Dean's A1 Sunbonnet Babies Retail Showcard Original illustration art - 19th century photograph album in which it

photograph album in which it was found

or missing leaves represents a remarkable historical anomaly

illustrated with hand colored title page vignette and eight hand colored wood engravings (two engravings on one side of four leaves)

GIVEN ITS IMPECCABLE STATE OF PRESERVATION AND UNDENIABLE SCARCITY

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Dean's A1 Sunbonnet Babies Retail Showcard Original illustration art - 19th century photograph album in which it(Dean's Rag Book Co.) DEAN'S A1 SUNBONNET BABIES RETAIL SHOWCARD. London: Dean's Rag Book Co., Ltd., circa 1924. 10 7 16" H x 14 3 8" W. This card was designed to be displayed in a retail setting to promote the "A1 Sunbonnet Babies" line which Dean's launched in 1924. Pictorial showcard die cut along the top edge, with decoration and lettering printed in dark brown on a medium weight light brown cardstock with two gently bumped corners for what is a