[Large Broadside]: When seated at your studies, don't hump over nor slump down / like the Patchwork Girl or the Scarecrow, but / sit erect, like the Universal Girl

Grand Rapids MI: American Seating Co., [circa 1924].

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Unbound. Large illustrated broadside or poster. Measuring 17½" x 25½". Attached metal ring hanger and metal borders as issued. Printed in green, orange, and brown. Tiny nick at one margin, and a little toning, else near fine. The poster depicts Baum's characters The Patchwork Girl and the Scarecrow slumped at their school desks, below is a young lady seated properly at a desk and a 16-line poem about proper posture. An attractive and uncommon poster depicting Baum characters enlisted to encourage proper posture and sell desks. *OCLC* doesn't appear to locate any copies, although we have handled one other example in 2004.

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Item #465400 [Large Broadside]: When seated at your studies, don't hump over nor slump down / like the Patchwork Girl or the Scarecrow, but / sit erect, like the Universal Girl. L. Frank BAUM.

L. Frank Baum
birth name: Lyman Frank Baum
born: 5/15/1856
died: 5/6/1919

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American writer known for his series of books for children about the imaginary Land of Oz. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore

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