Little Wonder records and Bubble Books were advertised in various ways throughout their lifetime, including in magazines, catalogues, newspapers, and even on the records themselves. Some of these advertisements were targeting retail customers and others were targeting business customers ("trade") who would buy the books and records to sell to customers. Examples of all of these kinds of advertisements are shown below.
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Little Wonder Record Advertisements - Trade
Talking Machine World, May 15, 1915 10¾" x 15"Talking Machine World, June 15, 1915 10¾" x 15"Talking Machine World, July 15, 1915 10¾" x 15"Henry Waterson's full product line (piano rolls, records, sheet music) 5 and 10¢ Store Magazine, July 1915 13 ½" x 10⅛"
Little Wonder Record Advertisements - Retail
Back of record #3, #13, #14, #16, #21 and #22 (Also found on #9; information courtesy of Kurt Nauck) 2½" x 1¾"Little Wonder catalogue (four pages), 1915 3½" x 6¼" (when folded) (click picture to page through catalogue)Little Wonder catalogue (four pages), 1916 3½" x 6¼" (when folded) (click picture to page through catalogue)The Tuneful Yankee, February 1917 5⅛" x 3¼"Little Wonder catalogue (four pages), 1917 3½" x 6½" (when folded) (Courtesy of Bill Garver) (click picture to page through catalogue)Youth's Companion, October 18, 1917 (Little Wonder records are mentioned in the description of the phonograph) 11⅜" x 16½"Little Wonder catalogue (16 pages), 1918 5" x 7" (when folded) (click picture to page through catalogue)Youth's Companion, October 17, 1918 (Little Wonder records are featured separately and also mentioned in the description of the phonograph) 11⅛" x 16¼"Youth's Companion, October 16, 1919 (Little Wonder records are featured separately and also mentioned in the description of the phonograph) 11⅛" x 16¼"Youth's Companion, October 21, 1920 (Little Wonder records are featured separately and also mentioned in the description of the phonograph) 11⅛" x 16¼"Youth's Companion, October 13, 1921 (Little Wonder records are featured separately and also mentioned in the description of the phonograph) 11¼" x 14"
Bubble Book Advertisements - Trade
Talking Machine World, March 15, 1919 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, July 15, 1919 5⅞" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, August 15, 1919 5⅞" x 9¼"Dry Goods Economist, March 13, 1920 10" x 13⅜"Dry Goods Economist, April 3, 1920 10" x 13⅜"Dry Goods Economist, August 21, 1920 10" x 13⅜"Dry Goods Economist, September 11, 1920 10" x 13⅜"Talking Machine World, September 15, 1920, p. 14 10¾" x 15"Talking Machine World, September 15, 1920, p. 219 10¾" x 15"Dry Goods Economist, October 2, 1920 10" x 13⅜"Talking Machine World, October 15, 1920 10¾" x 15"The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer, November 15, 1920 14" x 10" (courtesy of Darrell Lehman)Dry Goods Economist, December 25, 1920 10" x 13⅜"Dry Goods Economist, May 14, 1921 5" x 13⅜" (Note accompanying ad for Garford phonographs that refers to Little Wonder records and Bubble Books)Talking Machine World, May 15, 1921 5⅝" x 9¼"Dry Goods Economist, May 28, 1921 5" x 13⅜"Talking Machine World, June 15, 1921 5⅝" x 9¼"Dry Goods Economist, June 18, 1921 10" x 13⅜"Talking Machine World, July 15, 1921 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, August 15, 1921 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, September 15, 1921 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, October 15, 1921 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, November 15, 1921 5⅝" x 9¼"Dry Goods Economist, November 19, 1921 10¼" x 13⅞"Talking Machine World, December 15, 1921 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, January 15, 1922 5⅝" x 9¼"Dry Goods Economist, January 21, 1922 10" x 13⅜"Talking Machine World, February 15, 1922 10¾" x 15"Talking Machine World, March 15, 1922 5⅝" x 9¼"Dry Goods Economist, April 1, 1922 10" x 13⅜"Talking Machine World, April 15, 1922 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, May 15, 1922 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, June 15, 1922 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, July 15, 1922 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, August 15, 1922 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, September 