Five Pennies to Spend
Five Pennies to Spend
- Description (Brief)
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Five Pennies to Spend, by Miriam Young with illustrations by Corinne Malvern and published by Simon & Schuster in New York, New York, in 1955.
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Raised in New Jersey, Corinne Malvern (1901-1956) was a child actress who, along with her sister, performed in traveling plays, vaudeville and movies. After an accident in her teens, Malvern was forced to give up her acting career and later attended the Art Students League of New York. Proficient in watercolor, pastel, paint, pencil and ink, she launched a career as a commercial artist, and was known for her fashion illustrations and magazine covers. Shortly after, she teamed up with her sister, a children’s author, and began drawing children’s books. She illustrated seventeen Little Golden Books, including Doctor Dan, Nurse Nancy, How Big?, Susie’s New Stove, and 5 Pennies to Spend.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Book
- Date made
- 1955
- Young, Miriam
- publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- illustrator
- Malvern, Corinne
- maker
- Simon and Schuster
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 in x 6 3/4 in x 1/4 in; 20.32 cm x 17.145 cm x.635 cm
- ID Number
- 1990.0449.09
- accession number
- 1990.0449
- catalog number
- 1990.0449.09
- Credit Line
- Gift of Joanne M. and William R. Bruegman III
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Family & Social Life
- Little Golden Books
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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