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Historical Newsstand and General Store Photos - comics era
« on: April 01, 2018, 01:41:10 PM »
Newssstands where the chief way of distributing comics along with drug stores and later five and dime general stores.  All of them will be appearing in this topic. 

I'll be sharing newsstand and general store photos from 1936-on here which will hopefully show comics but not always.  Not every newsstand had them and not every photo had them in the angle the shot was taken from.

I think it makes sense to start off with the pictures used in the banner at the top here.

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NOTE: To navigate between the pics you can click on the thumbnails at the bottom or use the arrows on either side of the main picture.

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So first up is the two pictures used in our current banner at the top of this topic thread:

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Both of these pictures are part of the famous Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information photograph collection.  This is the same USA government body that has pictures by the wonderful Dorothea Lange among many other noted photographers.  They were given the hard job of documenting the USA as it went through the depression and dust bowl eras of US history.

#1 photo is from Jan. 1943 NYC - Cole's Comics and among a pile of newspapers and pulps you can see three books on the far right: 
The easiest to see is Fight Comics #24 (February 1943) which is in front of a barely determinable
Wings Comics #30 (February 1943) and in front of the Fight:
Mickey Finn #2 (November 1942).

Credit: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, LC-USW3-013953-D

Credits-
Title: New York, New York. Newsstand on Fourth Avenue at Fourteenth Street which sells foreign language newspapers
Creator(s): Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1943 Jan.

To see a larger TIFF version of the pic use this link:
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017842339/


#2 + #3 photo is one I'd call a CLASSIC PHOTO.  You can find it on several sites because it's jaw dropping great! A newsstand photo from Nov. 1938 in Omaha, Nebraska.  A detailed image of the comics section is in photo #3.

An accurate date can be figured out by the LIFE magazine along the top which is from Nov 14th 1938. The cover model is Brenda Frazier.  https://www.oldlifemagazines.com/november-14-1938-life-magazine.html

As well as Time Magazine (November 14, 1938)

Top row middle  -  Amazing Stories (January 1939)
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?56361

Comics - Second row down, from far left:
we can easily identify the rest of the books from right to left:
Funny Pages v2#12 (December 1938)
Super Comics #7  (November 1938)
Keen Detective Funnies #11 (December 1938)
Comics on Parade #9 (December 1938)
Adventure #32 (November 1938)
Star Comics #16  (December 1938)
Funny Picture Stories v2 #11 (November 1938)
Popular Comics #35 (December 1938)
Crackajack Funnies #6 (November 1938)

Down front middle right:
Collier's Weekly November 19, 1938

Credit: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, LC 8939-D

Credits-
Title: Newsstand. Omaha, Nebraska
Creator(s): Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1938 Nov.

To see a larger TIFF version of the pic use this link:
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017762812/

#4 And as a bonus here's another earlier picture of Cole's Comics from 1941 this time.  I think the same seller is manning the stand.

There are plenty of comics and other magazines here!
Comic top row (l-r):
Jumbo #26 (a guess)
Green Mask #4 (Feb/Mar 1941)
Hit Comics #11 (May 1941)
Blue Beetle Comics #7 (May/June 1941)
Green Hornet Comics #4 (May 1941)
True Comics #1 (April 1941)
Flash Comics #17 (May 1941)
Big 3 #3 (May 1941)

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Second row down (l-r)
Detective Comics #50 (April 1941)
Superman #10 (April 1941)
Jumbo Comics #26 (April 1941)
Wonderworld Comics #24 (April 1941)
Sub-Mariner Comics #1 (Spring1941)
Bill Barnes America's Air Ace #1 (1941)
Target Comics v2 #4 [16] (June 1941)
Feature Comics #44 (May 1941)


and for pulp fans you'll see the corner of the April 5, 1941, number of Detective Fiction Weekly hanging just above the Liberty magazine.

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I hope everyone enjoys these pics.  As always when I see them one can't help but sigh and wish we could reach out and buy them for scanning today.

Take care everyone!
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Historical Newsstand and General Store Photos - comics era
« on: April 01, 2018, 01:41:10 PM »

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Re: Historical Newsstand and General Stores Photos - comics era
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2018, 08:56:13 AM »
This is a great start, Yoc. Looking forward to whatever else comes along.

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Re: Historical Newsstand and General Stores Photos - comics era
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2018, 07:58:03 AM »
A great addition to the site Yoc.
From my point of view over the other side of the pond, it's fascinating to see the array of books of various types on what looks a street side stall. Can't wait for more - soon (hint, hint  ;) ).
We never had anything similar when I was younger, although the local Newsagents shops had a spinner rack of DC Comics with the occational Marvel or Charlton book, this was in the 1960's.
I was raised a DC fan, solely due to the fact that Thorpe and Porter, who distributed DC at that time were based in Thurmaston Leicester, just down the road, happy days.
We used to receive them months later, usually in batches of two or three issues of a title at once - handy for the yearly JLA-JSA team-ups as you didn't have to wait for the second installment, provided you were quick enough and my Mum or Dad were willing to fork out the cash.

