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Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Trade Advertisement (Hatching Laughs)

Oswald sits on a nest with a clock.

What

A 1928 Film Daily advertisement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, produced by Winkler Pictures for Universal.

Why

The page ran in The Film Daily on 17 October 1928, the year after Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks created the rabbit for Universal.

Notice

"HATCHING LAUGHS IS A SPECIALTY OF OSWALD" frames the rabbit, who sits on a crate of eggs between two Universal globes.

“Laughs by the clutch”

Format

The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.

Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.

Size

$29.00

Provenance

Film
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1928)
Country / studio
United States · Winkler Pictures
Format
Other
Poster published
U.S. trade advertisement, The Film Daily, 1928
Source
Wikimedia Commons
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Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.

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