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Collection: Carlson Fable Collection

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"The goose that lays the golden egg."

1917? "The goose that lays the golden egg." Political cartoon by R. Thorndike. Los Angeles Times. $10 from Old Photos Online through Ebay, May, '23.

Woodrow Wilson, armed with a saw, is jeopardizing continued national prosperity by attacking…

"The Tortoise and the Hare from the Walt Disney Silly Symphony."

1934 "The Tortoise and the Hare from the Walt Disney Silly Symphony." Good Housekeeping, Oct., 1934. Page 37, with five cartoon panels detailing the race. 8 1/8" x 11½". $12.50 from Byron Grush, Cerrillos, NM, through Ebay, Sept., '00.

The…

"The Fox and the Grapes."

1939 "The Fox and the Grapes." Reproduction of a cartoon appearing in Punch July 5, 1939. Bernard Partridge. Unknown source, perhaps North Country Books through Ebay, unknown date.

I am a bit surprised that the fox here is not somehow…

"A Getting-Away-With-It Fable."

1978 "A Getting-Away-With-It Fable." Crawdaddy Magazine, p. 30. 1978. Illustration by George Jartos. $9.99 from John Huber, Livonia, MI, through eBay, May, '08.

This grasshopper signs a recording deal and cuts an album of Cajun songs "that the…

Speed Bump cartoon by Dave Coverly

1990? Speed Bump cartoon by Dave Coverly. "Aesop's Brother, Asap." Taken off the web.

Good exploitation of a pun and the common knowledge that Aesop was in the ancient Western world. Well done!

Mother Goose on the Loose

2003 Mother Goose on the Loose: Illustrated With Cartoons from The New Yorker. Edited by Bobbye S. Goldstein. NY: Harry N. Abrams.

I am not sure that "Old Mother Goose and the Golden Egg" (92) really relates to the fable of "The Goose and the…

Mother Goose on the Loose

2003 Mother Goose on the Loose: Illustrated With Cartoons from The New Yorker. Edited by Bobbye S. Goldstein. NY: Harry N. Abrams.

I am not sure that "Old Mother Goose and the Golden Egg" (92) really relates to the fable of "The Goose and the…

Mother Goose on the Loose

2003 Mother Goose on the Loose: Illustrated With Cartoons from The New Yorker. Edited by Bobbye S. Goldstein. NY: Harry N. Abrams.

I am not sure that "Old Mother Goose and the Golden Egg" (92) really relates to the fable of "The Goose and the…

Rossia Maroon

These four large (8½" x 8") wrappers include a lovely fable picture, which I offer here in each case as a detail. Do not miss what I believe is a double fable representation in the last wrapper. I believe that the artist is representing two fables…

Meenpeesheprom (?)

I have had trouble deciphering the company and place on these two large (7¾" x 6") wrappers, both for 100 grams of chocolate.

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