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[thelarsonsix]

Thanks for the reminder Tiff. I meant to get a couple of these but forgot until I saw this post again. Fortunately they still had some so I ordered 2. Junior if you still need one you're welcome to the extra or anyone else that doesn't have an ebay account let me know. Otherwise I might just color in it!

[Junior]

Thelarsonsix: Thanks for thinking about me, but I think Parson has got me covered there. He emailed a few days ago, and I sent him my address and one of those coloring books should be on the way! Thanks to my friends here at SDCFans for thinking about me regarding this!

[Junior]

Another ebay find: a 1950's photo booklet of Marvel Cave. Pete Herschend (looking very young) on the back of the photo of the cave train. Check it out:    http://www.flickr.com/photos/juniordugan

[tiffanylynnt]

whats all in it to color? any rides?

The only color is what you see in the picture I posted. I can tell you what is on each page.
1) same as the cover, only you can color it in
2) Sheriff welcoming you to SDC with the Pop. 28 sign behind him
3) The Undertaker and the Hanging Judge standing next to a tree with a noose on Main Street
4) Jim Owen's Float Trip
5) whirlpool that was part of the Float Trip, and is still part of AP
6) a hillbilly climbing a tree and a bear holding a moonshine jug
7) basketweaving
8- two prisoners standing in front of The Flooded Mine
9) the prisoner in the bucket at FM
10) a live canary in a cage (means there is no gas leak)
11) a prisoner in a cage that has a sign saying "Do Not Feed the Prisoner"
12) a prisoner holding a lantern to the birdcage with the dead canary
13) color by number of a hillbilly sitting against a stump holding a jug of moonshine
14) a baker making bread
15) Granny's Lye Soap
16) tour guide standing inside the cave
17) "find the hidden animal by coloring in the spaces with dots"
18) train conductor
19) the train
20) Hobo Junction
21) hillbilly taking a shower
22) train robbers
23) train robbers running from the conductor
24) The Rainmaker
25) lady covering two kids with an umbrella because of The Rainmaker
26) Rube Dugan
27) The Diving Bell
28) Rube with a lifesaver around his neck and a fish on his head
29) a lady with an autoharp, a guy with a banjo and a guy with a guitar.
30) a boxing ref introducing a really muscular guy in one corner
31) a less muscular guy in jeans and suspenders standing in the ring
32) the littler guy running away from the muscular guy
33) connect the dots
34) a maze. Get the Far Chief to the bucket of water.
35) Baldknobbers with torches
36) Far Chief running with a bucket of water
37) Baldknobber with a bucket of water upside down on his head
38) connect the dots
39) crossword puzzle
40-41) a stubborn prospector pulling on a rope attached to a stubborn mule
42) two pigs getting into a keg of moonshine
43) Yodeling Gunsmith
44) a bartender pouring a drink and another one wiping something up off the bar, with peanuts on the floor
45) a saloon girl sitting on a piano, probably singing
46) Carrie Nation busting thru the doors
47) piano player and saloon girl running from Carrie Nation
48) a mule
49) blacksmith (best guess... Shad Heller)
50) woodcarver
51) woodcarving of a hillbilly
52) Wilderness Church
53) candy makers
54) you have to draw an umbrella in The Rainmaker's hands
55) Hatfields
56) The McCoys
57) Sheriff saying, "I'll have no feuding here!"
58) a gunfight has broken out
59) The sheriff standing, looking shocked. Someone shot his pants off.
60) Hatfields and McCoys in jail and the caption says, "The End!"
And the back cover looks the exact same as the front cover.

[How-doFolks]

thanks tiff! appriciate the time ya put in to post all that on here.

[MissinTheGreenTrams]

Hmmmmm I wonder if you could still get away with printing a few of those......they seem a little "risk-a"

[Ozarks Gal]

I see they still have a few for sale. I really might have to jump on that before they are gone.

[thelarsonsix]

They had 3 left yesterday after I got my 2. It's probably been almost a month since the original discovery and I don't know how many they originally had but it doesn't seem they're moving real quick. I'd venture a guess that probably 95% of them were sold to members of SDCfans. 

[Junior]

WOW! Got a vintage 1979 Silver Dollar City Coloring Book in the Mail today! My SINCERE thanks. It looks like someone has taken good care of this item over the last 32 years. It brings back some fond memories. It will be kept in my collection of SDC material, and will be cherished for years to come. THANKS...

[thelarsonsix]

WOW! Got a vintage 1979 Silver Dollar City Coloring Book in the Mail today! My SINCERE thanks. It looks like someone has taken good care of this item over the last 32 years. It brings back some fond memories. It will be kept in my collection of SDC material, and will be cherished for years to come. THANKS...

I was just gonna post I got mine today too! And yes they look brand new! The covers are still perfect and crisp, the pages aren't faded or flimsy, nothing torn, crinkled, bent or marked on. Someone must have kept these in a vacuum chamber. I bought 2 of them think I'm gonna let my 5 year old color in one them and keep the other pristine.

[MissinTheGreenTrams]

That is so awesom guys! Yay for you!!!!

[Junior]

I checked ebay for info about the SDC coloring book. It says that the coloring books are from the archive of Western Publishing/Golden Book. I typed Western Publishing into my search engine and discovered that Wiskur and Company of Harrison, AR artist Dennis Jones did the artwork, and apparently, the work was sent to Wisconsin to Western Publishing for printing. In the late '70's, Western was a major printer, employing over 2,500 people and printing all sorts of childrens books and specialty items like the SDC coloring book. Western was absorbed into Golden Books publishsers in the mid 1990s. Wiskur and Company, at least until recently, still existed in Harrison, apparently publishing and marketing were the specialities of the company. Just some useless info for all of you with an interest in the coloring book. Thanks to Parson for sending me a copy of it in the mail!

[betamike]

I just ordered my copy!  Ironically, I had this very same coloring book as a kid (purchased at the City), but tore into it with a  passion and it was probably disposed of during our move from Missouri to Arkansas many moons ago.

[betamike]

Just got my coloring book today!!!    <---- Wow, how old am I?

[Ozarks Gal]

Just picked up a similar coloring book from ebay today.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=221010385521&nma=true&rt=nc&si=9s0XVYvqDFbPVXvt50YP1Sf5UeE%253D&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
You should still be able to see it even though it's been sold.

Basically, it looks to be from the same artist as the yellow book a few of you have picked up. This one has a red cover and is titled "Silver Dollar City Activity Fun Coloring Book". Of the few pages that were pictured with the listing, they don't appear to be the same as what's in the yellow book (thanks to tiffany's list--I don't own the yellow one, yet). I'll let you all know when it gets here.