Speaking picture book |
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| Title : | Speaking picture book |
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| Source : | The speaking picture book imitating the cries of animals ; an amusement for the little ones' eyes and ears | ||
| Place Of Creation : | London? | ||
| Publisher : | [s.n.] | ||
| Date of creation : | ca. 1924] | ||
| Format : | Book | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Donated by : | T V Holland |
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| Description : |
A synthetic speech toy, featuring eight different animal and bird sounds which are activated by pulling a string, with a verse and pictures about each animal. The animals featured are a cock, donkey, goat, duck, cat, sheep, cow, and horse. Speaking picture books were first produced in Germany in the late 19th century, and were translated and produced for the market in England, France and Spain. Variations of the concept continued to be published periodically, and are now extremely rare. This copy was donated by T V Holland who attended Prince Alfred College from 1930 to 1938 and subsequently joined the Royal Australian Air Force and served in World War Two. The book is inscribed 'From Aunty Hilda. Hamley's, Regent St., London, 1924'. The book was enjoyed by three generations before being donated to the State Library. When donated the book was damaged and the internal mechanism of the sound box was visible. It has since been conserved and repaired. |
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| Further reading : | Cornish, David. 'Bound for South Australia', History SA: newsletter of the Historical Society of SA Inc number 172, May 2004, pp. 7-10 [Article describes a number of Tom Holland's gifts to the State Library including the Speaking picture book.] Haining, Peter. Movable books: an illustrated history: pages & pictures of folding, revolving, dissolving, mechanical, scenic, panoramic, dimensional, changing, pop-up and other novelty books ..., London: New English Library, 1979 Montanaro, Ann R. Pop-up and movable books: a bibliography, Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, c1993 |
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| Exhibitions and events : | State Library of South Australia: Mortlock Wing exhibitions. To be a child August 2004- |
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