The illustrator Charlotte Becker excelled at depicting adorable babies and children in a sentimental style.
To wind up, for now, our state travel decals we come home to Washington and this very fine salmon.
Today we're sharing an image from the Southwestern United States. Enjoy!
This charming image is a travel decal for Mississippi. This pair of feet and glass of iced tea embodies the relaxation and hospitality that the South always seems to offer the traveler. Would it be too much to hope that the spirit of Mark Twain is aboard that steamboat on the mighty Mississippi?
Today we’re sharing another of our state travel decals, this one from the great state of Iowa. Unlike luggage labels, of which we have an even more substantial collection, these stickers were meant to be affixed to cars. These beautiful stickers are a reminder of that wonderful tradition - the great American road trip. Every state has its icons, whether they be animals, human, symbol (Texas Lone Star) or in this case agricultural.
The Green Tiger's Image Vault has been pretty stingy lately, and for that we do apologize. But hopefully this lovely lady representing the Minnehaha Falls of Minnesota will make up for his silence. We have a lovely collection of these American travel decals, from nearly every state of our great land and even a few from Canada.
Last week we told you that our Green Tiger was on our way home, and he's arrived! He seems a little cranky, but is still very beautiful. We've unpacked him and are thinking about where to best show him off.
These bunnies learning valuable life skills is from Harry Rountree (1878-1950) a British illustrator with a particular skill for portraying animals.
Once upon a time there was a beautiful green tiger. He lived in San Diego, and then one day he moved to Manhattan! It was the eighties, when lots of us did crazy stuff. Now he's on his way back to his old family, who now lives in Seattle.
This nautical offering from illustrator Jack Orr has the evocative title "Speed, Sail and Spray." Jack was one of three brothers who were all fine children's book illustrators, the others were Monro Orr and Stewart Orr.
These French bathing beauties are from an advertisement for the Kestos company, a pioneer in the field of foundation garments and swimwear.
This charming illustration is from the English illustrator Joyce L. Brisley. Her sister Nina and Ethel were also artists. The Brisleys are yet another example of a trio of illustrating siblings along with the Orrs (Stewart, Jack and Monro) and of course the Robinsons (Charles, Thomas and William).
This charming image is titled "No meringue for him!" and from one of the many illustrators of whom we know only their name: E. Dorothy Rees.
Here at The Laughing Elephant we have so many beautiful, compelling and just plain odd images in our library that not all of them fit into a commercial context. Thus we’ve decided to start sharing them with you via a new blog feature: From The Green Tiger’s Image Vault. Once or twice a week (or more) we’ll post an image from our library, and say a little about it. We’re really looking forward to digging into the bottom drawers of our map cases and climbing onto ladders to look at our dustiest books. We hope you’ll enjoy it as well.
We recently returned from a fabulous trip to the street markets of London and Paris, as well as our most favorite street market Porte de Clignancourt which is such a various and potentially magical place, I recommend it to any and all travelers to Paris it runs year round and it is impossible not to find something you have been needing your whole life, and just didn’t know it!