David Wasserman
Collector and Purveyor
Western Exterminator "Little Man"
THE LITTLE MAN ON THE BRIGHT YELLOW TRUCKS. In 1931 when Western Exterminating was in business 10 years its founder was persuaded to advertise in the Yellow Pages. "You must have a logo", the phone folks said, and "why not let us design it". So from the pen of their artist, Vaughn Kaufman, "The Little Man with the Hammer" sprang to life. This truck top figure I have is made of some sort of early rubber material (waterpproof). He is about 17" tall and all original paint, no damage. The hammer in his hand is not the original.
$1250.00
Keywords: figural ,bugs ,logo ,statue ,termite
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