Seventy-five years ago on March 16, 1951, Donald Duck and his nephews were helping the Easter Seals charity by way of this one-panel comic that appeared in newspapers across the country. Christmas Seals and Easter Seals were popular fundraising programs throughout the early to mid 20th century. Multiple seals were sold in blocks. Individual seals would then be affixed to backs of envelopes of seasonal greeting cards, hence the "seal" moniker. The Easter Seals organization was founded in 1919 as the National Society for Crippled Children as reflected in the seals issued in 1951 and subsequently promoted with the help of the Walt Disney Company.
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