E B Segner /
Ellen Barbara Segner
(?? - 2001)
One of the few female pin-up and glamour artists. Her women are out-going and outdoorsie, involved in the type of activities most artists reserved for men, from skiing to shooting. Still, despite her ability with sporting gals, she's best remembered for two children-centered icons: Little Miss Sunbeam (the spokesgirl for Quality Bakers' Sunbeam bread) and the Dick and Jane school readers. Other Children's books: God Gave Me Eyes, Children's Prayers, The Little White House, The Wild Dog of Edmonton. Calendar work for the Thomas D Murphy company.
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Sunbeam Bread, Thanksgiving Theme (19??) Segner - 001A
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Liberty (1937) Segner - 002
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Sunbeam, "Quality" (19??) Segner - 003A
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Fruit Label (1930s) Segner - 004A
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Sunbeam, Autumn Theme (19??) Segner - 005A
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Sunbeam, "Couldn't Be Fresher" (19??) Segner - 006A
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Raleigh Cigarettes (1930s) Segner - 007A
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Skimming the Snow (1940s) Segner - 008
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This Week (1937) Segner - 009
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Story art (1930s) Segner - 010A
NOTE: Since we don't know when or where this painting was used, we can only guess at why Segner originally had a background of a ship at sea with a woman wearing a blue skirt (see left and bottom) but then switched it to a fetching commie red head holding a blonde baby.
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Liberty (1937) Segner - 011
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Sunbeam, Joyful Fourth (19??) Segner - 012A
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Sunbeam (19??) Segner - 013A
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Good Looking (1940s) Segner - 014
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Sunbeam (19??) Segner - 015A
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Sunbeam (19??) Segner - 016A
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Sunbeam (19??) Segner - 017A
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Photo from Quality Bakers of America (19??) Segner - 018
NOTE: a press release (undated) states that Segner is posing with the current model for Miss Sunbeam, six-year-old Donna Kay Ericksen of Champaign, Illinois.
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