August 1914 Anomaly

[Melvin L. De Vilbiss]

Reference the third (3^rd) ad page from the back cover:

I have one issue with a picture captioned:

              “WHAT THE LARVA OF A BEAUTIFUL SWALLOW-TAIL BUTTERFLY LOOKS LIKE”

And one issue with a picture captioned:

              “A DEMON FLY KILLER: THE PRAYING MANTIS”

Both issues are exact in all other respects, to include the fourth (4^th) ad page from the back cover, i.e. the reverse side of the third (3^rd) ad page.

Both photos are by David Fairchild and are from the “Book of Monsters.”

 

Has anyone else discovered such anomalies for this issue or any others?

[Philip Riviere]

 Mel,

      I have 3 copies(one digital from the DVD) of the Aug. 1914 Nat Geo . All 3 have the mantis add. The second add from the back which faces the pages (Adds) in question is for a Nat Geo book "The Book of Monsters" The mantis and I presume the larva pics are from the  book of Monsters. I guess they used a mix of different pics to illustrate the left side of the 2 page add for the book. We'll have to go through all our early mutiple copies and look for similar multi-pic adds.

Phil

[Melvin L. De Vilbiss]

Phil,

Something new "rediscovered!"

I wonder how many of the old guys like Buxbaum took this knowledge with them?

Yes - we'll have to go through them all; and yes, the picture of the larva is the same picture on the cover of the "Book of Monsters" first edition.

Thanks for your reply!

Mel

[Jeffry Persons]

Mel,

Better late than never.  I have four loose copies with two of each picture.  I also have two bound sets with one of each picture.

By the way I do have added info on the Map Indexes and was wondering if you would like to see my list.  There are quite a few additions.  I could e-mail it to you, if you could give me you email.

I also have a fairly detailed update on the six-months indexes if you would like.

Jeff

[Melvin L. De Vilbiss]

message sent with email - thank you!

[George Thomas Wilson]

Mel,

I'm very late to this rodeo, but anyway I have version 2 (with the Praying Mantis).

And here is version 1 (from my July 1914 issue).

I noticed that the September 1914 issue has the Mantis as well.  It looks like they made the switch from version 1 to version 2 sometime during the August 1914 run.

Tom Wilson