Nestle Advertising Cards

Item

Title
Nestle Advertising Cards
Description
1930?  Seven Nestlé advertising cards.  Text and illustration on the front side of each card in duochrome black and blue.  The verso of each, in black and one other color, has questions, suggestions, and a mention of Nestlé.  $42 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricquart, France, Sept., '18.  Four further cards for £1 each from 18otmus through Ebay, August, '21.

Because in many ways the backs of these cards are more interesting than the fronts, I will include each here.  They seem to be tips for pupils, always including an advertisement for Nestlé chocolate in one form or another.  Some backs recommend reaching to Nestlé during the times when one gets hungry between meals, for example.  The "applied" fables seem to me to be forced, as when a monkey's opening a can of Nestlé saves the day for a bear family.  The true story of FG turns out to include a young student who had his Nestlé and knew that the grapes were good.  He got one of them!  The versos offer fascinating inquiries.  "Did you do your work this week?"  "Let's make a collection!"  "When your grandparents were babies."  "Do you like dishes with cream?"  My, what questions!  4¾' x 7". 
Source
$42 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricquart, France, Sept., '18. Four further cards for £1 each from 18otmus through Ebay, August, '21.
Date
1930?
Subject
The Fox and the Stork
The Grasshopper and the Ant
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
The Cat and the Woodpeckers
The Bear and the Monkey
The Fox and the Grapes
The Wolf and the Lamb
The Fox and the Crow
The Wolf Pleading Against the Fox in Front of the Monkey
The Kid and the Wolf
The Rat and the Elephant
Advertising
Nestle Advertising Cards