Lillian and Carl Forsgren contest scrapbooks, 1936-1969

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Summary

Creator:
Forsgren, Lillian
Abstract:
Lillian and Carl Forsgren were a couple who lived in the Spokane and Seattle, Washington areas during the 20th century. The Lillian and Carl Forsgren contest scrapbooks include letters, contest announcements, entries, award notifications and other printed materials that document the couple's hobby of participating in marketing promotions and contests during the mid-twentieth century. The types of contests range from passive (enter to win) to participatory (requiring submissions of content including slogans, jingles, testimonials and recipes). Contest sponsors include the American Plywood Association, Coca-Cola, Coty, Dr. Pepper, the Ed Sullivan Show, Folger's, Frito-Lay, General Electric, General Mills, Helene Curtis, Kellogg, Kraft, Lever Brothers, Mennen, Pepsi, Purina, Stouffer's, and Westinghouse. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Extent:
1.0 Linear Foot
Language:
Materials in English.
Collection ID:
RL.11873

Background

Scope and content:

The Lillian and Carl Forsgren contest scrapbooks include letters, contest announcements, entries, award notifications and other printed materials that document the couple's hobby of participating in marketing promotions and contests during the mid-twentieth century. The types of contests range from passive (enter to win) to participatory (requiring submissions of content including slogans, jingles, testimonials and recipes). Contest sponsors include the American Plywood Association, Coca-Cola, Coty, Dr. Pepper, the Ed Sullivan Show, Folger's, Frito-Lay, General Electric, General Mills, Helene Curtis, Kellogg, Kraft, Lever Brothers, Mennen, Pepsi, Purina, Stouffer's, and Westinghouse.

Biographical / historical:

Lillian and Carl Forsgren were a couple who lived in the Spokane and Seattle, Washington areas during the 20th century. Lillian Ethel Johnson was born in 1900 in Minnesota. She married Carl Forsgren in Spokane, Wash. in 1925 and the couple eventually moved to Seattle. She died in Seattle in 2000. Carl Jonas Forsgren was born in Sweden in 1899. He emigrated to the United States in 1903 and naturalized around 1935. He worked for Ederer Engineering in Seattle during the 1940s. He died in Seattle in 1985. (Source: https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/)

Acquisition information:
The Lillian and Carl Forsgren contest scrapbooks were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2020.
Processing information:

Processed by Richard Collier, Feb. 2021;

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2021-0002.

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