Hi Gang,
Here is a new batch of foreign newsstand pictures for you. This update they are all from Vancouver, BC area of Canada.
Almost all of them from Jack Lindsay working for the Vancouver News-Herald. These might look a little stale but they are packed with comics! And they include a unique time in history when Canada passed the War Exchange Conservation Act law forbidding the importing of American comics among many other items which was effective August 1, 1944 until the end of WW2. The passing of that act gave birth to the Canadian Whites (comics published mostly with black and white interiors.) From 1941 to 1946 several Canadian titles could be found on the stands. You can see examples of many in pictures #1 through 8. After that you'll find American books back on the stands.
NOTE TO ANY GCD INDEXERS - I've found in my many hours hunting down the contents of these Vancouver pictures there are several titles that were listed on GCD without any dates or with 'circa' dates. I hope these pictures can help the GCD nail down more accurate publishing dates for these more obscure titles.
To read more about the Canadian Whites you can check out this website: "Beyond the Funnies: Canadian Golden Age of Comics, 1941-1946". Library and Archives Canada. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/comics/027002-8300-e.html.
NOTE 2 - when I couldn't find the exact Canadian issue, if it has a US original I will cite that issue.
(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1944.05-CVA_1184-785-Henrys_Coffee_Shop.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1944.08.01-CVA_1184-790-Post_Office_News.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1944.08.01-CVA_1184-793-Vancouver_BC-bus_terminal.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1944.10.16-CVA_1184-3058-Magazine_rack_display.jpg)
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#1 - 1944.05-CVA 1184-785 -Magazine rack at Henry's Coffee Shop, 500 West Pender Street
Lindsay, Jack - Vancouver News-Herald
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/magazine-rack-at-henrys-coffee-shop-500-west-pender-street
COMICS:
BACK ROW (l to r)
Dime Comics (Bell) #14 ([circa April 1944]) -guess
The Funny Comics (w/ Dizzy Don)(Bell Features) #12
Canadian Heroes (Educational Proj) v4 #2
Lucky Comics #?
MIDDLE ROW (l to r)
Lucky Comics #?
Dime Comics (Bell) #14 ([circa April 1944]) -guess
Lucky Comics #?
Canadian Heroes (Educational Proj) v4 #2
Triumph Comics (Bell Features) #20 ([circa June 1944])
Real Life Comics (Pines) #19 (September 1944)
FRONT ROW (l to r)
Funny Comics #?
Commando Comics (Bell Features) #11 ([circa May 1944])
The Funny Comics (w/ Dizzy Don)(Bell Features) #12
Rocket Comics (Maple Leaf ) v2 #9 (July-August 1944)
Triumph Comics (Bell Features) #20 ([circa June 1944])
Real Life Comics (Pines) #19 (September 1944)
#2 - 1944.08.01-CVA 1184-790 -Magazine rack at Post Office News
Lindsay, Jack - Vancouver News-Herald
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/magazine-rack-at-post-office-news-2
Time Magazine (Sept. 4, 1944) at the front row far left.
http://time.com/3973970/paris-liberation-history/
Movie Show Magazine (September 1944) Linda Darnell cover front row centre.
https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/533606255833325867/
3 x Popular Mechanics Magazine (September 1944) in the middle.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Popular-Mechanics-Magazine-World-War-II-Cover-Articles-September-1944/141119610653?hash=item20db625f1d:g:CcAAAOxyTjNSgQKH
COMICS IN THE BOTTOM ROW OF BOTH SIDES-
FAR LEFT, BACK ROW (l to r)
True Comics (Parents') #39 (October 1944) guess
Dime Comics (Bell Features) #17 ([circa October 1944])
Wow Comics (Bell Features) #20 ([circa August 1944])
War Heroes (Dell) #10 (October-December 1944)
Real Life Comics (Pines) #20 x 2
FAR LEFT, FRONT ROW (l to r)
True Comics (Parents') #39 (October 1944) guess
Real Life Comics (Pines) #20
War Heroes (Dell) #10 (October-December 1944) x 2
True Comics (Parents') #39 (October 1944) guess
Dime Comics (Bell Features) #17 ([circa October 1944])
The Funny Comics (w/ Dizzy Don) (Bell Features) #13
Wow Comics (Bell Features) #20 ([circa August 1944])
Canadian Heroes (Educational Projects) #v4#2
#3 - 1944.08.01-CVA 1184-793 -Interior view of Post Office News showing magazine and newspaper rack
Lindsay, Jack - Vancouver News-Herald
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/interior-view-of-post-office-news-showing-magazine-and-newspaper-rack
Another post office news rack near the door is a copy of True Comics #38 (August 1944).
Below that is Canadian Heroes, Wow Comics (Can)x2, Air Ace ?, another Can. Hereos.
