Ovaltine (Wander Company)

Advertisement for Ovaltine by The Wander Co. includes a comic about Jean Harmon, a small girl who was nervous and underweight. Her teacher, Miss Brooks, advises Molly Harmon, Jean’s mother, to have the child drink Ovaltine. Mrs. Harmon goes to the grocer’s and orders Ovaltine. In the remaining panels Jean delights her parents by gaining weight and getting a good report card.

Publication date: 1935-02-10

Size: 24.5 x 36.2 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: color

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Girls--1930-1940
• Girls--Clothing & dress--1930-1940
• Nervous system--1930-1940
• Scales--1930-1940
• Underwear--1930-1940
• Wander Company--Products--1930-1940
• Harmon, Jean (Fictitious character)
• Harmon, Molly (Fictitious character)
• Report cards--1930-1940
• Brooks, Miss (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 (February 10, 1935), p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Gunnor, K.