Posted 9 years ago
lolagray
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These gorgeous prints are from the Northern Paper Mills, division of American Can Company. The baby girl reminds me of the Gerber baby. But I don't know the era. Can anyone tell me if these are from the 50's or 60's?
Northern Toilet Tissue;
http://www.inherited-values.com/2011/11/charming-yes-charmin-no-identifying-valuing-vintage-prints-of-children/#prettyPhoto/3/
The American Beauties began to appear in the Northern Tissue advertisements in 1958 as the original Northern Girls. On March 23, 1959, the first rolls of tissue featuring the girls were shipped from the mill and tissue sales skyrocketed. Yours were the next set issued which featured three girls and one boy - very early 60's
Wow. Thanks for the info. I thought they were all girls. Is the baby a boy?
Yes, the second picture is a baby boy :)
Incidentally, the artist's name was Frances Hook - here is the etsy page showing a lot of her work. Later in life she went into more religious illustrations;
https://www.etsy.com/uk/market/frances_hook
Adorables! Fantastic information agh, many thanks.