Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1909 — FAIL KILLS NOTED AD MODEL [ARTICLE]

FAIL KILLS NOTED AD MODEL

Victim Known as “Most Photographed Boy In America.” Chicago, May 7.—Four-year-old Paul Maurice Monfort, whose face is known to thousands of men, women, and children z throughout the country, was killed by falling through a window of a South Side Elevated train to the sidewalk on Sixty-third street. The child was known as “the most photographed boy in America.” His father, A. W. Monfort, is a photographer with a studio in Randolph street. a large amount of commercial work, and whenever a firm wished a baby boy’s picture to advertise its goods, Monfort used his little son as a model. In one of his most widely known poses the boy is smiling as a brand of talcum powder is being shaken over him.