Crazy like a Fox - Merrell-Soule Company Advertising Paper Mask (1900's) - Syracuse, NY
$1,200.00
Original antique ephemera paper mask of a fox character created by the Merrell-Soule Company in the early 1900's. Syracuse, NY. with chromolithographic color printing.
Patented May 6, 1903... -- one of the earliest known dates for a commercially printed fold-up paper mask. Measures 10 1/2 inches by 14 inches. Exceptionally rare in unused unpunched condition...
Very few of these masks are known to survive. Even the Library of Congress and most major toy museums do not house examples of this specific model.