The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 27, July 8, 2007, Article 10

MORE ON THE LAURA GARDIN FRASER BETTER BABIES MEDAL

Last week helpful E-Sylum readers responded to Lynn Tice's question
on Laura Gardin Fraser's Better Babies medal with an avalanche of
information.  Dick Johnson noted that these were produced by Medallic
Art Co. and were so marked on the edge. But Joe Levine's cataloging
indicated that they were also marked by Crowell Publishing company.
To learn which version Lynn has, I asked her to take a look for us.

This week, from the foothills of the Blue Ridge, Lynn writes: "Many
thanks to you and your readers for the information and research. Our
medal is edgemarked with a copyright Crowell Pub. Co. 1913.   Not a
glimpse of Medallic Art Company on the edge or elsewhere.  My eagle
eye husband confirms this with a loupe.  It's about 2" wide.

"My dad's brother Alfred was born Sept. 2, 1915, died Feb. 12, 1918.
His picture hung in our grandmother's parlor and we have a lock of
his hair. When we think of state fairs, beauty contests, etc, we tend
to think of ribbons being awarded, not medals.  Your interest in an
old family mystery has been making the rounds of our family emails."

  LAURA GARDIN FRASER BETTER BABIES MEDAL INFORMATION SOUGHT
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 LAURA GARDIN FRASER BETTER BABIES MEDAL
 esylum_v10n26a07.html

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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