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unusual facts about Dutch boy


Dutch boy

Dutch Boy Paint, a US brand of paint, and its logo featuring a "Dutch boy" (i.e. a boy in traditional, old-fashioned Dutch clothing)


NL Industries

During World War II, National Lead (later NL) entered the consumer market for titanium paints, creating a product line under the name Dutch Boy.


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Don Stitt

A visit to the Society of American Magicians convention in 1965 resulted in his first paid, professional booking as a Dutch boy doll in The Magical Spirit of Christmas, a musical presented by The Manhattan Savings Bank, which starred legendary magician and author, Milbourne Christopher.

Dutch Boy Paint

Founded in 1907 by the National Lead Company, Dutch Boy is currently a subsidiary of, and is owned and operated by the Diversified Brands Division of the Sherwin-Williams Company, who acquired it in 1980, three years after the CPSC's directive banning the manufacture of lead housepaint went into effect.

Lawrence Carmichael Earle

He painted the "Dutch Boy Painter" in 1907, used as the logo for Dutch Boy Paint Group of Sherwin-Williams.