15, 1922 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, October 15, 1922 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, November 15, 1922 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, December 15, 1922 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, January 15, 1923 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, February 15, 1923 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, March 15, 1923 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, April 15, 1923 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, May 15, 1923 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, June 15, 1923 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, July 15, 1923 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, August 15, 1923 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, September 15, 1923 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, October 15, 1923 10¾" x 15"Talking Machine World, November 15, 1923 10¾" x 15"Talking Machine World, December 15, 1923 8½" x 6¼"Talking Machine World, February 15, 1924 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, March 15, 1924 5⅝" x 9¼"Talking Machine World, April 15, 1924 5⅝" x 9¼"The Music Trade Review, December 13, 1924 (size unknown)
Bubble Book Advertisements - Retail
1917 - 1918
Harper's Magazine, December 1917 6¾" x 9½"Harper's Magazine, January 1918 6¾" x 9½"Harper's Magazine, February 1918 6¾" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, July 1918 (shown) Harper's Magazine, August 1918 6¾" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, September 1918 6¾" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, October 1918 6¾" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, November 1918 6¾" x 9¾"The Ladies' Home Journal, November 1918 3" x 16"John Martin's Book, December 1918 7⅛" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, December 1918 6¾" x 9¾"
1919
Harper's Magazine, January 1919 6¾" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, February 1919 6¾" x 9¾"St. Nicholas Magazine, April 1919 3⅜" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, April 1919 6¾" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, May 1919 6¾" x 9¾"Grafonola in the Class Room, May 1919 (?) 5⅞" x 8¾"Harper's Magazine, June 1919 6¾" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, July 1919 6¾" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, August 1919 6¾" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, September 1919 6¾" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, October 1919 6¾" x 9¾"Youth's Companion, October 16, 1919 11⅛" x 16¼"Woman's Home Companion, November 1919 3⅛" x 15⅞"The Ladies' Home Journal, November 1919 3" x 16"The Atlantic Monthly, November 1919 6⅜" x 9⅜"The World's Work, November 1919 7½" x 10¼"Century Magazine, November 1919 6⅝" x 9⅝"The American Review of Reviews, November 1919 6⅝" x 9½"Harper's Magazine, November 1919 6¾" x 9⅞"St. Nicholas Magazine, November 1919 6¾" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, December 1919 6¾" x 9⅞"The Ladies' Home Journal, December 1919 3" x 16"Double-sided flyer attached to The Bargain Counter Bulletin No. 377 Sears, Roebuck, 1919 5" x 7"
1920
Grafonola in the Class Room, 1920 5⅞" x 8¾"Columbia Records catalogue, March 1920 5" x 6¾"The Ladies' Home Journal, March 1920 3" x 16"Columbia booklet March 1920 (?) 6½" x 6" (four pages) (click picture to page through booklet)Harper's Magazine, April 1920 6¾" x 9¾"The Ladies' Home Journal, May 1920 3" x 16"Harper's Magazine, May 1920 3⅜" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, June 1920 6¾" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, July 1920 6¾" x 9¾"New York Times, August 1, 1920 (dimensions not available)The Ladies' Home Journal, August 1920 10" x 16"John Martin's Book, August 1920 7⅛" x 9¾"St. Nicholas Magazine, September 1920 6¾" x 9¾"The Atlantic Monthly, September 1920 12¾" x 9⅜" The Century Magazine, September 1920 13½" x 9⅝" Harper's Magazine, September 1920 13⅜" x 9¾" Scribner's Magazine, September 1920 13¾" x 9⅞" The World's Work, September 1920 14⅝" x 10¼"The American Review of Reviews, September 1920 13½" x 9½"The American Review of Reviews, October 1920 6⅝" x 9½" The Atlantic Monthly, October 1920 6⅜" x 9⅜" The Century