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The Dutch Boy painter stencil book
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
One painting book and manufacturer's advertisement by O.C. Harn, entitled The Dutch Boy's Jingle Paint Book, published by National Lead Company, copyright 1921. The front cover shows Dutch Boy, carrying his paint bucket, pointing to the title of the book. The back cover features the Dutch boy trademark. The recto of the first page advises boys and girls to remember the slogan "save the surface and you save all" in order to be better prepared as adults to keep their homes "looking nice and new." The back inside cover has a long explanation "[f]or the Grown-Ups" that the book "is published also in the hope that thru [the children] we will succeed in interesting the grown-ups in surface-saving with Dutch Boy white-lead." The book contains twenty images, of which nine are color and nine are identical outline images. Each outlined image was to be filled in using the complementary color image at its side as a guide. In the center of the book are squares of watercolor with overlays of tissue paper. Some of the images have been filled in using these watercolors, others have been filled in with both watercolor and wax crayon. On the bottom edge of the back inside cover, stamped in purple ink, are the numbers "96448 ORD 1178 21."
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One painting book entitled The Dutch Boy in Story Land: A Paint Book for Girls and Boys, by O.C. Harn, published by National Lead Company, copyright 1925. The front cover shows Dutch Boy carrying his paint bucket, being greeted by Mother Goose at the head of a parade of fairy tale characters. The back cover features a hand that has made a broad brush stroke within it is the admonition "'Save the surface and you save all' Paint & Varnish." The front inside cover has the copyright information; the inside back cover bears the Dutch Boy trademark and locations of company offices in the United States. The title page shows the Dutch Boy heading into a book with the following rhyme "Into the stories you have read/ He took his famous Dutch Boy Lead,/ And all the characters were glad/ To greet the Dutch Boy Painter Lad." There are 14 images in the book, 7 in color and 7 in outline, plus the front and back-inside covers, and the title page. Each outlined image was to be filled in using the complementary color image at its side as a guide. Some of the images have been filled in using watercolor. There are four perforated tabs at the end of the book--probably where the Decorative and Protective Painting booklet, mentioned on the front cover, would have been included before its removal for use by adults.
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One manufacturer's advertisement and painting book entitled Dutch Boy Lessons in Painting, published by National Lead Company, New York and Boston, ca. 1910. This promotional booklet for Dutch Boy white lead paint is 14 unnumbered pages in length. The front cover is a chromolithograph of the "Dutch Boy", seated and admiring his small paintings. The back cover is also illustrated with an image of the Dutch Boy, and the lower two thirds of the cover contains a related advertising rhyme. A message about how to use this booklet entitled "To the Children" is printed on the inside of the front cover. A message "to the house owner" is printed on the inside of the back cover. The book is comprised of 8 pages of outline illustrations for painting, and 3 leaves of watercolor paints (6 colors to a page) for use in painting the illustrations. Below each image are a few lines of promotional text. None of the images have been colored in, and the paints have not been used.
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One painting book entitled The Dutch Boy's Lead Party: A Paint Book for Girls and Boys, by O.C. Harn, published by National Lead Company, copyright 1923. The front cover shows Dutch Boy, carrying his paint bucket, being greeted by a toy lead soldier, a shoe, a plate and a light bulb. The back cover features a hand that has made a broad brush stroke with the admonition "'Save the surface and you save all' Paint & Varnish". The front inside cover contains the copyright information; the back inside cover features a seated Dutch Boy (the Dutch Boy trademark) and locations of company offices in the United States. The first page shows the Dutch Boy talking to the lead soldier; it is followed by 14 images--7 in color and 7 in outline--of items that use lead. Items include a light bulb (lead glass), shoes and baseballs (lead in the rubber), and a bullet (entirely made of lead). Each outlined image was to be filled in using the complementary color image at its side as a guide. Some of the images have been filled in using watercolor. There are four perforated tabs at the end of the book--probably where the Color Harmony in the Home booklet, mentioned on the front cover, would have been included before its removal for use by adults. On the front cover the name "M.C. Wagner" has been stamped.
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