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LITTLE PETS ABC PANORAMA / OPTICAL TOY THEATER STAGE McLOUGHLIN BROS

McLoughlin Bros. Wild Animal Panorama in slipcase

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McLoughlin Bros. Of New York circa: 1875

Overall: 1 5/8 x 7 3/4 x 7 in. ( 4.1 x 19.7 x 17.8 cm )

The long, panoramic strip measures approx. 4 1/2" wide.

Description: Turn the wooden rollers to see a “show” of twenty eight scenes, one for each letter of the alphabet. Each scene has a child whose name begins with that letter performing an activity. For example: “W is Walter Flying a kite”

Condition: Good condition. The Stage is complete and intact. The wooden handles are original. Light soiling and foxing to the pastedown on the front panel with a couple of small tears. The strip is bright and looks good. One vertical tear with slight tape staining was at some point repaired with backing that extends through the last half of the panorama roll. Several other tears have hand sewn thread repairs. The strip is complete and advances smoothly with the rollers.

Collector's Corner:

The Publishers' Trade List Annual - Page 41 - 1876 states: Each style of panorama has a proscenium, and the larger ones are enclosed in pasteboard cases. As such, we assume that the smaller ones such as ABC did not come with a case.

The illustrator, William Momberger (1829-1895*) was a native of Germany born on June 7, 1829, in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. He learned lithography and art in his native Germany. Due to involving himself in the revolution of 1848 he immigrated to the United States that year. In 1852 he set up a lithography firm, Coughey and Momberger in New York City. Most active with publishing companies in the 1850s and 60’s . He illustrated many books for McLoughlin. He was still illustrating as late as 1888. In his leisure he painted paintings. His obituary states that he was one of the last of the “Old American Illustrators” and that he died peacefully sitting in the grape arbor of his garden.

*Momberger Obituary – The record, A current record of art, bibliography, and antiquarianism published semi-monthly. Volume 6 number 12, April 15, 1895. Page 4

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McLoughlin's scrolling panoramas include:

Menagerie of Wild Animals Panorama: featuring lithographed images of wild animals in their natural habitats.

Minstrels Panorama: featuring lithographed images of minstrels and musicians.

Zoological Panorama: featuring lithographed images of various animals, including elephants, lions, and monkeys.

Panorama of the Greatest Show on Earth (circus): featuring lithographed images of circus performers, animals, and scenes.

Cinderella Grand Panorama: featuring lithographed images of scenes from the fairy tale of Cinderella.

Uncle Sam's panorama of Rip van Winkle and Yankee Doodle: featuring lithographed images of scenes from the stories of Rip van Winkle and Yankee Doodle.

Humpty Dumpty Panorama: featuring lithographed images of scenes from the nursery rhyme of Humpty Dumpty.

Uncle Sam Panorama: featuring lithographed images of Uncle Sam and patriotic scenes.

Major's Panorama Alphabet: featuring lithographed images of the letters of the alphabet, each with an accompanying image.

Panorama Nursery Alphabet: featuring lithographed images of the letters of the alphabet, each with an accompanying nursery rhyme.

About McLoughlin Brothers:

McLoughlin Bros was a New York publisher of books, puzzles, games and paper dolls. Savvy about modern marketing and production, McLoughlin was able to pirate and copyright titles by greats such as JF Schreiber and Dean & Son for the American market as well as produce their own originals. They were in business from 1828 until 1920 when they were bought out by Milton Bradley, Inc. Milton Bradley continued to use the brand “Mcloughlin brothers”, including the 1930’s 40’s series of pop-up books - "Jolly Jump-Ups" but the McLoughlin division of Milton Bradley shut down during World War II . In 1951, the McLoughlin Bros. brand was bought by New York toy manufacturer Julius Kushner. Some of the the Jolly Jump-Ups were reissued at that time. Finally sold to Grosset & Dunlap in 1954. Several more Mcloughlin books were issued, but we ceased seeing the imprint by the 1970s.

We will soon publish a more detailed bio under our Movable Book History section

$850.00

Product Code: Z-3A

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