An E. M. Viquesney Archive
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Copyright 2003, Doug Blevins. Used by permission.

Magazine, Handbill, AND NEWSPAPER ADS
for Viquesney's Miniature Doughboy

Viquesney targeted ex-servicemen in magazines like American Legion Weekly (later Monthly), both as potential customers and as sales agents. Below are some representative ads for the rather common 12" and rare 6" desktop Doughboy statuettes (which were really only 11.5" and 5.75" tall, respectively).
Click on the thumbnails below to view ads from for the desktop Doughboy statuette.
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09-02-1921
American Legion
Weekly
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Undated, with price
correction and
recruitment offer
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06-30-1922
American Legion
Weekly
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Undated, with
mention of 6'' miniature
and large statue
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04-04-1927
American Legion
Monthly
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A postcard ad for the rare 6'' Doughboy,published shortly before Viquesney's death in 1946.
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August 1929
American Legion
Monthly
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1936 Handbill for vets
bonus; special
$3.00 price
Click on the thumbnails above to view ads from for the desktop Doughboy statuette.
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A "pre-release" ad published in the Washington, D,C. Evening Star, July 31, 1921, looking for "agents" to sell the Viquesney miniature Doughboy. The items began shipping the following month.
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