Selling this Jaco-Lac Decal from my comprehensive collection by the company, hundreds of subjects produced between1942 and about 1965. Please see the other listings as they get posted.

This is Jaco-Lac Lacquer Color Decals Sheet #177, produced in the late1950s, one among several sheets to follow in the company's Decorative Designs Series. The company trimmed the decal sheet number off this one, but it is listed in catalogs as #177. Sleeping baby. A good sheet, showing handling over time, wrinkles that should still allow the decals to function if that is your intent. No original wax envelope with this one. See the garbage scan to show why you shouldn't keep this decal in the original wax envelopes anyway.

If you purchase multiple decals I'll gladly combine them in shipment to save money for you. Shipping one is based on a good photo quality envelope with postage. If you use the Buy It Now option, and purchase more than one, I'll issue a partial refund at my end afterwards.

THE HORRIBLE WAX ENVELOPES ruined more decals than they protected. When stored in humidity, like the basement of hobby shops, the wax affixed itself to the sheets, either resisting removal and leaving residue, or permanently spoiling the decal. Conservation could remove the wax, but the value of the sheets prohibits that approach. I’ll include surviving envelopes when I have them for nostalgia reasons. They are not branded in any way, so they don’t matter much.I store the decals in acrylic top loaders, and never inside the envelopes.

GRADING 60-YEAR-OLD DECALS is a speculative proposition. If the decal has vibrant colors, few if any crackles, full images, and the ability to still function as intended, I’ll call it excellent. The backs of decals often were stacked in the printing process, so ghost images are common, and have no effect on the decal. My goal was to document changing home decorative styles or military insignia through these small artifacts of American life.

ABOUT JACO-LAC. Located for years at 234 South Wells Street in Chicago, Jaco-Lac led the industry in the production of “lacquer color” decals, often with a sheen that competitors couldn’t match. They used a “Soak ‘em Slide‘em Stick ‘em” Motto for most of the company’s existence. Most of the decal sheets were 9” x 3.75” with images far too large for model airplanes or toy vehicles. Advertisements in craft magazines suggested their use on furniture,kitchens, windows, bathroom décor, nurseries, books, and full-sized vehicles.Often, a sheet would have a little brother sized 6.25” x 2.5”. But for a decade,Jaco-Lac made home décor sheets that were printed on 6” x 7” paper. The company began to rely on made-to-order tourism decals and disappears in the early 1960s. Other prominent decal companies lived on in Chicago, and Jaco-Lac could have merged with one. Decalcomania Company is a leading candidate because they released some sheets that used Jaco-Lac’s images and exact sheet numbers with "J" added.