Vintage 1950s Rolled Canvas Paint By Number - Pink Rose Bouquet - Love's Tribute - Palmer Show Card Paint Co circa 1951 denmark - Unusual Olympus shape

- Unusual Olympus shape

Hunter Style Rabbit

and the yellow sunflower

Before the brothers started producing their own porcelain dishes under the name Noritake

parts by hand

Vintage 1950s Rolled Canvas Paint By Number - Pink Rose Bouquet - Love's Tribute - Palmer Show Card Paint Co circa 1951 denmark - Unusual Olympus shapeEvery man a Rembrandt! (Original 1950s ad campaign for paint by number kits) {HISTORY} Cheers to the hobby painters of the mid 20th century art scene! First started in Detriot, MI, the brainchild of artist Dan Roberts, in cooperation with the Palmer Show Card Company, paint by number kits debuted in 1951. A bit slow to start, the kits picked up speed and popularity with their first big splash into the retail market at the New York Toy Fair in 1952.