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Re: Historical Newsstand and General Stores Photos - comics era
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2018, 09:28:05 AM »
Thanks for sharing Dave.  An interesting look at how things differed from here in North America.

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Re: Historical Newsstand and General Stores Photos - comics era
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2018, 09:38:39 AM »
Sidewalk newsstands were a part of urban U.S. life for maybe a century. (In Canada as well, I assume.)


In late 1970 and early 1971, right after I got married, I sometimes stopped at one in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The big clapboard place was busy enough during general business hours that at least three guys were kept busy. (One of the regular workers was an energetic dwarf.) The one comic I particularly remember buying at the stand was Savage Tales #1.

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Re: Historical Newsstand and General Stores Photos - comics era
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2018, 09:52:31 AM »
Thanks Bob, there are some photos where they even advertised the owner was blind on the side.  I've just added some samples of vendors with disabilities.

It seems at some point in time these outdoor newsstands suddenly were no longer wanted and legislated out of existence.

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Re: Historical Newsstand and General Stores Photos - comics era
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2018, 10:51:22 AM »
Here's some more pictures from the comics era.  One doesn't have comics but is still fun:

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#1 - 1942.04-05

I could only locate 3 comics...
Zip #26 (May 1942)
More Fun #78 (April 1942)
and Fight Comics #18 (April 1942)


Original source unknown.


#2 - 1942.07-newsstand
This newsstand (location unknown) displays pulps dated July 1942.
Esquire | July 1942 in upper row middle
http://archive.esquire.com/issue/19420701

VOGUE June 15 1942 top row, far right.

Bottom middle above newspaper SILVER SCREEN magazine July 1942, featuring Deanna Durbin

Found here:
http://www.thepulp.net/yellowedperils/2011/03/28/turning-back-the-clock/


#3 - 1942.10.27-LIFE
Source unknown.

On the floor beside the comcs rack:
Life Magazine October 27, 1941.
https://2neat.com/magazine/product/life-magazine-october-27-1941-air-raid-spotter/

Comics:
On the wall behind her (top to bottom, L-R)
Coo Coo or Zoo Comics ?
Terry and the Pirates ?
Thunda  ?
Fighting Yank unknown


On the rack (top to bottom, L-R)
Human Torch unknown
Magic Comics possibly #37 (August 1942)
Joker Comics #3 (September 1942)
Ace Comics maybe
Adventure Comics maybe
Buck Rogers maybe
Thrilling Comics
Exciting Comics



#4 - 1942.11_newsstand
pulps along its lower shelves: Exciting Storts, Exciting Mystery, Fight Stories, Detective Story, The Shadow, Short Stories, West and more.

www.thepulp.net

Original source unknown.

Middle row far left to right;
Animal Comics #1 1942 [September 8]  ?
Fairy Tale Parade  #3 (October-November 1942)
Unknown 'Monkey' title
Fight Comics unknown,
Super Comics #54 (November 1942)
Fight Comics unknown,
Big Shot Comics #29 (November 1942)
Fight Comics #22 (December 1942) under sign
America's Best Comics v1#3 (3) (November 1942)
Real Life Comics #8 (November 1942)
Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics #15 (November 1942)
Shadow Comics v2#7 [19] (October 1942)

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Far right front -
Headline Detective (November 1942)
http://www.heartwoodbooksandart.com/Headline-Detective-November-1942_p_9075.html
Shadow Comics v2#7 [19] (October 1942) most likely


#5 - 1943.04-Baltimore_Maryland_workers
Taken by Marjory Collins of two workers looking at newspapers while waiting for a trolley after work in Baltimore Maryland in April 1943.

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017849716/
Part of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information photograph collection

Look closely and see there are 8 different comics in the photos and one of them is Gift Comics #3. Gift #3 is a 324 page square bound of different Fawcett titles printed at the same time as the individual original comics bound inside. So based on the appearance of the other comics and the April 1943 issue of Esquire magazine

Comics:
Batman 17, Detective 75, a Crack, a More Fun and a Wow

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#6 - 1943.09.07-newsstand
A woman poses in front of a street-side newsstand in fall 1943. The stand carries the following pulps: Doc Savage (maybe September 1943), The Masked Detective (Spring 1943) and Exciting Love (Fall 1943).

LOOK Magazine - September 7, 1943
https://2neat.com/magazine/product/look-magazine-september-7-1943/

Comics: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories v3#12 (36)(September 1943), Thrilling Comics #38 (October 1943), unknown Love title.

Found on www.thepulp.net
Original source unknown.


#7 - 1945.04-LIFE
U.S. Teenage Boys in Des Moines, Iowa, 1945.
Nina Leen/Time & Life Pictures/Getty.
http://www.formerdays.com/2012/01/teenage-boys-of-1940s.html

A bio with many more sample of her work can be read here:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-surreal-world-of-nina-leen

Comics:
Top left-
Exciting Comics #38 (April 945)
Capt. Marvel Advenures #46 (May 1945) x 3

Right row-
Black Terror #10 (May 1945)
Shadow Comics v5 #2 (May 1945)
Red Band #4 (May 1945)
Don Winslow of the Navy #26 (May 1945)
Black Terror #9 (Feb 1945)
Everybody's Comics #1 (1944)
Mystery Comics #3 (1944) x 2



#8 - 1945.10.25-women_at_soda_fountain
Missouri State Archives - Soda Fountain (MSA)
Photographer/Studio: Unknown
Collection Name: Commerce and Industrial Development Photograph Collection
 
Description: A group of young women eat at the counter of drugstore soda fountain.
 
