This Sunday was the local PCC flea market and it turned out to be a good one. Right when we got there around 6am with it still dark out I bought 4 small vintage frames. I didn't really look to see what was in them since I am always looking for cool old frames. As we walked away I realized that there were Mary Blair Hallmark greeting cards in the frames. I was quite pleased with myself. Awhile later we walked up on a booth where everything was $1 each. I looked down and on the ground, under someone's foot, was a Meadow Gold Dairy 1958 Calendar with the classic Mary Blair little girl on it. I picked it up and paid the dollar and moved along. Two nice finds for my collection.
Before reading this post I had never heard of Mary Blair ... but I see she is all over the place, including eBay. Her little girl especially, in ice cream ads and on ice cream packaging circa 1954. Thanks for cluing me in! - David @ Plan59
ReplyDeleteMary Blair is reponsible for the look and the character design for so many of Disney's classics including Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, saludos Amigos, Cinderella and the "It's a Small World" attraction. She illustrated many Little Golden Books, too.
ReplyDeleteMary Blair is reponsible for the look and the character design for so many of Disney's classics including Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, Saludos Amigos, Cinderella and the "It's a Small World" attraction. She illustrated many Little Golden Books, too.
ReplyDeleteMary Blair bio page on the Disney web site:
ReplyDeletehttp://legends.disney.go.com/legends/detail?key=Mary+Blair
She also has a short Wikipedia entry.