Watco Paints and Varnishes · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: Watco Paints and Varnishes
Description: 1926-27 Watco Paints and Varnishes. Five calendars from November, 1926 through December 1927 quoting Aesop. Designed by Milo Winter. $60 from snydersjunkyard, Pennsburg, PA, through Ebay, Dec., ’24.

These five calendars are well weathered. One is missing its lower right corner. Those in this group raise the question “What constitutes a series for these calendars?” I ask the question because these five span 14 months from November, 1926 to December, 1927 (with January, May, and October as the other months here). It is easy to recognize LM as a fable in the first of these. In the others, the scene itself suggests a fable, not necessarily among the traditional Aesopic stories. The fox on January is hiding a chicken under his coat. The rabbit on October is doing something, while the roosters only crows. The hunter on December is coming home with lots of ducks. Are May’s beavers simply “eager beavers”?
Date: 1926-1927
Source: $60 from snydersjunkyard, Pennsburg, PA, through Ebay, Dec., ’24.
Subject: Printed Materials See all items with this value; Calendars See all items with this value; Brown and Bigelow Calendar Series See all items with this value; 1926-1927 Brown and Bigelow Calendar Series See all items with this value; The Lion and the Mouse See all items with this value