kilroy the cop in the attic!

There is no telling just “who” you may find hidden away in your attic!

The Inside of the Box top reads: An Invitation to Hours and Years of Enchantment! In this one little package is a whole new life-like world of fun.

      A TalenToy Puppet is a marionette that really seems to come to life, because of the careful assembly of parts manufactured from materials selected for their quality. The head, body, and limbs are made of hardwoods, with joints solidly pinned, stapled, or joined with eyelets. The clothing is made well, of sturdy, bright materials. The strings which support the puppet to life are strong and abrasion-resistant.

      A TalenToon phonograph record, with two sides of original TalenToon stories and tunes written specially for TalenToy Puppets.

      A complete and simple booklet of instructions for handling working TalenToy Puppets, with stories and lyrics of the shows on the TalenToon record made for each puppet.

EFFANBEE DOLL CO.

42 WOOSTER ST.

N.Y.C.

This puppet belonged to my husband when he was a small boy.

The outside of the box top reads:
Hours of Enchantment. We little people bring to children from 6 to 60 a hobby with limitless possibilities for home entertainment and WE DEVELOP TALENT
We stimulate imagination. We create interest in rhythm in music and self expression. We develop finger dexterity and powers of coordination. Our phonograph record and a script that goes with it, make it easy to put on your first puppet show. After that, imagination and ingenuity take over! Any child over 6 can easily work us.
We puppets are wonderful little people.
Signed: Pim-Bo the Clown, Toonga from the Congo, Mac Awful the Scot, Kilroy the Cop and Jambo the Jiver.
An Effanbee Play Product – Talentoon – Talentoy

“In 2002 Tonner Doll purchased the Effanbee Doll Company,
Inc. to obtain the rights to several classic characters from the company’s
century-old history. They gained exclusive rights to Bernard Lipfert’s
1928 Patsy doll, Patsyette. Effanbee also had the rights to reproduce fashion
dolls licensed by Tribune Media like the Brenda Starr, Girl
Reporter series, and the comic strip, Little Orphan Annie.” Wikipedia

“For the first few years after the buyout the Effanbee remained an independent
subsidiary of Tonner Doll, however today the two have become a conglomerate
run under a singular management. The Effanbee doll lines, while are designed,
produced, marketed, and distributed by Tonner Doll, retain the Effanbee name.” Wikipedia

 

"hand shadow puppets" by henry bursill

The Book by Henry Bursill at Project Gutenberg

      I need not explain how these Shadows were suggested, to any one who has seen WILKIE’S picture, “The Rabbit on the Wall.” But by what pains they were invented can never be revealed; for it is known to my tortured digits alone, and they, luckily for me, are dumb. I calculate that I put my ten fingers through hundreds of various exercises before my “Bird” took wing; my left little finger thrills at the memory of “Grandpapa”; and my thumbs gave in no less than twenty times before “Boy” was accomplished. Yet now how easy it is to make the “Duck” to quack, the “Donkey” to bray, “Toby” to wag his tail, and the “Rabbit” to munch his unsubstantial meal.

      Of course the Shadows are not to be reproduced perfectly, on “one trial only”; but I believe that in each case I have drawn the due position of the fingers with such care, that the most difficult subject may be accomplished after a few minutes; nor need ingenious youth or parental fondness confine their endeavors to the sketches contained in this book. With a little ingenuity and some patience, new shadows may be produced; and not unfrequently figures appear that one never dreamed of attempting.

      Other Books of Shadows have been published; but it will be seen at a glance that mine bears affinity to none. Some of my sketches were made years ago, others when a student at the Academy. Indeed, the Shadows have often been displayed on the walls of my studio, much to the amusement of fellow-students, who would, I am sure, at any time bear witness to their originality. HENRY BURSILL, December, 1858.

72 Illustrated Shadowgraphs and Manual 
Alphabet unloaded by Beverly here.

 “This 5 1/2 by 7 inch pamphlet was published c. 1900. I posted a scan of one page of hand shadows in 2008 and it has proved very popular. I have been asked to post additional pages. I recently found it and have scanned all the pages including the manual alphabet.”

 Additional Links to Hand Shadows:

• Now Have Fun and Make Money with Hand Shadows (advertisement)
• Hand Shadows Theater
• “The Lion and The Mouse Fable” in silhouettes