Date: October 23, 1945
Rights: Copyright is in the public domain.

Credit: Courtesy of Missouri State Archives
Image Number: CID_041-236
Institution: Missouri State Archives

https://www.flickr.com/photos/62812729@N06/8598934010


#9 - 1946.03-Chicago_newstand
A chicago newsstand from March 1946 where you could get a lot of personal stuff done: birth/death certificates, marriage licenses & income taxes.

Comics: Action 95  (April 1946), Flash 71 (May 1946), Boy Commandos 14  (March-April 1946), Modern Comics 49 (May 1946), Shadow Comics 61 (April 1946), All Funny 11 (May-June 1946), Detective Comics  110?, Real Fact 2 (May-June 1946), Super Duck 7 (April 1946), Batman Comics 34 (April-May 1946), Star Spangled 56 (May 1946) & Green Lantern 19 (April-May 1946)

Found on the Pulp.net


#10 - 1946.08.24-Newspaper_vendors-Tacoma
Richards Studio A23440-2
Newspaper vendors--Tacoma
Image Date: 1946-08-24

Description: Rothermel News Agency. A very well stocked news stand sells comic books for 13 cents each. They have Bantam Books for 25 cents. Magazines including Real Story, Life Experiences, Post, Colliers and Movie Life fill the shelves. A lunch counter is behind the magazine racks and canned goods are displayed against the back wall. Rothermel News Agency was a wholesale news dealer in Tacoma.

Comics:
Roly-Poly Comics #10
National Comics #56  (October 1946)
Blue Bolt (Novelty-v7#5 [71] (October 1946)
Sports Stars #4 (September 1946)
Land Of The Lost Comics
Wonder Woman #19 (September-October 1946)
Police Comics #59 (October 1946)
True Aviation Picture Stories Parents #15 (September-October 1946)
Master Comics #72 (September 1946)
Funny Folks #4 (October-November 1946)
Modern Comics #54 (October 1946)


Take care,
-Yoc

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Re: Historical Newsstand and General Stores Photos - comics era
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2018, 07:35:05 AM »
Thanks for this latest batch, Yoc.


Number eight about brought my mind to a screeeeching halt. The layout of the place totally reminded me of Hall's Glendale Pharmacy on Sappington Road in Glendale, Missouri. (That's in suburban St. Louis County.) I bought a lot of comics there in the late 1950's thru the mid-1960's.


Have to admit, tho, we rarely had any girls sitting at the soda fountain.

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Re: Historical Newsstand and General Store Photos - comics era
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2018, 04:12:56 PM »
Hi Gang,
Here's another batch of newsstands in the comics era.

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#1 - 1939.01-Magazines at newsstand, Saint Louis, Missouri
Rothstein, Arthur, photographer. Magazines at newsstand, Saint Louis, Missouri. Missouri Saint Louis Saint Louis. United States, 1939. Jan. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017724668/.

COMICS rack, far left (t - b)
Star Comics unknown,
Funny Picture Stories (Centaur) v3#2 (March 1939)
Detective Comics (DC) #24 (February 1939)
Single Series (United) #2 (1) (1939) -Broncho Bill
Action Comics (DC) #9 (February 1939)
Adventure Comics (DC) #35 (February 1939)
King Comics (David McKay) #35 (February, 1939)



#2 - 1939.05.06-Union News-Madison, WI
Source unknown.


#3 - 1939.07-Harlem newspaper stand
Sid Grossman (1915-1955) Federal Art Project

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG03-F26
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15580587
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e687af30-c6e8-012f-2a82-3c075448cc4b

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1939). Harlem newspaper stand, 1939 Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/75ece515-a2ae-388d-e040-e00a180601f1

A newsstand in Harlem includes several pulps from July 1939 deep within its display, including Horror Tales, Ace G-Man Stories, The Spider, Doc Savage, The Shadow, Operator #5, and Love Tales.
www.thepulp.net

COMICS hiding under the awning (top to bottom, l-r):
several unknown
Famous Funnies (Eastern) #59 (June 1939)
Tip Top Comics (United) #39 (July 1939)
Keen Detective Funnies (Centaur) v2#7 (July 1939)
unknown
Action Comics (DC) #14 (July 1939)



#4 - 1939.08-Medford, Oregon taken by Dorothea Lange.
Lange, Dorothea, photographer. Oregon. Medford. Half-grown farm boy on main drugstore corner in town. Jackson County Medford Medford. Oregon United States, 1939. Aug. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017773100/

