Dutch Boy Lead Paint advertising booklet for kiddies

[write-light.livejournal.com]

From HERE, a  little storybook about the wonders of lead in paint, c. 1923.

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[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

But it seemed like such a good idea at the time!

[luke-russell.livejournal.com]

The LEAD family?!?!

[aj-hyena.livejournal.com]

I wonder how much brain damage the Dutch Boy has...

[willowind76.livejournal.com]

I was thinking the same thing, hallucination is never a good sign.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Exactly. When your kid's friends are gay lightbulbs with legs and giant shoes, who also have legs, but don't themselves wear shoes, it's time to call a doctor! That college fund you set up? Yeah, that's gonna go to medical bills and possibly funeral costs.

I wonder how much lead the geniuses who came up with this campaign had been exposed to.

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

Whoa, he's tripping BIG time!

"A pair of Rubbers entered..." *snickers like a twelve year old*

"The first one at the party was gay Electric Light. He said, "I'm very brillant, I always shine at night."" :D

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

"The first one at the party was gay Electric Light. He said, "I'm very brillant, I always shine at night."


And he's wearing a pair of fabulous pumps!*

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

He's stylin' and profilin'.

[brinylon.livejournal.com]

Lead is AWESOME! *drops dead*

[moem]

I wonder whether the Dutch Boy's clothes were actually worn by real dutch boys, at any time... I also wonder about the hair.
Wide, too-short trousers like that were part of some provinces' traditional dress, but I've never seen them with shoulder straps.

[meezergal.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I wonder if the too-short, wide pants were combined with overalls, to give the Dutch Boy a more workman-like appearance? Overalls at that time were associated with hard work...

[moem]

That would make sense, and it wouldn't surprise me at all if you were right.