It seems that in the depths of the 1930’s depression, everyone in the world had the same idea: to boost tourism using local events and print plenty of cinderellas to spread advertising about. How nice for us now, 80 years later. For convenience in the article, the issues are numbered with the pictures, but this is not claimed to be a full cataloging of what was released.
Australia Article2022
The Santa Claus Association was a philanthropy in New York City, active 1913-1928, in which volunteers opened children’s letters to Santa and matched each letter to a donor who delivered the child’s Christmas wish —toys, food, medical help etc. The founder was journalist/publicist John Duvall Gluck Jr. For more: https://www.cityreliquary.org/the-santa-claus-association/
Dealers
Club Photograph Gallery
Frank Perschke, Art Groten, Ray Petersen, Bill Wieinberger