A copy of Popular Science August 1944 can be seen at the front left of the display.
http://angelfromhellmovie.blogspot.ca/2014/04/popular-science-august-1944-article-on.html
#4 - 1944.10.16-CVA 1184-3058 -Magazine rack display
Lindsay, Jack - Vancouver News-Herald
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/magazine-rack-display-2
Time Magazine from Oct. 16, 1944
https://content.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601441016,00.html
Life Magazine (October 16, 1944) - Lauren Bacall
https://www.oldlifemagazines.com/october-16-1944-life-magazine.html
COMICS ACROSS THE TOP SECTION-
Triumph Comics (Bell) #21 ([circa August 1944])
Better Comics #?
Canadian Heroes (Educational Proj) v4 #4
Spy Smasher Comics #?
Miss America Magazine (Marvel) v1 #2 (November 1944)
Super-Dooper Comics #1 (Able Manufacturing)
Picture Stories from the Bible New Testament (EC) #1 [2nd] (1946)
Commando Comics (Bell) #12 ([circa July 1944])
(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1944.10.21-CVA_1184-3057-Vancouver_BC-bus_terminal2.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1944.11-CVA_1184-3059-Vancouver_BC-_bus_terminal3.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1944.12.16-CVA_1184-3055-Vancouver_BC_grocery.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1945.02-CVA_1184-3093-Vancouver_BC-bus_terminal4.jpg)
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#5 - 1944.10.16-CVA 1184-3057 -Magazine rack display
Lindsay, Jack - Vancouver News-Herald
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/magazine-rack-display
Collier's Weekly (Oct. 21, 1944) middle front
http://www.unz.com/print/Colliers-1944oct21/
Saturday Evening Post (October 21, 1944)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/SATURDAY-EVENING-POST-OCTOBER-21-1944-I-KNEW-YOUR-SOLDIER-DEWEY-CARRIER-PIGEON-/261803274699
COMICS:
BACK ROW (l to r):
United Nations War Heroes (Rucker Pub) one-shot
Freelance Comics (Anglo-American) v2# 11 (November-December 1944)
Better Comics (Maple Leaf ) v3 #6 (October-November 1944)
Dime Comics (Bell ) #18 ([circa December 1944])
Triumph Comics (Bell) #21 ([circa August 1944])
True Comics (Parents' ) #40 (November 1944)
War Heroes (Dell) #10 (October-December 1944)
Veri Best Sure Fire Comics (Holyoke) #1
FRONT ROW (l to r):
Super-Dooper Comics (Able Man) #1 ([circa 1946]) -GCD wrong here
Capt. Marvel Comics #?
Robin Hood Comics (Anglo-American) v2 #11
Spy Smasher Comics (Anglo-American) #v3#4
Air Ace (S&S) v2 #7 (January 1945)
Canadian Heroes (Educational Pro) v4 #4
Joke Comics (Bell) #16
Veri Best Sure Fire Comics (Holyoke) #1
FAR RIGHT OF DISPLAY:
Commando Comics (Bell ) #14 ([circa November 1944]) -guess
#6 - 1944.11-CVA 1184-3059 -Magazine rack display
Lindsay, Jack - Vancouver News-Herald
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/magazine-rack-display-3
COMICS:
TOP ROW (l to r):
True Comics (Parents' ) #40 (November 1944)
True Sport Picture Stories (S&S) v2# 10 (December 1944)
Captain Marvel Comics (Anglo-Ameri) v3 #11 (November 1944)
Super-Dooper Comics (Able Manufacturing) #1 ([circa 1946])
Grand Slam Comics (Anglo-Ameri) v3 #12 [36]
Better Comics (Maple Leaf ) v3 #6 (October-November 1944)
Life Story #?
Veri Best Sure Fire Comics (Holyoke) #1
Spy Smasher Comics (Anglo-American) v3 #4
SECOND & THIRD ROWS: magazines.
Modern Sceen (Nov 1944)
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/1944-Nov-MODERN-SCREEN-Magazine-VG-4-0-Shirley-Temple-Cover/361855645224?hash=item544046f628:g:B70AAOSw6DtYS59u
Out front:
Saturday Evening Post (October 21, 1944)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/SATURDAY-EVENING-POST-OCTOBER-21-1944-I-KNEW-YOUR-SOLDIER-DEWEY-CARRIER-PIGEON-/261803274699
#7 - 1944.12.16-CVA 1184-3055 -Magazine rack and display at Seasonal Grocery
Lindsay, Jack\Vancouver News Agency
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/magazine-rack-and-display-at-seasonal-grocery
An amazing selection at this Vancouver grocery!
