1939 NEWSSTAND PIC TIME MACHINE JOURNEY INTO THE PAST 18 18

[IngelsFan]

I’d appreciate any assistance in finding either of these books in a vintage photo.

[GermanFan]

[Robot Man]

[jpepx78]

Summertime Reading

In the past, many kids were sent to summer camp to experience nature, make new friends, escape the urban heat and pollution or to get away from their parents for a while. Comics were common entertainment when camping or on trips and they didn’t stay in good shape since they were read many times and shared amongst other kids. I don’t know if many kids today could survive without their electronic devices for an extended period of camping.

1. Posing with a comic before boarding the Greyhound bus to camp.

2. Taking a break from Famous Funnies. I'm not sure which issue.

3. Boy scouts reading comics and magazines in Albany New York camp around July 1940.

4. Closeup of sleeping scout with comic. Must be a boring comic.

5. Closeup of scout reading a pulp magazine and the other reading a comic.

6. Reading comics under lantern light at Wading River Long Island in August 1959.

7. Kids reading Happy and Crime & Punishment comics in their bunk beds at Camp Barnes Delaware around 1950. Which kid would be the troublemaker?

8. Three kids sharing a comic in camp.

9. Girls enjoying comics while sunbathing or before swimming in Holyoke Massachusetts around 1950.
One girl is reading Henry 11 and the more mature one is reading Love Confessions 6.

10. Reading the funnies at Interlochen Grand Traverse Michigan in August 1942.

11. Racially integrated group of boys sharing the same interest in a comic at Camp Nathan Hale in Southfields New York. The camp was supported by the Methodist Camp Service. The photo was taken by Gordon Parks in August 1943.

 

Edited July 17, 2022 by jpepx78

[woowoo]

1944 ‘The Whistler‘ on TCM screenshot

Superman #27

m

Edited September 17, 2022 by woowoo
new picture

[MattTheDuck]

In the 1942 Bogart vehicle "Across the Pacific" (which, ironically, is actually about Panama) there's a shot in a train station of a large newsstand early on.  It's on screen for about 5 seconds or so and believe me I was staring hard at that thing but didn't immediate recognize any comics.  I can't find a picture of that newsstand anywhere to stare some more.

[Robot Man]

On 7/17/2022 at 11:27 AM, jpepx78 said:

Summertime Reading

In the past, many kids were sent to summer camp to experience nature, make new friends, escape the urban heat and pollution or to get away from their parents for a while. Comics were common entertainment when camping or on trips and they didn’t stay in good shape since they were read many times and shared amongst other kids. I don’t know if many kids today could survive without their electronic devices for an extended period of camping.

1. Posing with a comic before boarding the Greyhound bus to camp.

2. Taking a break from Famous Funnies. I'm not sure which issue.

3. Boy scouts reading comics and magazines in Albany New York camp around July 1940.

4. Closeup of sleeping scout with comic. Must be a boring comic.

5. Closeup of scout reading a pulp magazine and the other reading a comic.

6. Reading comics under lantern light at Wading River Long Island in August 1959.

7. Kids reading Happy and Crime & Punishment comics in their bunk beds at Camp Barnes Delaware around 1950. Which kid would be the troublemaker?

8. Three kids sharing a comic in camp.

9. Girls enjoying comics while sunbathing or before swimming in Holyoke Massachusetts around 1950.
One girl is reading Henry 11 and the more mature one is reading Love Confessions 6.

10. Reading the funnies at Interlochen Grand Traverse Michigan in August 1942.

11. Racially integrated group of boys sharing the same interest in a comic at Camp Nathan Hale in Southfields New York. The camp was supported by the Methodist Camp Service. The photo was taken by Gordon Parks in August 1943.

 

Great work! Awsome photos. I remember that well as a little kid. One year at Boy Scout camp I remember seeing a copy of this nailed to a tree with a single nail. I of course, neatly took it down and kept it... Probably every kid in the bunk house read it. 

Edited September 17, 2022 by Robot Man

[gadzukes]

 

This photo must have been posted before.... have all the Pulps been identified?  Are there any comics?

Edited September 17, 2022 by gadzukes

[gadzukes]

All of these been identified?  

