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Ray Anne and interested others,
your question caught my eye because these toys--we called them "wiggle
pictures"--were my favorites. I found a lead on a
cracker jack prize
website http://members.aol.com/Alphabet26/morecj.html which gives the
following information (below).
Apparently they are technically called LENTICULARS and the technique is
called LENTICULAR TECHNOLOGY.
Cracker Jack Series #19 (1980s)
Set of 26 (of course)
A is for Airplane; B is for Butterfly; C is for Clown; D is for
Duck; E is for Elephant; F is
for Frog; G is for Goat; H is for Horse; I is for Igloo; J is for
Jack-in-the-Box; K is for
Kangaroo; L is for Lion; M is for Monkey; N is for Nickel; O is for
Owl; P is for Panda; Q is
for Queen; R is for Rabbit; S is for Snowman; T is for Tiger; U is
for Unicorn; V is for
Volcano; W is for Whale; X is for Xylophone; aY is for Yacht; and Z
is for Zebra. I just
completed my set of alphabet tilt cards this year thanks to a
Cracker Jack friend. Whether
you call them "flickers," "tilters," "wiggle pictures," "groovy
movies," "tilt cards," or
"lenticulars," everybody knows that means cool action, change, or
3-D effects on a flat printed
surface. Lenticular technology was used in Cracker Jack prizes
from the 1950s to Present.
Naturally, this is my favorite set of lenticulars. Magic
Motion is a Trademark of the
Optigraphics Corporation.
Hope this helps.
Judy
Judy Donovan
Design Arts Librarian
Hagerty Library
Drexel University
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Philadelphia PA 19104
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