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Advertisements
 

Little Wonder records and Bubble Books were advertised in various ways throughout their lifetime, including in magazines, catalogs, newspapers, and even on the records themselves.- Some of these advertisements were targeting retail customers and others were targeting business customers ("trade") who would buy the books and records to sell to customers.- Examples of all of these kinds of advertisements are shown below.

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Little Wonder Record Advertisements - Trade


Talking Machine World, May 15, 1915
10¾" x 15"

Talking Machine World, June 15, 1915
10¾" x 15"

Talking Machine World, July 15, 1915
10¾" x 15"

Henry Waterson's full product line
(piano rolls, records, sheet music)
5 and 10¢ Store Magazine, July 1915
13 ½" x 10 1/8"
Little Wonder Record Advertisements - Retail

Back of record #3, #13,
#14, #16, #21 and #22
(Also found on #9;
information courtesy
of Kurt Nauck)
2½" x 1¾"
(Click
picture
to page through catalogue)
Catalogue (four pages), 1915
3½" x 6¼" (when folded)
(Click
picture
to page through catalogue)
Catalogue (four pages), 1916
3½" x 6¼" (when folded)

The Tuneful Yankee, February 1917
5 1/8" x 3¼"
(Click
picture
to page through catalogue)
Catalogue (four pages), 1917
3½" x 6½" (when folded)
(Courtesy of Bill Garver)

Youth's Companion, October 18, 1917
(Little Wonder records are mentioned
in the description of the phonograph)
11 3/8" x 16½"
(Click
picture
to page through catalogue)
Catalogue (16 pages), 1918
5" x 7" (when folded)

Youth's Companion, October 17, 1918
(Little Wonder records are featured
separately and also mentioned in the
description of the phonograph)
11 1/8" x 16¼"

Youth's Companion, October 16, 1919
(Little Wonder records are featured
separately and also mentioned in the
description of the phonograph)
11 1/8" x 16¼"

Youth's Companion, October 21, 1920
(Little Wonder records are featured
separately and also mentioned in the
description of the phonograph)
11 1/8" x 16¼"

Youth's Companion, October 13, 1921
(Little Wonder records are featured
separately and also mentioned in the
description of the phonograph)
11¼" x 14"
Bubble Book Advertisements - Trade

Talking Machine World,
March 15, 1919
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
July 15, 1919
5 7/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
August 15, 1919
5 7/8" x 9¼"

Dry Goods Economist,
March 13, 1920
10" x 13 3/8"

Dry Goods Economist,
April 3, 1920
10" x 13 3/8"

Dry Goods Economist,
August 21, 1920
10" x 13 3/8"

Dry Goods Economist,
September 11, 1920
10" x 13 3/8"

Talking Machine World,
September 15, 1920, p. 14
10¾" x 15"

Talking Machine World,
September 15, 1920, p. 219
10¾" x 15"

Dry Goods Economist,
October 2, 1920
10" x 13 3/8"

Talking Machine World,
October 15, 1920
10¾" x 15"

The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer,
November 15, 1920
14" x 10"

(courtesy of Darrell Lehman)

Dry Goods Economist,
December 25, 1920
10" x 13 3/8"

Dry Goods Economist,
May 14, 1921
5" x 13 3/8"
(Note accompanying ad
for Garford phonographs
that refers to Little Wonder
records and Bubble Books)

Talking Machine World,
May 15, 1921
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Dry Goods Economist,
May 28, 1921
5" x 13 3/8"

Talking Machine World,
June 15, 1921
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Dry Goods Economist,
June 18, 1921
10" x 13 3/8"

Talking Machine World,
July 15, 1921
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
August 15, 1921
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
September 15, 1921
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
October 15, 1921
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
November 15, 1921
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Dry Goods Economist,
November 19, 1921
10¼" x 13 7/8"

Talking Machine World,
December 15, 1921
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
January 15, 1922
5 5/8" x 9¼"
Dry Goods Economist,
January 21, 1922
10" x 13 3/8"

Talking Machine World,
February 15, 1922
10¾" x 15"

Talking Machine World,
March 15, 1922
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Dry Goods Economist,
April 1, 1922
10" x 13 3/8"

Talking Machine World,
April 15, 1922
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
May 15, 1922
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
June 15, 1922
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
July 15, 1922
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
August 15, 1922
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
September 15, 1922
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
October 15, 1922
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
November 15, 1922
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
December 15, 1922
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
January 15, 1923
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
February 15, 1923
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
March 15, 1923
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
April 15, 1923
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
May 15, 1923
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
June 15, 1923
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
July 15, 1923
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
August 15, 1923
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
September 15, 1923
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
October 15, 1923
10¾" x 15"