A larger version can be found here:
https://www.loc.gov/item/2017773100/

COMICS (some are educated guesses)-
Detective Comics (DC) #31 (September 1939)
 and Superman (DC) #2 (Fall 1939)
Single Series (United) #9 (1939) -Strange As It Seems
Feature Comics (Quality) #24 (September 1939)
The Funnies (Dell) #35 (September 1939)
Super Comics (Western) #16 (September 1939)
Tip Top Comics (United) #41 (September 1939)
Famous Funnies (Eastern) #62 (September 1939)
Crackajack Funnies (Western) #15 (September 1939)
Keen Detective Funnies (Centaur) v2 #9 (September 1939)
Popular Comics (Dell) #43 (September 1939)
Mickey Mouse Magazine (Western) v4 #12 [48] (September 1939)
King Comics (David McKay) #42 (October 1939)
Comics on Parade (United) v2 #6 (18) (September 1939)
Star Ranger Funnies (Centaur) v2 #4 (August 1939)



#5 - 1939.08-Shoe and Hat Cleaning, New York-Rudy Burckhardt
Rudy Burckhardt (American, born Switzerland, 1914–1999)
[Newsstand, New York City], 1939

Credit: Purchase, Florance Waterbury Bequest, 1972
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/682708

A number of pulps — including The Spider, Amazing Stories, Adventure, G-Men  and other detective titles — are on sale at this New York newsstand in August 1939.

Possible comics showing bellow LIFE magazine:
Tip-Top (United) v4 #6 (42) (October 1939)

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#6 - 1939.12.18-Cleveland, Ohio
Source unknown

This photo was taken in late 1939 or early 1940 at the Great Lakes Newsstand at the corner of E 105th Street and Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. There are a number of pulps dated early 1940 along the lower portion of the stand.
A Time magazine has a cover date of Dec. 18, 1939. The quality is poor because it was published as a halftone image in the fanzine Xenophile in the 1970s and originally pulled from a news agent publication from 1940.

Just out:
Whiz Comics (Fawcett) #2 (February 1940) - First appearance of Capt. Marvel!

Middle section, bottom two rows (l-r):
unknown
Ace Comics (David McKay) #34 (January 1940) guess
Champion Comics (Harvey) #3 (January 1940)
unknown Action Comics
Superman (DC) #3 (Winter 1940)
A something unknown
Feature Comics (Quality) #28 (January 1940)


Can't read the bottom row.
Smash Comics (Quality) #6 (January 1940)


#7 - 1940.07-Blue Beetle newsstand
Source unknown.  Found on:
http://comicpixmad.blogspot.ca/2011/08/comics-window-1940.html?m=0

COMICS in back, bottom of window:
Mystery Men Comics (Fox) #13 (August 1940)
Pep Comics (Archie) #7 (August 1940)
Super-Mystery Comics (Ace) #v1#2 (August 1940)
Amazing Adventure Funnies (Centaur,) #2 (September 1940)
Future Comics (David McKay) #3
Whiz Comics (Fawcett) #7 (August 1940)
Exciting Comics (Pines) v2 #1 (4) (July 1940)



#8 - 1940.08-Action_Mystery_Thrills
From Action! Mystery! Thrills! - Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age 1933-1945 (Fantagraphics-2011) credited to Kookie Enterprises.

COMICS - Second row back:
Super-Mystery Comics (Ace) v1 #2 (August 1940)
Amazing Adventure Funnies (Centaur) #2 (September 1940)
Whiz Comics (Fawcett) #7 (August 1940)
Thrilling Comics (Pines) v3 #1 (#7)(August 1940)


Front row (l to r)
Exciting Comics (Pines) v2 #1 (4) (July 1940)
Mystery Men Comics (Fox) #13 (August 1940)
Pep Comics (MLJ) #7 (August 1940)
Action Comics (DC) #27 (August 1940)



#9 - 1941.Fall-Action_Mystery_Thrills
From Action! Mystery! Thrills! - Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age 1933-1945 (Fantagraphics-2011) credited to Kookie Enterprises.

Lower right:
Movie Life Magazine (January 1942)-Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney

COMICS - that can positively be seen (top to bottom, l to r)
Our Flag Comics (Ace) #4 (February 1942)
The Eagle (Fox) #4 (January 1942)
Superman (DC) #14 (January-February 1942)
Amazing Man Comics (Centaur) #26 (January 1942)
Jackpot Comics (MLJ) #4 (Winter 1941)
Doc Savage Comics (S&S) v1#7 [7] (March 1942)
Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel) #8 (January 1942)
Punch Comics (Chesler/Dynamic) #2 (February 1942)
Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett) #6 (January 9, 1942)


Bottom row:
King Comics (David McKay) #70 (February 1942)
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell) v2 #4 [16] (January 1942)
All-American Comics (DC) #35 (February 1942)
Batman (DC) #9 (February-March 1942)



#10 - 1941-Rolands Newsstand, Cannon Beach Oregon coast
Found on http://historicphotoarchive.photoshelter.com/
Source unknown.


