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| To love Hilda is to collect her. Allow me to share a few things from my collection as we as a few things I don't have. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Up first are calendars. This of course was--and still is--Hilda's main source of exposure. Brown and Bigelow have been publishing calendars featuring Duane Bryers' curvaceous creation since 1958. As far as the longest running calendar queen goes, I guess Marilyn Monroe would be Hilda's only competition. By the way, there were usually seven paintings with each calendar (one painting for every two months plus a cover illustration). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Something I discovered is that these Hilda calendars came in all different shapes and sizes. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Click each glass for better detail.
The art on the Hilda glasses were humdrum representations of Duane Bryers' paintings, but in my opinion they still have charm and I find them very collectable. |
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Click cards for detail.
It was inevitable the countrified Queen of Hearts would find herself frolicking on the back of playing cards. |
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Click ashtray for detail.
Ain't this the cutest? Even the Les Man doesn't have one of these spiffy little Hilda ashtrays. Even though it's a sure bet Duane Bryers didn't draw this particular image, it's admirable that Brown & Bigelow gave him credit as the Hilda's creator for such a relatively small object. Bear in mind that was back when artists/illustrators had to fight for their rightly recognition. |
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Here's another treasure I've yet to stumble upon. Someone came upon this for sale on ebay a while back. She didn't win the plate but she grabbed this cool photo of it.
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| The character Hilda is property of Brown & Bigelow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||