Superman Carnival Chalkware (early 1940s)

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Latest arrival of a burgeoning fascination with chalkware carnival prizes (and salt and pepper shakers), this bootleg Superman from the early 40s came in a variety of paints (and occasionally doubled as Shazam / Captain Marvel) and lacks the S to avoid being sued. Picked the one that now calls my desk his home because he was less painted up (here's a particularly... interesting take) and reminded me most of the Shuster drawings / Fleischer cartoons that remain my favorite incarnation of the character.

Chalkware, defined:

Carnival chalkware is a generic collecting term used for figures made from molded plaster of Paris or sculpted gypsum during the 1920s through the 1960s—the Great Depression through the mid-century. The name derives from their use as prizes at carnivals. They also served as prizes for games of chance at amusement parks and boardwalks.

Early carnival chalkware figures were painted with oil and watercolors. Airbrush painting was used extensively, starting in the 1920s.

For a brief period in the 1930 and early 1940s, carnival chalkware figures replaced stuffed animals as the primary carnival prize.

Doll and novelty companies produced carnival chalkware in large quantities. The wholesale price was as low as a dollar a dozen.

Suppose stuffed animals are less likely to be used to bludgeon people to death...

Aforementioned salt and pepper shakers: my delightfully fucked up Dick Tracy and Junior set(s) from the late 30s / early 40s.:

Note: were I to do a DICK TRACY film, part of it would be an EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE homage where DT and Junior enter into a universe where they're misshapen chalkware salt and pepper shakers: hot dog fingers, eat your heart out.