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Jack and the Beanstalk

Album Description

Primary sources related to the story Jack and the Beanstalk to use as a compliment to Jack and the Beanstalk (1902) are included in this album. 

Jack and the Beanstalk (1902)

Teaching Notes

This is the film version of Jack and the Beanstalk produced by Edison in 1902.

  • run time 0:10:52
  • Genres include
    • Trick films
    • Fantasy films
    • Silent films
    • Short films
    • Fiction films
Jack and the Beanstalk (1902)

Maud Humphrey's Book of Fairy Tales.pdf

Teaching Notes

Excerpts of Maud Humphrey's Book of Fairy Tales written by Humphrey and published in 1892. The two excerpted chapters are "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Jack the Giant Killer." These chapters include illustrations. 

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Jack and the beanstalk, W.P.A Art Project Poster 1930s-1940s

Teaching Notes

Poster designed for the WPA Art Project by Aida McKenzie. 

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/98518606/

Reference note

Summary

  • Poster depicting Jack climbing the beanstalk and the giant waiting for him.

Created / Published

  • New York : New York City W.P.A. Art Project, [between 1936 and 1941]

Notes

  • -  Date stamped on verso: Mar 24 1941.
  • -  Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Digital Id

  • cph 3f05642 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3f05642

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Cow. Cow costume

Teaching Notes

This is a costume design illustration of the cow for a 1937 Federal Theatre Production of Jack and the Beanstalk. 

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/musihas.200218903/

Reference note

Genre

  • Costume designs

Notes

  • -  Over 1,900 designs in color and black and white representing more than 160 productions in 13 cities. The majority of the designs were drawn for New York, NY, presentations. About 60 designers, many of whom signed their work.

Jack and His Mother, Federal Theatre Project

Teaching Notes

This is a production photo from a Federal Theatre Project production of Jack and the Beanstalk from between 1936 - 1941. The image depicts Jack and his mother. 

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/musftpphotoprints.200224770.0/?sp=3&r=-0.075,0.019,1.144,0.745,0

Reference note

Genre

  • Photographic prints

Notes

  • -  From Federal Theatre Project Collection (Production Records, Photographic Prints File, 1934-1939). Collections of over 23,000 black and white photographs, grouped into nine subseries, documenting over 1,000 FTP productions in 67 cities in 27 states. Also included are portraits of actors, actresses, and well-known figures of the day, as well as prints of audiences, caravan theater, children's theater, circus, community theater presentation, marionette construction, office personnel, radio performances, research materials, sets, behind-the-scenes techniques, vaudeville, workshops, etc.

Storybook Land Park, the Beanstalk

Teaching Notes

Image of a Beanstalk from "Storybook Land Park" in Aberdeen, South Dakota, 1987.

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/mrg.06836/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • 1987.

Genre

  • Slides--1980-1990.--Color

Notes

  • -  Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
  • -  Margolies category: Attractions.
  • -  Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142).
  • -  Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
  • -  General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
  • -  Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).

Repository

Digital Id

  • mrg 06836 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.06836

The Butte inter mountain.jpg

Teaching Notes

Advertisement and review for Jack and the Beanstalk (1902) as seen in The Butte Inter Mountain on October 21, 1902.

Reference link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025294/1902-10-21/ed-1/seq-9/

Reference note

Newspaper: The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912
Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025294/1902-10-21/ed-1/seq-9/print/image_681x648_from_35...