Waldo Hunt, 1920-2009

Waldo Hunt, the father of the modern pop-up book, has died: “A Chicago native who grew up in Northern California, Mr. Hunt joined the Army during World War II and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, his family said. He returned from the war to open an advertising agency in Los Angeles. When he sold it to a bigger company in New York, he went along as part of the deal. While strolling down Fifth Avenue, he became mesmerized by a children’s pop-up book from Czechoslovakia displayed in a toy store window.”