Celebrate in style!
A recent addition to our collection, “A Baby’s Day” is a booklet of a little boy’s antics, complete with charming rhymes and printed drawings. Each page provides a peek into this baby’s life, from playtime with his rocking horse to a mischievous encounter with the family cat.
Perhaps one of the more relatable scenes centers around the dining room table. Instead of enjoying his lunch “as his mother wishes,” the little lad raps his toy against the table “rattling all the dishes.” It’s a moment experienced by many with small children when lunchtime morphs into playtime!
Not only is this book an entertaining tale, it an advertisement for two Fall River businesses. The covers and pages are printed with one-line ads for footwear dealer Brown & Dodge and clothier Charles E. Vickery. Booklets such as these would be given to customers of these businesses, providing entertainment, and encouraging customers to return to the store to pick up the latest addition.
Every time a parent would read this story to their children, they would be reminded of the deals to be found at the corresponding stores!