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#11 - 1943.11.13-Charles Phelps Cushing
1940s MAGAZINE NEWSSTAND AT NIGHT CORNER 42ND STREET & MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK CITY USA
(Photo by Charles Phelps Cushing/ClassicStock/Getty Images)
https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/photo/1940s-magazine-newsstand-high-res-stock-photography/940279264

Top row:
Collier's Weekly (Nov. 13, 1943)
http://www.unz.com/print/Colliers-1943nov13/

To the right by the man:
Time Magazine (Nov. 15, 1943) - Gen. Pershing
https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19431115,00.html

There's a Pep Comics on the bottom right near the man.
And some other comics hidden in the same bottom row.


#12 - 1946-SanFran_newsstand
African-American photographer David S. Johnson
A bio and more pictures by Johnson can be read here:
http://newfillmore.com/2013/03/03/photographer-made-his-mark-on-fillmore/


#13 -1946-SanFran newsstand-detail
COMICS -
Our Gang (Dell) #29 (Dec'46)
Punch and Judy Comics (Hillman) v2#5 (Dec'46)
Frisky Fables (Novelty) v2#9
Unknown Bugs Bunny
Polly Pigtails (Parents') #10 (Nov'46)
Cookie (ACG) #4 Dec-Jan'47)



#14 - 1947-Vicksburg, Mississipi
Landlady holding an unknown comic.

PAR35118
(HCB1946006W00003/25)
© Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos
https://pro.magnumphotos.com/Asset/-2S5RYDJ1FKM.html

You can see more works by the photographer at this link:
http://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&VBID=2K1HZO4VUWP3M8


#15 - 1948.04.10-Morris Huberland Collection, NYPL
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "New York, NY" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 11, 2018.

A much larger version can be found on this link:
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f6eeb640-12ab-0133-8440-58d385a7b928

Front left - The New Yorker is from APRIL 10, 1948.
http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1948-04-10#folio=CV1

COMICS - Far left:
New Heroic unknown.
4Most Comics (Novelty) v7#3 [28] (May-June 1948)
Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett) #85 (June 1948)


Right side rack (top left)
A Date With Judy unknown
Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason) #63 (May 1948) x 2
Boy Comics #40 (Lev Gleason) (June 1948) ?
Wonder Comics unknown
Juke Box Comics (Eastern) #2 (May 1948)


More pictures to come!
-Yoc

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Re: Historical Newsstand and General Store Photos - comics era
« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2018, 03:46:30 AM »
#1

"unknown 'Bill' title" - Broncho Bill, probably Single Series #2 https://www.comics.org/issue/206444/cover/4/

"unknown title at the bottom" - a toughy, but I'd say it's King Comics #35 https://www.comics.org/issue/172321/cover/4/

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« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2018, 09:31:56 AM »
Thanks SS, I've added them to the listing now.

The next batch unfortunately will have many unlisted books mostly due to sheer numbers and the fact it would be more educated guesses than being 100% positive.  The pictures will knock your socks off if they are new to you.... but I suspect they are very well know for good reasons.

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Historical Newsstand and General Store Photos #4
« Reply #11 on: September 08, 2018, 08:33:48 AM »
Hi Gang,
Here's some more stands from over the years.  First up a couple by Alexander Alland.

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#1 - 1940-Family reading the comics together-Alexander Alland
http://collections.mcny.org/Collection/[Family%20reading%20the%20comics%20together.]-2F3408LPRJN.html

They are reading The Gumps strip.


#2 - 1940-Group around a table-Alexander Alland

http://collections.mcny.org/Collection/[Group%20around%20a%20table.]-2F3408LNFVY.html


#3 - 1940s-Detroit Times
(Original caption) An unidentified man reading the comics section of the Detroit TIMES on a typical Sunday during WWII. (Photo by Walter Sanders/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

https://www.gettyimages.in/license/50594996


#4 - 1942.09-NYC Shoeshine parlor-Marjory Collins
Collins, Marjory, photographer. New York, New York. Shoeshine parlor on East Forty-Second Street. Customers in the foreground are waiting while their shoes are repaired. New York New York State New York. United States, 1942. Sept. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017835394/.


#5 - 1948.08-Kids At Grand Central
(Original caption) At Grand Central Station, several children look at magazines and comics at a newsstand as they wait for transportation which will take them to summer camp, New York, New York, 1948. (Photo by Rae Russel/Getty Images)

https://www.gettyimages.ca/license/181813242

COMICS (t-b, l-r)
Western Outlaws (Fox) #17 (September 1948)
Catholic Comics (Charlton) #v2#10 (July 1948)
All Top Comics (Fox) #13 (September 1948)
Johnny Hazard (Pines) #5 (August 1948)
Little Annie Rooney (Pines) #2


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#6 - 1948.12-Candy store
Original source unknown.

