoming book. -- The Oak Rubber Company was one of the largest manufacturers of balloons for nearly 80 years, and a Disney licensee for 33 of those years. Oa...
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As many of you know, I'm deep into the writing of the book, and part of that involves a LOT of scanning. The past few weeks have been consumed with the scanning of seemingly endless records of ...
http://vintagedisneyalice.blogspot.com/2023/04/blog-post_18.html
Here is a preview of the section on the Mettoy MAD HATTER'S RACE game from the forthcoming book. Enjoy! -- Founded in 1933 by Jewish emigrants fleeing the Nazis, Mettoy (a contraction of ME...
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Fortunately the rest of the book section was WAY quicker than the Whitman section, 'cause you know, there are way fewer books outside of Whitman. Onward. If I can keep up this pace of one sec...
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Damn. That took WAY longer than I wanted. But it is done. Here are some stats: 13 titles 16 countries 56 editions Not looking forward to revisions on this section. Now on to the res...
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Well, a new year is upon us. Let's all hope for a slightly smoother year this time around. On the good news side, I've gotten some good work done on the book. On the less good news side, ...
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Research continues for the book. Recently I acquired something I did not know existed, although I should have know since it is a common enough practice. Most of you are probably aware of the HU...
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The ACMI Wonderland Exhibition tour is back on the road after a 2 1/2 year break due to COVID, and its next stop is Perth, Australia at the WA Museum Boola Bardip . The lovely people at ACMI a...
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Well, I *think* I've hit another milestone today with the book. I'm not sure, but I'm fairly certain I've completed the first draft of another chapter, that on Toys, Games, and Puzzles. Time ...
http://vintagedisneyalice.blogspot.com/2022/08/two-down-thirteen-to-go.html
Banner Plastics made a variety of plastic toys for children, but specialized in tea sets and toy trucks. The Banner Plastic Corporation was founded in 1944 in the Bronx, NY by two men, Emanuel ...
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Every once in a while something turns up that just completely blows me away. This is one such item. The complete advertising and promotional kit for Trimfoot Shoe's ALICE IN WONDERLAND campai...
http://vintagedisneyalice.blogspot.com/2015/04/trimfoot-shoes-alice-in-wonderland.html
Being residents of the greater DMV (that's DC, Maryland, Virginia for those not in the know), the Washingtonian is our version of New York Magazine or Los Angeles Magazine, with features on local...
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Otherwise known in the US as campaign book, this press book contains lots of sample articles, ad mats, posters, and merchandise specific to the Australian market. Super cool. The cover...
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While stereographic (3-D) photography dates back nearly 200 years, it wasn’t until the introduction of Tru-Vue that the format became more streamlined and compact, as it utilized film rather th...
Today an amazing collection of Zaccagnini figures was auction, including a King of Hearts! The result of the auction were mixed, but the king did especially well, realizing 6x his original high...
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