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This is a 'Virtual Set'.This is a 'Rogue Issue'1937-1938This is a 'Rogue Issue'This is a 'Virtual Set'.
Esquire Features
The World Museum Diorama Cut-outs
Date:  1937-1938
Country:  United States 

Set ID:  3227
Product Type:  Novelties
SetItems
Advertised Qty:?
ProductsItems
Paper Items:39
Other Stuff:3
TOTAL ITEMS:42
TopicsItems
Extinct Life2
History, Culture & Education40
In ScopeItems
Rogue Items:4

 
Artist(s)
Holling Clancy Holling

 

Thank you to the individual(s) listed below and/or to the owner(s) of the resource(s) listed below for contributing information, checklist data, and/or image(s) included on this page.
Robert Telleria
 
The World Museums were full-page dioramas illustrated by Holling Clancy Holling which were featured in the comic sections of some American Sunday newspapers starting on May 9, 1937 through January 30, 1938.  Each page featured parts to be cut out by the reader with detailed instructions how to assemble them into a diorama using wrapping paper (or cardboard) to stiffen the structure. Each new diorama had a paragraph explaining the diorama itself from a historical or geographical point of view. Subject included historical events, natural wonders or international ethnographic scenes. (Source: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Museum.)  
 
Of interest to this site is the "When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth"  (Jul 1937) (see images) and the "The Pool of Death" (Nov 1937) dinoramas which seasoned collector Robert Telleria indicates contains a "La Brea Tar Pit" - like diorama featuring a pair of smilodons, a sinking mammoth, and Teratornis (buzzard-like bird).

 

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Paper Items
 Other Stuff
 
 
========== Paper Items ==========
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
45847538 Extinct Life -- 1 tbd n/a
When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth  (Jul 1937)
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
45847880 Extinct Life -- 1 tbd n/a
The Pool of Death (Nov 1937)
 
 
 
========== Other Stuff ==========
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
45847540 History, Culture & Education -- 1 tbd n/a Brontosaurus
Brontosaurus Cutout (When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth)
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
45847539 History, Culture & Education -- 1 tbd n/a Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus Cutout (When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth)