-Contributed by Cathy Faye and Lizette Royer Barton.
The holiday season is here! That gives us a good excuse to spend some fun time digging through our collections for holiday-themed gems. As per usual, Lizette worked her searching magic and dug out these gems: several 1920s and 1930s playbills from the annual Christmas play put on by the children at the Training School at Vineland.
Playbill covers, from 1932 to 1937 (click for a larger view).
In 1929, the children performed Robin Hood!
1933′s feature was “Poor Little Rich Boy.”
In case you were wondering what “Poor Little Rich Boy” was about…
Santa Claus, featured on the back of the playbill
And, in case this leaves you wanting more psychology themed holiday gems, check out our recent post featuring E. G. Boring as Santa Claus and last year’s post featuring children’s ideas about Santa Claus. Happy holidays from all of us at the CHP! We look forward to sharing new gems from the collections in 2013!
