1928 – B WILBUR AND PETE: STORY OF A BOY, A PIG, AND A LEPER.
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1928 – B WILBUR AND PETE: STORY OF A BOY, A PIG, AND A LEPER.Description
1928 – B WILBUR AND PETE: BROCHURE OF THE STORY OF A BOY, A PIG, AND A LEPER. See also entries 7005, and 7007. This is one of the only remaining, original, 4 panel brochures telling the story of Wilbur the boy and his pig Pete. A brochure to promote giving to the American Leprosy Mission. A tear-off return mail donation card is attached. A sophisticated fundraising solicitation designed brochure for the time period. Pete the Pig is a fundraising icon tied to the American Leprosy Missions (now Hope Rises International, Inc.), a Christian mission organization founded in 1906 to combat leprosy and other neglected tropical diseases. This act sparked a nationwide “Pete the Pig” fundraising movement. Missionaries and churches across the U.S. and abroad encouraged people to raise pigs, sell them, and donate the proceeds to the American Mission to Lepers. The campaign became a symbol of compassion, community, and faith-based charity. Image size is 4 inches by 8 inches. Manifest Record: unknownCollection
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Missions Advance Through Stewardship
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