TH AS Candy As Prize · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: TH AS Candy As Prize
Description: 1925? Full-colored cartoon card of TH. “AS” trademark presented as a wink and smile. No artist acknowledged. $8 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, Sept., ’20. Better copy found somewhere for $5, April, '22.

Here is one of the poorest cut postcards in the collection! The cutter missed by quite a bit! Bertrand thought that this card may be an advertisement for candy, but I believe that the candy-maker would have identified itself in that case. Rather this is a simple joke: when it comes to getting candy, a tortoise can be cleverer than a fast hare. The artist’s focus here is on making the children with their apparel similar in form to a tortoise and a hare. I will leave it to viewers to judge how well the artist did. The verso is as simple as it gets. Enjoy, as I do, finding a better cut and better colored copy!
Date: 1925?
Source: $8 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, Sept., ’20. Better copy found somewhere for $5, April, '22.
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