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Monday
Aug132012

The Advertising Artwork of Dr. Seuss

DateMonday, August 13, 2012 at 11:11AM

General Electric advertisement, 1940, Dr. Seuss Collection, MSS 230, Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD (click photo for larger image)“Before Theodore Seuss Geisel found fame as a children's book author, the primary outlet for his creative efforts was magazines.” If you visit the this link, you can click on the company logos in the banner of the page and see some very interesting ads! There are more than one for each corporation--quite a few in some cases.

National Broadcasting Company Vital Spots advertisement, 1940, Dr. Seuss Collection, MSS 230, Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD (click photo for larger image)

Many of us grew up with Dr. Seuss--and remember him for “Green Eggs and Ham” and “The Cat in the Hat”. This is a rather different view of this imaginative master--but he IS still Dr. Seuss. And please do visit the Seuss website. It’s quite an adventure!

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