Comics:
Superman (DC) #55 (November-December 1948)
Thrilling Comics (Pines) #69 (December 1948)
Western Thrillers (Fox) #3 (December 1948)
-found for us by SuperScrounge


#7 - 1949.01.24-Union Bus Depot
The news stand inside the St. Paul Union Bus Depot at Market Street and Sixth Street.
St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press, 01/24/1949

http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display.php?irn=10867816&return=q%3Dst%2520paul%2520Minnesota%2520depot%26startindex%3D26%26yearrange%3D1930-1950

Comics:
unknown Dick Tracy,
Tip Top Comics (United Feature) #151 (February 1949),
Millie the Model Comics (Marvel) #29 (July 1951),
Crime Detective Comics (Hillman) #v1#7 (March-April 1949),
Black Diamond Western (Lev Gleason) #9 (March 1949)
Unknown Police



#8 - 1949.02-Harlem
Original source unknown.  Found on:
http://comicpixmad.blogspot.ca/2011/09/39-harlem-horror-1949.html?m=0

Comics:
Left row, top to bottom:
Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett) #94 (March 1949)
The Kilroys (ACG) #16 (February-March 1949) -guess
The Marvel Family (Fawcett) #32 (February 1949)
Scribbly (DC) #4 (February-March 1949)
Ha Ha Comics (ACG) #49 (January 1948) -guess
The Katzenjammer Kids (David McKay) #7


Middle row (t to b):
Capt. Marvel Adventures #94
Adventures into the Unknown (ACG) #3 (February-March 1949)
Ace Comics (David McKay) #144 (March 1949)
Cookie (ACG) #17 (February-March 1949)
Capt. Marvel Adventures #94
Animal Antics (DC) #19 (March-April 1949)


Right row (t to b)
Kid Eternity (Quality) #15 (May 1949)
Western Adventures (Ace) #[3] (February 1949) -guess
Detective Comics (DC) #144 (Feb 1949)
Real Screen Comics (DC) #22  (Feb-Mar 1949)
Adventures into the Unknown #3
Unknown



#9 - 1949.09-Lower East Side stand
(Original caption) A man buys a Jewish newspaper from a kiosk on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, USA, circa 1955. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/license/492584513

Pulps across the top.

Comics, top to bottom:
Joe Palooka Comics (Harvey) #36 (September 1949)
Casey - Crime Photographer (Marvel) #2 (October 1949)
Girl Comics (Marvel) #1 (October 1949)
Kerry Drake Detective Cases (Harvey) #16 (September 1949)
Lovers (Marvel) #25 (September 1949)
Junior Miss (Marvel) #36 (September 1949)



#10 - 1949-Old State House, CT-Colour
Newsstand at the corner of Main & State in front of the Old State House Hartford CT
Photo: 1949-Kula Studios

Comics:
(Left stand, far right row (t-b))
Jungle Comics (Fiction House) #116 (August 1949)
Jumbo Comics (Fiction House) #126 (August 1949)
Rangers Comics (Fiction House) #48 (August 1949)
Hit Comics (Quality) #60 (September 1949)
Tom Mix Western (Fawcett) #20 (August 1949)
Daredevil Comics (Lev Gleason) #56 (September 1949)
Superman (DC) #60 (September-October 1949)
Red Ryder Comics (Dell) #73 (August 1949)


(Left row (t-b))
Tim Holt (ME) #7 (July 1949)
Planet Comics (Fiction House) #62 (September 1949)
Fight Comics (Fiction House) #63 (August 1949)
Hopalong Cassidy (Fawcett) #35 (September 1949)
Wings Comics (Fiction House) #108 (August 1949)
Blue Bolt (Novelty) v10 #2 [101] (September-October 1949)
Dick Tracy Monthly (Dell) #20 (August 1949)
Tex Granger (Parents') #24 (September 1949)
Dale Evans Comics (DC) #7 (September-October 1949)
Star Spangled Comics (DC) #96 (September 1949)
Jimmy Wakely (DC) #1 (September-October 1949)
Cowboy Love (Fawcett) #3 (September 1949)
Junior Miss (Marvel) #36 (September 1949)


I'm not sure about the comic on top.

Original source unknown.

Next several pictures by Russell Lee all from this site-
http://www.cah.utexas.edu/ssspot/gallery.php?city=corpuschristi:
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#11 - 1949.03-Boy reading by Russell Lee
(Original caption) A boy reading the comic books in a drug store. Corpus Christi, Texas.
Courtesy of The Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.


#12 - 1949.03-Boy reading in street by Russell Lee
1949 - a kid reading a comic at a san antonio vegetable market.
Courtesy of The Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.


#13 - 1949.03-San Antonio shoe shine stand by Russell Lee
Courtesy of The Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Here's a San Antonio shoe shine stand where all the comics seem to be romance comics.

Comics:
My Love Affair (Fox) #1 (July 1949)
Lovers (Marvel) #25 (September 1949)
My Confession (Fox) #7 (August 1949)
Love Tales (Marvel) #38 (September 1949)
First Love Illustrated (Harvey) #4 (August 1949)
Modern Love (EC) #1 (June-July 1949) -guess
Women in Love (Fox) #1 (August 1949) -guess
Real West Romances (Prize, 1949 series) v1 #2 (July 1949) -guess
Unknown Romantic Secrets



#14 - 1949.03-Small store owner by Russell Lee
Courtesy of The Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
(Original caption) A small store owner. This is one of the small middle-of-the-block grocery stores which dot the Latin American areas. It is customary for the proprietor to live in the back room or rooms of the store. Corpus Christi, Texas.

