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Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Trade Advertisement (Duck Soup)
A rabbit runs off with a roast duck.
What
A 1928 advertisement from The Film Daily of July 23 for the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons, made by Winkler Pictures for Universal.
Why
Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks created the character for Universal in 1927, a year before this page ran.
Notice
The copy claims Oswald "IS THE PRODUCT OF THE BEST MIRTH PRODUCING COMPANY IN THE BUSINESS", over a Universal globe.
“A trade boast, July 1928”
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 for Universal
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- U.S. trade-paper advertisement, The Film Daily, 1928
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
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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