Talking Machine World,
November 15, 1923
10¾" x 15"

Talking Machine World,
December 15, 1923
8½" x 6¼"

Talking Machine World,
February 15, 1924
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
March 15, 1924
5 5/8" x 9¼"

Talking Machine World,
April 15, 1924
5 5/8" x 9¼"

The Music Trade Review,
December 13, 1924
(size unknown)
Bubble Book Advertisements - Retail
1917 - 1918

Harper's Magazine, December 1917
6¾" x 9½"

Harper's Magazine, January 1918
6¾" x 9½"

Harper's Magazine, February 1918
6¾" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, July 1918 (shown)
Harper's Magazine, August 1918
6¾" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, September 1918
6¾" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, October 1918
6¾" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, November 1918
6¾" x 9¾"

The Ladies' Home Journal, November 1918
3" x 16"

John Martin's Book, December 1918
7 1/8" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, December 1918
6¾" x 9¾"
1919

Harper's Magazine
, January 1919
6¾" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, February 1919
6¾" x 9¾"

St. Nicholas Magazine, April 1919
3 3/8" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, April 1919
6¾" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, May 1919
6¾" x 9¾"

Grafonola in the Class Room,
May 1919(?)
5 7/8" x 8¾"

Harper's Magazine, June 1919
6¾" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, July 1919
6¾" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, August 1919
6¾" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, September 1919
6¾" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, October 1919
6¾" x 9¾"

Youth's Companion, October 16, 1919
11 1/8" x 16¼"

Woman's Home Companion,
November 1919
3 1/8" x 15 7/8"

The Ladies' Home Journal, November 1919
3" x 16"

The Atlantic Monthly, November 1919
6 3/8" x 9 3/8"

The World's Work, November 1919
7½" x 10¼"

Century Magazine, November 1919
6 5/8" x 9 5/8"

The American Review of Reviews,
November 1919
6 5/8" x 9½"

Harper's Magazine, November 1919
6¾" x 9 7/8"

St. Nicholas Magazine, November 1919
6¾" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, December 1919
6¾" x 9 7/8"

The Ladies' Home Journal, December 1919
3" x 16"

Double-sided flyer attached to
The Bargain Counter Bulletin No. 377
Sears, Roebuck, 1919
5" x 7"
1920

Grafonola in the Class Room,
1920
5 7/8" x 8¾"

Columbia Records catalog, March 1920
5" x 6¾"

The Ladies' Home Journal, March 1920
3" x 16"
(Click picture
to page
through
booklet)
Columbia booklet
March 1920(?)
6½" x 6" (four pages)

Harper's Magazine, April 1920
6¾" x 9¾"

The Ladies' Home Journal, May 1920
3" x 16"

Harper's Magazine, May 1920
3
3/8" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, June 1920
6¾" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, July 1920
6¾" x 9¾"

New York Times, August 1, 1920
(dimensions not available)

The Ladies' Home Journal, August 1920
10" x 16"

John Martin's Book, August 1920
7 1/8" x 9¾"

St. Nicholas Magazine, September 1920
6¾" x 9¾"

The Atlantic Monthly, September 1920
12¾" x 9 3/8"

The Century Magazine, September 1920
13½" x 9 5/8"
Harper's Magazine, September 1920
13 3/8" x 9¾"

Scribner's Magazine, September 1920
13¾" x 9 7/8"
The World's Work, September 1920
14 5/8" x 10¼"

The American Review of Reviews,
September 1920
13½" x 9½"

The American Review of Reviews,
October 1920
6 5/8" x 9½"

The Atlantic Monthly, October 1920
6 3/8" x 9 3/8"

The Century Magazine, October 1920
6 5/8" x 9 5/8"
Harper's Magazine, October 1920
6¼" x 9½"

Scribner's Magazine, October 1920
6 5/8" x 9½"

The World's Work, October 1920
7½" x 10¼"

St. Nicholas Magazine, October 1920
6¾" x 9¾"

John Martin's Book, October 1920
7 1/8" x 9¾"

Youth's Companion, October 21, 1920
11 1/8" x 16¼"

The Ladies' Home Journal, October 1920
11" x 16"
Woman's Home Companion,
November 1920
10¾" x 15 5/8"

Everybody's Magazine, November, 1920
8 1/8" x 11 3/8

The American Review of Reviews,
November 1920
13½" x 9½"

The Atlantic Monthly, November 1920
13" x 9 3/8"

The Century Magazine, November 1920
13½" x 9 5/8"
Harper's Magazine, November 1920
13 3/8" x 9¾"
Scribner's Magazine, November 1920
13¼" x 9½"
The World's Work, November 1920
14 5/8" x 10¼"

