Another fascinating set from 1935!
Not only are they selling cigarettes to kids via Carl Anderson’s Henry, but this guy is playing his xylophone upside-down!
The cartoon blog of Andertoons cartoonist Mark Anderson. He discusses his cartoons, cartooning, comics and, oddly enough, LEGO.
Another fascinating set from 1935!
Not only are they selling cigarettes to kids via Carl Anderson’s Henry, but this guy is playing his xylophone upside-down!
Don’t miss these rare cigarette cards from 1930’s J. Wix and Sons featuring Carl Anderson’s Henry!
Some great Henry cartoons, and a fascinating look at how cigarette makers clearly marketed to children.
A while back I posted an animated GIF of Carl Anderson's Henry from the back of a set of cards.
Those cards are from a 1959 set of Ed-U-Cards, and I've just posted the other sides over at Flickr.
The idea of the game was to get sets of three cards to make cartoon characters:
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After scanning in the the cards front and back, I put together this little animated GIF (tops of the cards only to cut down on file size) so you could see it in action:
Enjoy!
Carl Anderson’s Henry wishes you a tasty holiday!
Enjoy!
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