Vintage "Happy" Birthday Card by Valentine & Sons

"Happy" Birthday Greetings postcard from Valentine & Sons. Ltd., Dundee, Scotland, circa 1938. Series no. 226.

Images via Merry-Monk.

1939 Blanche-Neige Photoplay School Study Guide

The Photoplay Studies were a series of booklets designed for use in elementary and high school classrooms. The goal was to employ the study of film as an engaging teaching tool. In Volume V, Number 7, we find the curriculum focused on foreign language with the subject matter being Blanche Neige et les Sept Nains--the French version of Snow White. The book is copyrighted 1939 by Educational and Recreational Guides, Inc., USA.

Image scans via DIX-The Disney Resource Index.

In an earlier Archive entry, see the 1937 Photoplay issue on Snow White.

1966 Snow White "Talking Telephone" by Hasbro

Kids could "talk to" Snow White and each of the Seven Dwarfs with this 1966 Hasbro Talking Telephone. It was issued with 8 two-sided plastic records, one for each character. Discs are inserted into the back of the phone. Battery powered (one D size).

Images via Childhood Memorabilia + barbie_lemondrop.

Other Disney Talking Telephones in the Hasbro line included Mickey Mouse, Jungle Book, and Mary Poppins. Watch this 1967 TV commercial, featuring the commentator voice of Paul Frees.

Video posted by D Heine.

A couple screen captures from the video.

The toy telephone was listed in the 1968 Spiegel Catalog. Retail $6.88.

Snow White "Safety Blocks" by Halsam

A boxed set of 18 wooden blocks produced by Halsam, referred to as "Safety Blocks" because of their non-toxic colors and rounded corners and edges. Printed on the side of the box is "By special permission of Walt Disney Enterprises" which dates the set to early 1938.

The blocks feature raised images of Snow White (two different poses), the Prince, the Seven Dwarfs, plus the ever-popular Donald Duck.

Box cover and side panels.

The blocks were listed in a 1938 Billy & Ruth toy catalog. We learn that there were actually two sets available. The 18-piece box of "small blocks" for 25¢ and a 16-piece "large blocks" set for 48¢.

Retailatalog images via antiquetoycollections.

They also appeared in the 1940 wholesale catalog of The Tracy-Wells Company.

Wholesale catalog image via gdawg.