Comics:
Jungle Comics (Fiction House) #111 (March 1949)
Joe Palooka Comics (Harvey) #32 (May 1949)
Suzie Comics (Archie,) #68 (April 1949)
Rulah (Fox, 1948 series) #24 (March 1949)
Murder Incorporated (Fox) #10 (May 1949)



#15 - 1949.03-Reading in a store by Russell Lee
Courtesy of The Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Comics:
Police Comics (Quality) #91 (June 1949)
Amazing Mysteries (Marvel) #33 (July 1949)
Wanted Comics (Orbit) #20 (May 1949)
Boy Comics (Lev Gleason) #46 (June 1949)
Black Cat (Harvey) #17 (May 1949)
Smash Comics (Quality) #83 (June 1949)
Babe Ruth Sports Comics (Harvey) #2 (June 1949)
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #2 (May-June 1949)
Modern Comics (Quality) #86 (June 1949)
A Date with Judy (DC) #11 (June-July 1949)
Georgie Comics (Marvel) #23 (July 1949)


That's it for this one,
-Yoc

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Re: Historical Newsstand and General Store Photos - comics era
« Reply #12 on: September 08, 2018, 11:42:05 PM »
#6

“unknown Western Thrill” is Western Thrillers (Fox) #3 (December 1948) https://www.comics.org/issue/66315/

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Re: Historical Newsstand and General Store Photos - comics era
« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2018, 09:18:25 PM »
Thanks SS!  I've added that to the posting here.
There's going to be several unknown books in the next batch.  Maybe you can figure some more of them out that I missed.  :)

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Historical Newsstand and General Store Photos - #5
« Reply #14 on: October 28, 2018, 03:52:13 PM »
Hi Gang,
Here's another batch of general newsstands to see.  Some great pics here.

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#1 - 1939.04.18-Detective Comics #27 detail
This one is special.  It's from a store fixtures salesman's display book that was for sale on eBay with an asking price of $5,000.  Tec 27 was released appox April 18, 1939.

COMICS:
The Funnies (Dell) #31 (May 1939)
Single Series (United) #5 (December 29, 1939),
Star Comics v2 #4 (#20)(May 1939)
Jumbo Comics (FH) #8 (June-July 1939)
All-American Comics (DC) #3 (June 1939)
Detective Comics (DC) #27 (May 1939)
Feature Book (David McKay) #17  (April 1939)


Mentioned but not visible:
Action #12, Crackajack Funnies #12, Comics on Parade #14


#2 - 1939.04.18-Detective Comics #27 full
Here is the full version of this intriguing picture.


#3 - 1939-King Comics display
A cool display of King books that I can't find anywhere else on the net for more details.  Source unknown.

COMICS:
Ace Comics #30 and King Comics #41 (both cover-dated September 1939) are the books in the box.

Found on Facebook shared by Bart Bush.


#4 - 1945-Bennysnews-San Jose
Another mobile newsstand.
(Original caption) A 1945 photo shows bustling small businesses in downtown San Jose as the population boomed after World War II.  (photo 3 on link)
https://www.mercurynews.com/2009/07/22/herhold-historical-photos-make-courthouses-more-welcoming/


#5 - 1949-Straight Arrow window display
Here is a Straight Arrow toys window display photo. Shown is a window stuffed full of Straight Arrow, the Native American hero of radio played by Howard Culver, toys and accessories, the objects of every young fans desire then and of collectors today. The show was sponsored by Nabisco and broadcast on the Mutual Station.  Original source unknown.

The Straight Arrow, Indian Color Book, Stephens Publishing, Sandusky, Ohio. is all over the photo.
https://classic-tin-toy-co.myshopify.com/products/9281106

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#6 - 1946.09-Chicago transit station
Chicago Transit Authority Archives on Flckr.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/48411817@N04/8145739870

The photo captures everyday life around July 1946 in front of the 58th "L" station on the South Side Main Line in Chicago that is 3 blocks south of Garfield on today's Green Line. That station had a rare island platform instead of a side platform.
If you notice the signs on the right, this newsstand offered other services such as magazine subscriptions, utility bill payments, notary services and issued city & state licenses.


