General Category > Vintage Photo Galleries
Historical Newsstand and General Store Photos - comics era
Yoc:
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.
-Yoc
Yoc:
Hi Gang,
Here's some more stands from over the years. First up a couple by Alexander Alland.
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1940-Alexander_Alland.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1940-Around_a_table-Alexander_Alland.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1940s-Detroit_Times.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1942.09-NYC_SHOESHINE_PARLOR.Marjory_Collins.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1948.08-Grand_Central.jpg 1 2 3 4 5
#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
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1948.12-candy-store.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1949.01.24_-st_paul_minnesota_depot.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1949.02-harlem_horror.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1949.09-stand.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1949-Old_State_House_CT-Colour.jpg 6 7 8 9 10
#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:
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1949.03_taken_by_russell_lee_boy_reading.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1949.03_taken_by_russell_lee_boy_reading_in_street.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1949.03_taken_by_russell_lee_store.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1949.03_taken_by_russell_lee_store_2.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1949.03_taken_by_russell_lee_store_3.jpg 11 12 13 14 15
#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
SuperScrounge:
#6
“unknown Western Thrill” is Western Thrillers (Fox) #3 (December 1948) https://www.comics.org/issue/66315/
Yoc:
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. :)
Yoc:
Hi Gang,
Here's another batch of general newsstands to see. Some great pics here.
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1939.04.18-Detective_27.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1939.04.18-Detective_27_full.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1939-King_Comics_display.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1945-Bennysnews-SJ_40s.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1949-Straight_Arrow_window_display.jpg 1 2 3 4 5
#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
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1946.09-Chicago_1.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1946.09-Chicago_2-close-up.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1951.07.09-Pittsburgh_bank.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1952.09-colour_pic.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1952.09-tacoma_washington_grocery_store.jpg 6 7 8 9 10
#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.
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1952.07.25-17th_and_market_Philadelphia.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1953.02.18-north_broad_and_west_lehigh_Philadelphia.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1953.12.17_unknown_where_Philadelphia.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1952.10-black_cat_mystery_40.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1954.08.16-SI_first_issue.jpg 11 12 13 14 15
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
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version