Magazine, October 1920 6⅝" x 9⅝" Harper's Magazine, October 1920 6¼" x 9½" Scribner's Magazine, October 1920 6⅝" x 9½" The World's Work, October 1920 7½" x 10¼"St. Nicholas Magazine, October 1920 6¾" x 9¾"John Martin's Book, October 1920 7⅛" x 9¾"Youth's Companion, October 21, 1920 11⅛" x 16¼"The Ladies' Home Journal, October 1920 11" x 16" Woman's Home Companion, November 1920 10¾" x 15⅝"Everybody's Magazine, November 1920 8⅛" x 11⅜"The American Review of Reviews, November 1920 13½" x 9½" The Atlantic Monthly, November 1920 13" x 9⅜" The Century Magazine, November 1920 13½" x 9⅝" Harper's Magazine, November 1920 13⅜" x 9¾" Scribner's Magazine, November 1920 13¼" x 9½" The World's Work, November 1920 14⅝" x 10¼"The Ladies' Home Journal, December 1920 3" x 16"The Atlantic Monthly, December 1920 6½" x 9¼" Harper's Magazine, December 1920 6¾" x 9¾" The American Review of Reviews, December 1920 6⅝" x 9½" The World's Work, December 1920 7½" x 10¼"The Century Magazine, December 1920 6⅝" x 9⅝" Scribner's Magazine, December 1920 6⅝" x 9½"St. Nicholas Magazine, December 1920 6¾" x 9¾"John Martin's Book, December 1920 7⅛" x 9¾"The Saturday Evening Post, December 4, 1920 21½" x 14"
1921
Harmograph Talking Machines catalogue, 1921 (month unknown) 4" x 5⅝"Harper's Magazine, January 1921 6¾" x 9¾"The Ladies' Home Journal, February 1921 3" x 16"Harper's Magazine, May 1921 6¾" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, August 1921 6¾" x 9¾"John Martin's Book, October 1921 7⅛" x 9¾"Youth's Companion, October 13, 1921 11¼" x 14"John Martin's Book, November 1921 7⅛" x 9¾"Harper’s Magazine, November 1921 3⅜" x 9¾"St. Nicholas Magazine, November 1921 6¾" x 9¾"John Martin's Book, December 1921 7⅛" x 9½"The Ladies' Home Journal, December 1921 3" x 16"Woman's Home Companion, December 1921 2⅞" x 14"St. Nicholas Magazine, December 1921 6¾" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, December, 1921 6¾" x 9¾"Children's Royal Magazine, Winter 1921-1922 4" x 3¾"
1922 - 1923
Harper's Magazine, March 1922 Harper's Magazine, April 1922 6¾" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, June 1922 6¾" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, September 1922 6¾" x 9¾"Mailing insert (six pages), September (?) 1922 3½" x 6¼" (when folded) (click picture to page through catalogue)St. Nicholas Magazine, November 1922 6¾" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, November 1922 6¾" x 9¾"Harper's Magazine, December 1922 6¾" x 9¾"St. Nicholas Magazine, December 1922 6¾" x 9¾"Child Life, December 1922 3¼" x 10¼"John Martin's Book, December 1922 7⅛" x 9¾"John Martin's Book, November 1923 7⅛" x 9¾"John Martin's Book, December 1923 7⅛" x 9¾"Child Life, November 1923 4½" x 12"Child Life, December 1923 9" x 12"
1924 - 1928
Victor booklet, November 1924 5" diameter (eight pages) (click picture to page through booklet)Victor Records catalogue, November 1924 5" x 6¾"Victor Records catalogue, Christmas 1924 5" x 7¼"Victor Records catalogue, December 1924 5" x 6¾"Victor Records catalogue, January 1, 1925 5" x 6¾"Victor Records catalogue, 1925 5⅛" x 7¼"Victor Records catalogue, 1926 5⅛" x 7¼"Victor Records catalogue, 1927 5⅛" x 7¼"Victor Records catalogue, 1928 5⅛" x 7¼"
Piccola Meraviglia & Libri Che Canta
Italian catalogue (four pages), undated, but 1921 onwards 3⅝" x 5⅜" (when folded) (Courtesy of Tim Brooks) (click picture to page through catalogue)La Domenica del Corriere, 1923 4¾" x 7⅝"La Domenica del Corriere, 1925La Domenica del Corriere, 1926 2¼" x 5⅞"Dischi Columbia catalogue, July 1928 4¾" x 6½" (click picture to page through catalogue)Dischi Columbia catalogue, September 1930 4¼" x 5¾" (when folded)Dischi Columbia catalogue, December 1930 (size unknown) (Courtesy of Massimo Baldino)Dischi Columbia catalogue, January - June, 1936 (likely published December, 1935) 4⅞" x 6⅝" (click picture to page through catalogue)Dischi Columbia catalogue, December 1937 (for January - June, 1938) 5½" x 7½" (click picture to page through catalogue)Dischi Columbia catalogue, July - December 1938 4¾" x 6½" (click picture to page through catalogue)Dischi Columbia catalogue, 1939 (size unknown) (courtesy of Massimo Baldino) (click picture to page through catalogue)Dischi Columbia catalogue, January - June, 1940 4⅝" x 6½" (click picture to page through catalogue)