[woowoo]

On 9/17/2022 at 1:06 PM, gadzukes said:

 

This photo must have been posted before.... have all the Pulps been identified?  Are there any comics?

When I first saw this picture, it looked like this.  

[jpepx78]

On 9/17/2022 at 1:15 PM, gadzukes said:

All of these been identified?  

Yes

Spoiler

Amazing Man 21, All-American 25, All Star 4, Blue Bolt 12, Big 3 #2, Blue Ribbon 11, Big Shot 12, Capt Marvel 1, Capt America 2, Catman 1, Champ 13, Crack 12, Crackajack Funnies 33, Daring 7, Exciting 9, Fight 12, Famous Funnies 80, Fantastic 17, Feature 43, Flash 16, Funnies 54, Flame 4, Green Mask 4, Green Hornet 3, Hit 11, Jumbo 26, Jungle 16, King 60, Reg’lar Fellers Heroic 5

 

[gadzukes]

On 9/17/2022 at 8:38 PM, jpepx78 said:

Yes

  Hide contents

Amazing Man 21, All-American 25, All Star 4, Blue Bolt 12, Big 3 #2, Blue Ribbon 11, Big Shot 12, Capt Marvel 1, Capt America 2, Catman 1, Champ 13, Crack 12, Crackajack Funnies 33, Daring 7, Exciting 9, Fight 12, Famous Funnies 80, Fantastic 17, Feature 43, Flash 16, Funnies 54, Flame 4, Green Mask 4, Green Hornet 3, Hit 11, Jumbo 26, Jungle 16, King 60, Reg’lar Fellers Heroic 5

 

It's shocking to see them in such nice condition.  They all look like they have the "recreated covers" that are being made right now.

[Larryw7]

On 9/17/2022 at 12:02 PM, MattTheDuck said:

In the 1942 Bogart vehicle "Across the Pacific" (which, ironically, is actually about Panama) there's a shot in a train station of a large newsstand early on.  It's on screen for about 5 seconds or so and believe me I was staring hard at that thing but didn't immediate recognize any comics.  I can't find a picture of that newsstand anywhere to stare some more.

I have the movie on DVD,  but I don't know how to make screenshots. I'll see what I can do.

[Robot Man]

[nearmint]

On 9/17/2022 at 5:38 PM, jpepx78 said:

Yes

  Reveal hidden contents

Amazing Man 21, All-American 25, All Star 4, Blue Bolt 12, Big 3 #2, Blue Ribbon 11, Big Shot 12, Capt Marvel 1, Capt America 2, Catman 1, Champ 13, Crack 12, Crackajack Funnies 33, Daring 7, Exciting 9, Fight 12, Famous Funnies 80, Fantastic 17, Feature 43, Flash 16, Funnies 54, Flame 4, Green Mask 4, Green Hornet 3, Hit 11, Jumbo 26, Jungle 16, King 60, Reg’lar Fellers Heroic 5

 

That's some spine porn, right there.  

[nearmint]

On 9/17/2022 at 1:06 PM, gadzukes said:

 

This photo must have been posted before.... have all the Pulps been identified?  Are there any comics?

1935.  Newsstand was on the corner of 32nd St and 3rd Ave in Manhattan.

[Cat-Man_America]

On 9/17/2022 at 3:15 PM, gadzukes said:

All of these been identified?  

This is the first time I've looked at this closely; April & May of '41 was a very good month for comics: 

(from Mike's Amazing World of Comics: Feb. 10th, Mar. 5th & Feb. 6th were the respective street dates; judging from Cat-Man arriving later, I suspect the window for this photo was early to mid-March '41)

I own copies of several of these, two books which next to each other, the third further down (the newsstand owner apparently laid them all out alphabetically)... 

[woowoo]

Found a post today that had a cool stack of books  can you identify them 

Edited October 8, 2022 by woowoo

[plady69]

On 10/7/2022 at 8:49 PM, woowoo said:

Found a post today that had a cool stack of books  can you identify them 

Great addition to my favorite thread!

[Robot Man]

On 10/7/2022 at 8:49 PM, woowoo said:

Found a post today that had a cool stack of books  can you identify them 

Lordy! Crisp, fat spine copies of some classic books! 10 cents was probably a LOT of money to kids in 1938. If I had only one dime that day, I would probably have to go home with that Adventure shark cover…