The Ladies' Home Journal, December 1920
3" x 16"

The Atlantic Monthly, December 1920
6½" x 9¼"
Harper's Magazine, December 1920
6¾" x 9¾"
The American Review of Reviews,
December 1920
6 5/8" x 9½"

The World's Work, December 1920
7½" x 10¼"

The Century Magazine, December 1920
6 5/8" x 9 5/8"
Scribner's Magazine, December 1920
6 5/8" x 9½"

St. Nicholas Magazine, December 1920
6¾" x 9¾"

John Martin's Book, December 1920
7 1/8" x 9¾"

The Saturday Evening Post,
December 4, 1920
21½" x 14"
1921

Harmograph Talking Machines catalog,
1921 (month unknown)
4" x 5 5/8"

Harper's Magazine, January 1921
6¾" x 9¾"

The Ladies' Home Journal, February 1921
3" x 16"

Harper's Magazine, May 1921
6¾" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, August 1921
6¾" x 9¾"

John Martin's Book, October 1921
7 1/8" x 9¾"

Youth's Companion, October 13, 1921
11¼" x 14"

John Martin's Book, November 1921
7 1/8" x 9¾"

Harpers Magazine, November 1921
3 3/8" x 9¾"

St. Nicholas Magazine, November 1921
6¾" x 9¾"

John Martin's Book, December 1921
7 1/8" x 9½"

The Ladies' Home Journal, December 1921
3" x 16"

Woman's Home Companion, December 1921
2 7/8" x 14"

St. Nicholas Magazine, December 1921
6¾" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, December, 1921
6¾" x 9¾"

Children's Royal Magazine,
Winter 1921-1922
4" x 3¾"
1922 - 1923

Harper's Magazine, March 1922
Harper's Magazine, April 1922
6¾" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, June 1922
6¾" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, September 1922
6¾" x 9¾"
(Click
picture
to page
through
catalogue)
Mailing insert (six pages),
September(?) 1922
----3½" x 6¼" (when folded)

St. Nicholas Magazine, November 1922
6¾" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, November 1922
6¾" x 9¾"

Harper's Magazine, December 1922
6¾" x 9¾"

St. Nicholas Magazine, December 1922
6¾" x 9¾"

Child Life, December 1922
3¼" x 10¼"

John Martin's Book, December 1922
7 1/8" x 9¾"

John Martin's Book, November 1923
7 1/8" x 9¾"

John Martin's Book, December 1923
7 1/8" x 9¾"

Child Life, November 1923
4½" x 12"

Child Life, December 1923
9" x 12"
1924 - 1928
(Click picture
to page
through
booklet)
Victor booklet, November 1924
5" diameter (eight pages)

Victor Records catalog, November 1924
5" x 6¾"

Victor Records catalog, Christmas 1924
5" x 7¼"

Victor Records catalog, December 1924
5" x 6¾"

Victor Records catalog, January 1, 1925
5" x 6¾"

Victor Records catalog, 1925
5 1/8" x 7¼"

Victor Records catalog, 1926
5 1/8" x 7¼"

Victor Records catalog, 1927
5 1/8" x 7¼"

Victor Records catalog, 1928
5 1/8" x 7¼"
Piccola Meraviglia & Libri Che Canta
(Click
picture
to page through catalogue)
Italian catalogue (four pages), undated, but 1921 onwards
3 5/8" x 5 3/8" (when folded)
(Courtesy of Tim Brooks)

La Domenica del Corriere, 1923
4¾" x 7 5/8"

La Domenica del Corriere, 1925

La Domenica del Corriere, 1926
2¼" x 5 7/8"
(Click
picture
to page through catalogue)
Dischi Columbia, July 1928
4¾" x 6½"

Dischi Columbia, September 1930
4¼" x 5¾" (when folded)

Dischi Columbia, December 1930
(size unknown)
(Courtesy of Massimo Baldino)
(Click
picture
to page through catalogue)
Dischi Columbia
January - June, 1936
(likely published December, 1935)
4 7/8" x 6 5/8"
(Click
picture
to page through catalogue)
Dischi Columbia, December 1937
(for January - June, 1938)
5½" x 7½"
(Click
picture
to page through catalogue)
Dischi Columbia,
July - December 1938
4¾" x 6½"
(Click
picture
to page through catalogue)
Dischi Columbia, 1939
(size unknown)
(courtesy of Massimo Baldino)
(Click
picture
to page through catalogue)
Dischi Columbia
January - June, 1940
4 5/8" x 6½"
 


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