Anderson Auction #216

Lot #1493:

Tommy Tucker, Universal Grocery Co.

“Little Tommy Tucker Sings for his supper. What shall we give him? Bread and butter." The nursery rhyme was used by the Universal Grocery Co. in the 1920s to promote its product. This 1 ¼-inch celluloid from that era shows Little Tommy himself. Faint crease in paper below celluloid lower left.