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Patented by Howard Hoppin and Arthur Brown Oct. 2, 1883. Unique unrecorded toy book
with 9 beautiful lithographs of animals and a corresponding story about
each. The book’s cover has flaps which open to reveal a wire cage.
Directions to turn the book into a cage are included. As you turn each
page up and secure it with the holder you have a caged zoo scene shown
behind a real wire cage residing behind the movable flaps on the front
cover.
A patent for this book was taken out in 1883 by Howard Hoppin and Aurthur Brown
It describes a book that be converted to a “miniature cage”
DIRECTIONS (Pasted on the bottom as manufactured).
“First open the book to
form a cage, tying the strings on the sides to the front wall. The
sheets should be all held up by the catch at the top of the back wall,
except the introduction, which should lay flat in the bottom of the
cage. This introduction the young showman reads first, and after the
words So please to give your attention " allows the next sheet to drop,
opens the doors of the cage so that they rest flat against the front and
fastens them there by the hooks on the inside of the front by bringing
these hooks out beyond the edge and springing over the top of the door.
After finishing the description to each animal (the picture of which is
visible to the audience while he reads the text) he allows the next
sheet to drop by moving the lever at the back until the-small catch is
in a line with the hole in the sheet; the sheet will then drop. The
description to each animal will be in the bottom of the cage while the
picture of the animal itself is visible to the audience. When
finished and desiring to repeat, the sheets must be placed back on the
catch one by one, moving the lever until in each case the catch and the
hole in the sheet correspond.”
Forbes & Co., Lith., 159 Washington St., Boston
Known
as The Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company, Forbes was most famous
for posters. It was founded in 1862 and
grew to be one of the largest Lithograph companies in the Unites States.
“The Forbes
Lithograph Manufacturing Company was founded by William H. Forbes and
located in Boston, Massachusetts with branches in New York and Chicago,
and an agent in London. Their work included lithography, embossing, type
and block printing, plate printing, photography, and photolithography.”
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William H. Forbes started his business in 1862 in two rooms on Washington Street. Fifteen years later his company employed nearly five
hundred workers, producing billheads, tickets, labels, theater posters
and playbills, as well as engravings Of famous paintings. Forbes
manufactured the trade cards for many Massachusetts companies, including
Chase's Liquid Glue, Chase & Sanborn Coffee, and the Boston &
Hingham Steamboat Company. In 1884 the Forbes Lithographic
Manufacturing Company moved to Chelsea, where it occupied eighteen
buildings. The company continued to grow, opening offices in Other
American cities as well as in London. Forbes did well during the first
half Of the twentieth century, even producing banknotes for the Free
French government during World War ll. The company was sold in the
1960s, and closed its Chelsea plant.
See photos for condition details. Item needs patient restoration. The left black strap is missing, the left side of the cage is present but no longer attached. One wire is missing from the left. There is a hook that holds each lithograph vertical - the holes have been elongated to fit - hole wear
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