Box for the "Jack Be Nimble" Wall Decoration Set, 1948-1965
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Artifact Overview
The Dolly Toy Company, established in 1923, is best known for making inexpensive toys and seasonal novelties from laminated boxboard. After World War II, the company patented an idea for wall pin-ups for children's rooms. It was a success. The pin-ups featured religious themes and characters based on children's fairy tales and stories, including some licensed Disney characters.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Packaging
Date Made
1948-1968
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Made by the Gebhart Folding Box Co., Dayton, Ohio, for the Dolly Toy Co., Tipp City, Ohio.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2025.24.1.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 12.5 in
Width: 17.75 in
Length: 1 in
Inscriptions
on front of box:
Mother Goose / PIN-UPS / TRADE MARK APPLIED FOR / DESIGNS BY / Phil Riley
on back of box:
[...] / THIS PACKAGE CONTAINS ONE NO. 231 / "Jack Be Nimble" / AS SHOWN ABOVE / MANUFACTURED BY / THE DOLLY TOY COMPANY / MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY, TIPP CITY, OHIO / NEW YORK OFFICE: 200 FIFTH AVENUE / MADE AND PRINTED IN U.S.A.
on end of box:
THE DOLLY TOY CO. / TIPP CITY, OHIO, U.S.A. / MOTHER GOOSE PIN-UPS / NO. 231 / JACK BE NIMBLE
on inside flap:
THE / GEBHART / FOLDING BOX / CO. / DAYTON / O
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