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Looking for a Victor Fox photo or drawing...
David Lawrence:
Trying to post the 1940 census for Fox but the image file is too big. Is there any way around that?
For the time being I'll share highlights of the info.
Fox is on line 24, a little past halfway down. In column 14 Fox indicates his education ended with one year of high school, which I think puts to rest the rumor that he attended a year at Brown. Though I would not be at all surprised if it was Fox himself who started that story.
Column 32, his income...which would be interesting to know...instead of a number contains only the cryptic note "over." Just guessing here, but since there are no numbers of more than four digits that may simply mean $10k or more.
Yoc:
Thanks David!
You can always email it to me and I can post it here for you.
Just click on the envelope below my monkey avatar if you like.
David Lawrence:
My earliest trace of the family Fox...1891 UK Census for Nottingham. Also, just for the heck of it, an advertisement from the 1894 Nottingham Directory. So far 1894 is my latest confirmed date for the family in the U.K.
With the birth Frances occurring in Russia in 1885 & the 1891 U.K census we narrow the date for migration from Russia to 1885 - 1891.
1898 is the first listing for Joseph Fox in the Fall River MA directory so that shortens the window for immigration to the U.S. to 1894 - 1898. Joseph Fox in his citizenship papers (which I will scan when I get the chance) dates his arrival to August 1896 but as yet I haven't found ship manifest to confirm that.
P.S. My friends think this Fox thing is a REALLY weird hobby!
Yoc:
Very cool!
Thanks again David. I love all the stuff you've found.
Tell your friends there are some out there just eating up everything you've unearthed!
I bet Roy Thomas would welcome a bio for Alter-Ego or perhaps an update to Comicartville's Fox article?
http://www.comicartville.com/victorfox.htm
It'd be a nice article on someone basically unknown beyond his reputation to most collectors.
Especially what he looked like!
David Lawrence:
I'm planning of collating all this into an article when things lighten up a bit on this end. As I said, I think I'll be able to find a photo but there will be a time lag for processing.
Plus I've got to wait until I figure out how much I owe Uncle Sam this April 15!
Here's some funny Fox errata...a World Astrology Magazine cover with a dire warning for us all, and a funny story from the Pittsburgh Press. I think the Press story was reprinted from the Wall Street Journal.
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