In an illustration by William Pene du Bois for the minor children's classic "Twenty and Ten" (aka "The Secret Cave"), a little boy (this is during WWII) is taking candy and oranges out of a box. One candy is clearly Toblerone.. Another bar of chocolate is simply rectangular, but the design on the wrapper seems to be four linked circles.

You can see it he

http://cdn.rainbowresource.netdna-cd...s/012008c1.jpg

Is this based on an actual brand, and if so, which? Thanks.

For those who don't know, the story - about children in France hiding Jewish children from the Nazis - is based on a true story that was also turned into the 1985 TV movie "Miracle at Moreaux" with Loretta Swit (from TV's MASH) and Robert Joy (from CSI) and Marsha Moreau (the voice of Madeline from the cartoons).



Lenona.

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>In an illustration by William Pene du Bois for the minor children's classic
>"Twenty and Ten" (aka "The Secret Cave"), a little boy (this is >during
>WWII) is taking candy and oranges out of a box. One candy is clearly
>Toblerone. Another bar of chocolate is simply rectangular, but >the design
>on the wrapper seems to be four linked circles.
>
>You can see it he
>
>http://cdn.rainbowresource.netdna-cd...s/012008c1.jpg
>
>Is this based on an actual brand, and if so, which? Thanks.
>
>For those who don't know, the story - about children in France hiding
>Jewish children from the Nazis - is based on a true story that was >also
>turned into the 1985 TV movie "Miracle at Moreaux" with Loretta Swit (from
>TV's MASH) and Robert Joy (from CSI) and Marsha >Moreau (the voice of
>Madeline from the cartoons).
>

areo looks close. Their are Dots with the letters printed on colored circles
but dots were not available till 1945 when the was war ending.


Robert

On 12/20/2015 11:53 AM, wrote:
> In an illustration by William Pene du Bois for the minor children's classic "Twenty and Ten" (aka "The Secret Cave"), a little boy (this is during WWII) is taking candy and oranges out of a box. One candy is clearly Toblerone. Another bar of chocolate is simply rectangular, but the design on the wrapper seems to be four linked circles.
>
> You can see it he
>
> http://cdn.rainbowresource.netdna-cd...s/012008c1.jpg
>
> Is this based on an actual brand, and if so, which? Thanks.
>
> For those who don't know, the story - about children in France hiding Jewish children from the Nazis - is based on a true story that was also turned into the 1985 TV movie "Miracle at Moreaux" with Loretta Swit (from TV's MASH) and Robert Joy (from CSI) and Marsha Moreau (the voice of Madeline from the cartoons).
>
>
>
> Lenona.
>

Some of the modern Guttard products feature an arrangement of gold coins
or award medallions arranged in an arc, right in the center of the
label. Assuming Guttard was using similar packaging at the time, WPdB's
artistic license could have simplified that logo to four linked circles
for the purpose of a book illustration.

On Monday, December 21, 2015 at 11:15:50 AM UTC-5, Whirled Peas wrote:

>
> Some of the modern Guttard products feature an arrangement of gold coins
> or award medallions arranged in an arc, right in the center of the
> label. Assuming Guttard was using similar packaging at the time, WPdB's
> artistic license could have simplified that logo to four linked circles
> for the purpose of a book illustration.


Forgot to say that the book was published in 1952 and in all likelihood, du Bois was the first illustrator. (I've never seen another illustrator as far as the INSIDE pictures go.)



Lenona.

On Sunday, December 20, 2015 at 11:53:26 AM UTC-8, wrote:
> In an illustration by William Pene du Bois for the minor children's classic "Twenty and Ten" (aka "The Secret Cave"), a little boy (this is during WWII) is taking candy and oranges out of a box. One candy is clearly Toblerone. Another bar of chocolate is simply rectangular, but the design on the wrapper seems to be four linked circles.
>
> You can see it he
>
> http://cdn.rainbowresource.netdna-cd...s/012008c1.jpg
>
> Is this based on an actual brand, and if so, which? Thanks.
>
> For those who don't know, the story - about children in France hiding Jewish children from the Nazis - is based on a true story that was also turned into the 1985 TV movie "Miracle at Moreaux" with Loretta Swit (from TV's MASH) and Robert Joy (from CSI) and Marsha Moreau (the voice of Madeline from the cartoons).
>

This is a gut reaction, but I'm thinking of another famous Swiss
chocolate bar, Milka.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/409827634818792087/