Pulps are across the tops of most sections. Romance and movie picture magazine are in the second section down across most sections. Various genres are in the next row down across the displays.
An entire row of CORONET MAGAZINE (DECEMBER 1944)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-CORONET-MAGAZINE-A-TREE-GROWS-IN-BROOKLYN-DECEMBER-1944/352286548265?hash=item5205ea2129:g:0BsAAOSwISRajE9M
On the floor - Collier's Weekly (December 16, 1944)
http://www.unz.com/print/Colliers-1944dec16/
COMICS are in the bottom section of the two right displays.
FAR BACK ROW (l-r):
The Funny Comics w Dizzy Don #14 ([Bell Features-circa December 1944])
True Sport Picture Stories v2#11 (S+S-February 1945)
unknown
The American Air Forces #2 (ME-1944)
Freelance #?
Captain Marvel Comics #v4#1 (AA-January 1945)
Secret Agent Z-2 Comics (Holyoke one-shot)
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Freelance #?
Rocket Comics v3#1 (Maple Leaf Pub)
Better Comics v3 #6 (Maple Leaf Pub-October-November 1944)
Captain Marvel Comics v4 #1 (Anglo-American-January 1945)
4 x Archie Comics Special (F.E. Howard-one shot) 1944
SECOND ROW FROM BACK (l-r)
Active Comics #18 (Bell Features[circa July 1944])
The Funny Comics w Dizzy Don #14 ([Bell Features-circa December 1944])
Wow Comics #22 (Bell Features-[circa December 1944])
Bing Bang Comics v2 #9 (Maple Leaf Pub)
Three Aces Comics v3 #12 [36](Anglo-American-January 1945)
Whiz Comics #58 (Fawcett-September 1944)
unknown
Captain Marvel Comics v4 #1 (Anglo-American-January 1945)
Canadian Heroes unknown
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Spy Smasher Comics #? (Anglo-American)
Real Life Comics #?
2 x Air Ace v2 #5 (S&S-September 1944)
Exciting Comics #37 (Pines-February 1945)
Thrilling Comics #46 (Pines-February 1945)
Our Gang Comics #15 (Dell-January-February 1945)
The Weekender v1 #2 (Rucker Pub-circa 1945)
Archie Comics Special (F.E. Howard-one shot) 1944
Front most row (l-r):
Detective Comics #95 (DC-January 1945)
Action Comics #80 (DC-January 1945)
Giggle Comics #16 (AMC-January 1945)
True Comics #41 (Parents'-December 1944)
Joke Comics (Bell Features, 1942 series) #17
Ace Comics #94 (David McKay-January 1945)
Miss America Magazine v1 #4 (Marvel-January 1945)
Calling All Girls #35 (December 1944)
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Popular Comics #107 (Dell-January 1945)
Mystic Comics #3 (Marvel-Winter 1944)
Commando Comics #13 (Bell Features[circa September 1944])
Sensation Comics #37 (DC-January 1945)
Triumph Comics #22 (Bell Features-[circa October 1944])
Wonder Woman #11 (DC-Winter 1944)
Flash Comics #61 (DC-January 1945)
2 x Detective Comics #95 (DC-January 1945)
Action Comics #80 (DC-January 1945)
#8 - 1945.02-CVA 1184-3093 - Magazine and book display
Lindsay, Jack - Vancouver News Agency
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/magazine-and-book-display
COMICS, Far left to right:
Superman #33 (March-April 1945),
Miss America Magazine #v1#6 (March 1945)
Captain America Comics #45 (March 1945)
Young Allies #15 (Spring 1945)
Detective Comics #97 (March 1945)
Star Spangled Comics #43 (April 1945)
True Sport Picture Stories #v2#12 (April 1945)
After vertical divider-
Upper row (harder to see):
Animal Comics #14 (April-May 1945)
America's Best Comics ?
The Funny Comics w/ Dizzy Don #16?
Joke Comics #18
Super-? Comics
Better Comics v4 #8 (February-March 1945)
Rocket Comics v3 #2
Commando Comics #14
Canadian Heroes ?
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Lower row (easier to see)
Classic Comics #8 - Arabian Nights (Gliberton)
Action Comics #81 (February 1945)
Black Hood Comics #13 (Winter 1944-1945)
Active Comics #20 (Bell Features)
Grand Slam Comics v4 #4 [40]
Captain Marvel Comics v4 #3 (AA-March 1945)
Heeling Hitler (unknown book)
Commando Comics #14 again
Whiz Comics v4 #3 (March 1945)
Above the comics in the middle is
Free World (February 1945) magazine
And in the row above that is
Canadians All: The Canadian Magazine v2 #3-4 (Autumn 1944)
You can actually read this particular issue on the followin link:
http://wartimecanada.ca/sites/default/files/documents/Canadians%20All%201944.pdf
CONTINUED IN THE NEXT POST!
Hi Gang,
Here's another batch of pics from non-USA sites our sources. This one focuses mostly on Canada, mostly from pictures in Toronto, Ontario.
(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1930s-LIFE-window_UK.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1934-Mlle_Elisabeth_Argal,_Miss_Paris.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1935-UK.girls.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1950s_maybe-UK_girls_reading_the_comics.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1949.03.13-Calgary_Canada.jpg)
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#1 - 1930s-Window Ledge Read in the UK
(Original caption) A young boy lying on a window ledge reading a comic.
https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/photo/window-ledge-read-high-res-stock-photography/HJ5164-001
#2 - 1934-Mlle Elisabeth Argal, Miss Paris
Mlle Elisabeth Argal, Miss Paris 1934
from Pinterest
#3 - 1935-UK girls
At a London newsstand, 1935.
http://junglefrolics.blogspot.com/2011/03/girls-read-comics.html
#4 - 1950s (?) UK girls reading the comics
Perhaps from Life magazine
Original source unknown.
#5 - 1949.03.13-Calgary, Alberta CANADA
Two men are reading Superman in Calgary Canada on 3/13/49. The back cover showing "Tops in Comics!" is a Canadian edition of Superman (DC) #56 (January-February 1949).
Copies of Tessie and Oscar can be seen on the rack.
And from this point on is a set of pictures from Toronto, Ontario, CANADA:
(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1925.09.25-newspapers-yonge-street.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1937.11.03-bathurst-college.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1937.11.03-College_and_Bathurst_SE_corner.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1937.11.04_-broadview-queen-SE_corner.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1953.12.25-TO.jpg)
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#6 - 1925.09.25-Yonge and King in Toronto, CANADA
Newspaper stand on the corner of King and Yonge streets in Toronto, Sep. 25th, 1925.
This and other Toronto newsstands shots here can be seen here:
https://www.blogto.com/city/2013/11/what_newsstands_used_to_look_like_in_toronto/
#7 - 1937.11.03-Bathurst and College in Toronto, CANADA
Sat.Evening Post November 6, 1937 issue on wall.
http://farm9.static.flickr.com/8074/28752472892_fe0048f030.jpg
#8 - 1937.11.03-Bathurst and College in Toronto, CANADA -SE corner
From the same date and intersection but across the street.
#9 - 1937.11.04-Broadview and Queen in Toronto, CANADA -SE corner
SEP November 6, 1937 issue on wall again.
#10 - 1953.12.25-Toronto, CANADA
Here's a great Christmas day shot of a Toronto family and you can see some comics in there:
Archie Comics (Archie) #66 (January/February 1954)
Four Color (Dell) #504 - Krazy Kat (October 1953)
(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1922-yonge-dundas.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1960s-Captain_Georges_Memory_Lane.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1970s-Capt_Georges_Memory_Lane-Toronto_dealer.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1960-Village_Cigar_Store,_Forest_Hill_Toronto_a.jpg)(http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1960-Village_Cigar_Store,_Forest_Hill_Toronto_b.jpg)
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#11 - 1922-Yonge and Dundas in Toronto, CANADA
This and other Toronto newstands shots can be seen here:
https://www.blogto.com/city/2013/11/what_newsstands_used_to_look_like_in_toronto/
#12 - 1960s-Captain George's Memory Lane comic shop
An entire wall of EC's here and none are in bags! One of the first comic shops in Canada was owned by 'Captain' George Henderson opened in 1967. Henderson would self publish a series of GA reprints before it was cool to do. You can see some of his covers at this link - https://vintagebasementcomics.com/search?q=CAPTAIN+GEORGE
Henderson died in Toronto on Feb. 10, 1992 at the age of 63.
This is a small preview of an entirely NEW photo sections that will be coming soon.
Comic Shops and Sellers; Comic Creators and another one on Comic Fandom!
#13 - 1970s-Captain George's Memory Lane comic shop
And here's a later shot from out front of the store. That's a picture of Stan Lee on the right.
You can see an interview with George from the CBC with more bio info on this link: http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/canadas-first-comic-book-store
You can read more about the Capt. on this link.
https://torontoist.com/2015/09/vintage-toronto-ads-memory-lane/
The comments are of particular interest in this one on George:
http://lost-toronto.blogspot.ca/2011/01/captain-georges-memory-lane-on-markham.html
#14 - 1960-Village Cigar Store, Forest Hill Toronto, CANADA_a
Two shots of this store in 60s Toronto.
Found here http://lost-toronto.blogspot.ca/
#15 - 1960-Village Cigar Store, Forest Hill Toronto, CANADA_b
That's it for another batch, hope you liked them,
-Yoc