A Tour Through Their History: McLoughlin Brothers

In the 1880s, McLoughlin Brothers became the first large producer of movables in the United States. The company took ideas from Dean and offered similar products to American audiences. In fact, McLoughlin went so far as to pirate Dean’s Home Pantomime Toy Books.

McLoughlin’s most well known movables are those from the Little Showman’s Series, which first appeared in the 1880s. These books are constructed of two boards hinged at the top. Each is designed to be opened at a right angle, and each displays a multi-layered scene comprising figures in a cage.

The cover of the book contains an illustration of a man riding a camel in the middle of a dessert. In the bottom left corner is a monkey watching them whittling on a ledge. The sky is yellow and orange. The title of the book is at the top.

A book opened up to the pop-up, one page laying flat and the pop-up part standing up. The pop-up is of a woman with a lion jumping behind a caged cell, sticking out like a box. Above the boxed pop-up is an illustration of the sky and the top of a building partially seen.

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Home
The Great Menagerie
Nineteenth Century
Twentieth Century
Exhibit Catalogue
Tour Introduction
Blue Ribbon Publishing
Dean and Son
French Movables
S. Louis Giraud
Voitech Kubasta
McLoughlin Brothers
Lothar Meggendorfer
Ernest Nister
S. and J. Fuller
1965 to Present
Raphael Tuck and Sons
Julian Wehr
Title Index

A Tour Through Their History: McLoughlin Brothers

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