Mccall helped to popularize rubber ducks with his hit convoy.
Peter ganine rubber duck.
After the second world war russian american sculptor peter ganine known more famously for his chess sets submitted a patent for a duck ornament solely for playing purposes.
Consequently these solid rubber ducks were not capable of floating and were instead intended as chew toys.
Los angeles sculptor peter ganine los angeles sculptor peter ganine.
Peter ganine october 11 1900 august 11 1974 was a russian american sculptor best known for his work in ceramics and his chess sets.
Sculptor peter ganine decided to capitalize on this and designed the now iconic rubber duck design.
He settled in hollywood in 1932 where he lived until his death.
The earliest rubber ducks were made from harder rubber when manufacturers began using charles goodyear s invention vulcanized rubber.
Despite the lack of functions and attachments this duck design was hugely popular and a whopping 50 million were sold.
He is credited as being the primary designer and took out a 14 year patent on the design all the way back in 1949.
In the 1970s ernie from sesame street super popularized rubber duckies with his song rubber duckie and later duckie.
Ganine began his art studies in russia.
Sculptor peter ganine created a sculpture of a duck in the 1940s.
Rubber duckie love ducks 1940s sculptor peter ganine created a duck sculpture in the 1940s patented it and reproduced it as a floating rubber duck.