Lucy Fools the Buglar

This cartoon advertisement for Grape-Nuts by General Foods shows a little girl, Lucy, dog-sitting for Mrs. Stockbond, a rich older women. Lucy thwarts the burglar Dan the Driller from stealing Mrs. Stockbond's pearl necklace. The thief chases Lucy who leads him to the house of her Uncle Matt, a policeman. Dan takes the burglar into custody. In the last two panels Mrs. Stockbond promises a $500 reward to Lucy and asks the girl "...where did you get that energy?" Lucy replies that it came from a diet of Grape Nuts cereal.

Publication date: 1932-07-24

Copyright date: 1932

Size: 47.6 x 35.8 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: color

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Criminals--1930-1940
• General Foods Corporation--Products--1930-1940
• Girls--1930-1940
• Police--1930-1940
• Rich people--1930-1940
• Pearls--1930-1940
• Necklaces--1930-1940
• Lucy (Fictitious character)
• Stockbond, Mrs. (Fictitious character)
• Dan the Driller (Fictitious character)
• Matt, Uncle (Fictitious character)

Genre(s):

• Advertisements

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (July 24, 1932), p. 8

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg