Nestlé Contest Trade Cards · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: Nestlé Contest Trade Cards
Description: 1925? Twelve Nestlé trade cards, all advertising a contest worth a million francs in prizes. Most involve some connection with La Fontaine’s fables. Seven are signed “Beauville.” The others have no signature. 4¾” x 7”. Ten are blue duochrome. £12 from 123colis123colis through Ebay, August, ’21.

Here is a third set of Nestlé trade cards. I present first a verso. There are eight different versions, three of them duplicated. Those duplicates are, roughly, “Did you work hard this week?” and “He’s really hungry!” and “Do you know what a white night is?” (A white night is a sleepless night, caused of course by a child hungry or struggling with digestion. Solution? Something by Nestlé!) Each includes a stipulation of the prizes in Nestlé’s contest. Apparently many Nestlé products suitable for children contained “stamp-vignettes” which children collected in an album “Wonders of the World.” Prizes for filling an album included 200 “Harwood” gold watches and 350 “Griffon” bicycles.
Date: 1925?
Source: £12 from 123colis123colis through Ebay, August, ’21.
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