Bidspirit auction | Picture-Tone & Playsong Record Set

Picture-Tone & Playsong Record Set - An assortment of mid-20th-century illustrated children's phonograph records. The collection includes double-sided cardboard records and one small black vinyl disc housed in a square paper sleeve. The cardboard discs feature colorful lithographed illustrations in a 1940s-50s cartoon style, many of which are signed with the printed signature F. Bolle. The records are categorized into nursery rhymes and safety-themed songs. Visible titles include [historical title containing offensive language], Hickory Dickory Dock, Simple Simon, The Old Woman, When You Ride A Bicycle, Let The Ball Roll, Hot And Cold Water, Sticks And Stones And Bones, Stay Away From The Railroad Tracks, Ice Skating Is Nice Skating, Lazy Mary, Hot Cross Buns, Old King Cole, Little Boy Blue, Little Bo Peep, Leaning Out Of Windows, Pins And Needles, An Automobile Has Two Big Eyes, When You're Watching A Parade, and Johnny Climbs Fences. Others are marked with PICTURE TONE RECORDS INC., N.Y. The safety-themed records are inscribed with IRVING CAESAR'S SONGS. One record is marked MG 2, another MG 4, and another MG 5. The safety series includes discs marked ICS 1, ICS 2, ICS 3, ICS 4, ICS 5, ICS 6, ICS 7, ICS 8, ICS 11, and ICS 22. Small circular text on several discs reads MADE IN U.S.A.Measurements/notes: Records are 6.5 in.; smaller record 3.5 in.