Figure 1--These ??? Gutman illustrations were published in 1909. Unfortunastely we know nothing about the illustrator at this time. Click on the image for more examples. |
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We at first thought this illustrator was Israeli illustrator Nachum Gutman, but we see this unidentified Gutman's work appared in the early 1900s, while Nachum Gutman was still a boy. We notice some of his work published as cards by the B & B company, apparently a printing company located in St. Paul, Minnesota. The cards were printed in 1909 showing charming scenes of boys and girls. The boys wear a variety of sailor and tunic suits which were populasr at the time for younger boys. The illustrations of course are idealized. The children wear strap shoes with short white socks. One card seems to show "T"-strap sandals. We do not know of any other work he may have done at this time. We are hopeing a HBC reader will e able to tell us more about this illustrator. The illustrations are useful because there is a publication date. One of the boys wears brown t-strap shoes/sandals . This provides some information as to the year they were introduced to the United States.
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