11 x 17" color cardboard puzzle with illustrated envelope. Produced for the Esso Oil Company's a..., 1933
Box: 6
Part of MS-1100: Theodor S. Geisel collection
Description
11 x 17" color cardboard puzzle with illustrated envelope. Produced for the Esso Oil Company's ad campaign for it's "Essolube" automotive oil. The envelope is titled: "The five star theatre presents: foiled by essolube a jig-saw-melodrama." The puzzle depicts five creatures (Zero-doccus, Karbo-nockus, Moto-munchus, Oilio-gobelus) attempting to sabotage an automobile.
The puzzle was produced as one component of a suite of print advertisements and was given away to Esso customers.
Dates
- 1933
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Part of the Rauner Library Archives and Manuscripts Repository