Member Token - Bosko Club (Los Angeles, California) ND front Member Token - Bosko Club (Los Angeles, California) ND back
Member Token - Bosko Club (Los Angeles, California) ND photo
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Member Token - Bosko Club (Los Angeles, California) ND

 
Bronze 15.2 g 31.96 mm
Description
Location
United States
Period
Federal republic (1776-date)
Type
Medals › Membership medals
Composition
Bronze
Weight
15.2 g
Diameter
31.96 mm
Thickness
2.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#411473
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

Bosko with arms wide open.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GOOD LUCK
©HARMAN ISING PRODUCTIONS

Edge

Plain

Comment

https://youtu.be/z57_2T_WIuA?si=FzKKA_ceS41OSXco this youtube persentation give a great history of animation in the 1920s  and 1930s

 

Bosko was Created in 1928  by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising. The stated their company under the name Harman-Ising Productions. After working for Walt Disney in Kansas . Bosko thier first caracter . Later to become the First caracter in the Looney Tunes line up under the umbrella of Warner Bros. Studios.   Along with his Dog Bruno His Girlfriend Honey.  Later Honey's Cat made the scene in 1932.  Hugh Harman developed a way to properly synchronize the voices with the animation.  Which somehow Disney has been credited with this task.  Some poetic justice, Harman-Ising took many of his animater with them.  Once they were in production with Warner Bros. Studios. Bosko and family beat out Disney's Mickey and Minnie for several years in populaity.  Bosko cartoons were produced  between 1929 -1938.