Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Changing Times


Above is a teaching aid poster from 1930, designed to pin up on classroom walls to teach children proper etiquette/manners. The caption with the picture of the begging bears, reads "More Please." Imagine, the behavior of a bear "begging," which offended mankind in the 90's, was once considered so normal and natural that it was used to teach manners to school children.

1 comment:

Jim A. said...

The illustration might have been inspired by the polar bear exhibit at Brookfield. The Zoo had a stand that sold marshmallows convienently located across from the bears. On a summer Sunday the bear display was loaded with the little white puffs.