#7 - 1946.09-Chicago transit station -detail
Here's a detail of the comics in the photo.  I forgot to add the list of comics but Super Scrooge found several for us as well.  The owner of the Junge Frolics blog breaks down what books he saw in this blurry close-up and I'm going to take his word for them.  http://junglefrolics.blogspot.ca/

COMICS -SuperScrooge agrees on these:
All-Winners Comics #19 (Fall 1946)
Superman #42 (September-October 1946) x 2
Captain Aero Comics #26 (August 1946)
Airboy Comics v3 #8 [31] (September 1946)
Super Rabbit Comics #8 (Fall 1946)
Buzzy #9 (September-October 1946)
Daredevil Comics #38 (September 1946)
More Fun Comics #114 (September 1946)
Ha Ha Comics #33 (September 1946)
Archie Comics #22 (September-October 1946)
Movie Tunes #3 (Fall 1946)


JF adds:
Crime Does Not Pay 47 (Sep 1946),
Calling All Kids 4 (Jul-Aug1946),
Calling All Boys 6 (Jul 1946),
Polly Pigtails 7 (Aug1946)



#8 - 1951.07.09-Pittsburgh bank by Richard Saunders
(Original caption) Magazine Stand at corner of Wood Street and Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, 1951. Richard Saunders. [Carnegie Museum of Art]

Life Magazine, July 9, 1951
http://www.oldlifemagazines.com/july-09-1951-life-magazine.html

COMICS:
Muggsy Mouse (ME) #3 (August-September 1951)
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (Dell) #118 (August 1951)
Paul Terry's Comics (St.John) #88 (September 1951)
Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid (ME) #12 (August-September 1951)
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell) #131 (August 1951 )
Four Color (Dell) #345 - Walter Lantz Andy Panda in Scotland Yard (August-October 1951)
Red Ryder Comics (Dell) #97 (August 1951)
Sparkle Comics (United) #18
Romantic Story (Fawcett) #12 (September 1951)
Archie Annual (Archie) #3 (1951-1952)



#9 - 1952.09-colour Reminisce Magazine
Here's a rare color pic of a Chicago newsstand in a soda fountain in 1952 from Reminisce Magazine.

COMICS:
Silly Symphonies (Dell) #1 ([September] 1952)
Bugs Bunny's Vacation Funnies (Dell) #3 ([July] 1953)
Crime and Punishment (Lev Gleason) #54 (September 1952) -guess
Ozark Ike (Pines) #25 (September 1952)
Actual Confessions (Marvel) #13 (October 1952)
Black Cat (Harvey) #36 (June 1952)
True War Experiences (Harvey) #1 (2) (September 1952)
Web of Evil (Quality) #1 (November 1952)
G.I. Joe (Ziff-Davis) #15 (September 1952)
Fighting Fronts (Harvey) #2 (September 1952)
Eerie (Avon) #9 (October-November 1952)
Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #22 [2] (August 1951)
Flyboy (Ziff-Davis) #2 (October-November 1952)
Hot Rod Comics (Fawcett) #5 (October 1952)
Henry (Dell) #27 (September-October 1952)
Paul Terry's Comics (St. John) #94 (September 1952)
The Cisco Kid (Dell) #11 (September-October 1952)
Strange Suspense Stories (Fawcett) #3 (October 1952)



#10 - 1952.09-Tacoma, Washington grocery store
On the rack is Wambi Jungle Boy (FH) #16 (Summer 1952), Jungle Comics (FH) unknown, Reggie (Archie) #6 or 7, Katy Keene, Wilbur, Suzie, Archie, Betty & Veronica (Archie) all unknown & Little Iodine (Dell) #12 -guess.

Original source unknown.

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Here's a few from 1950s Philadelphia.
#11 - 1952.07.25-Philadelphia 17th & Market

COMICS:
Boy Comics (Lev Gleason) #81 (September 1952)
Atom-Age Combat (St. John) #2 (August 1952)
Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis) #4 (Summer 1952)
Weird Horrors (St. John) #1 (June 1952)
Crime Does Not Pay! -unknown
Love Confessions (Quality) #23 (September 1952)
Four Color (Dell) #408 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck and the Golden Helmet (July-August 1952)
The Lone Ranger (Dell) #51 (September 1952)
Four Color (Dell) #412 - Zane Grey's Nevada (August 1952)
The Cisco Kid (Dell, 1951 series) #10 (July-August 1952)
Complete Love Magazine (Ace) -unknown
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (Dell) #129 (July 1952) -guess



#12 - 1953.02.18-Philadelphia North Broad & West Lehigh

COMICS:
Mostly unknowns- Haunt of Fear, Combat Casey, Boy Loves Girl, Combat Kelly, Crime Does Not Pay!, First Love Illustrated (Harvey) #27 (April 1953), Journey Into Mystery, Pogo, Junior, Hopalong Cassidy, Jungle, T-Man, Red Ryder and Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan (Dell) #42 (March 1953) -guess


#13 - 1953.12.17-Philadelphia unknown area
A Life Magazine, December 21, 1953 can be seen at the top of the stand.
http://www.oldlifemagazines.com/december-21-1953-life-magazine.html


#14 - 1952.10-beach girls
Original source unknown.
http://comicpixmad.blogspot.ca/2011/08/27-horror-girls-bete-noir-1952.html?m=0

Reading Black Cat Mystery #40 (October 1952)


#15 - 1954.08.16-First issue of Sports Illustrated -  Susan Wood
(Original caption) Reading SI In Manhattan
A man reaches for the premiere issue of Sports Illustrated magazine at a newsstand on a Manhattan sidewalk, New York, New York, August 16, 1954. (Photo by Susan Wood/Getty Images)

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/license/166845190

That's it for this batch, hope you liked them,
-Yoc