Playing Indian, 1873
To close out our coverage of Native American History Month (until next year), we present Playing Indian, from the rear cover of the September 27th, 1873 issue of Frank Leslie’s Boys’ and Girls’ Weekly. Showing the misadventures of two young boys, who have been too much influenced by the dime store novels of the day. [...]
Wellington Stubbs’ Hunting Adventure in the West, 1873
For this week’s Native American History Month Entry, we present “Wellington Stubbs’ Hunting Adventure in the West”, which in 1873 was serialized across the August 2nd, 9th, and 16th issues of Frank Leslie’s Boys’ and Girls’ Weekly. For pictures with small print, click on the picture for larger, readable versions. I’d be surprised if anything [...]
Gosh, Pa! How Much Did He Steal?: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 65
I’d been planning to resume the Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons series of last year, starting in 2012. But the growing Occupy Wall Street movement has had me itching to get back to the subject earlier. Click on the pictures above and below, to view larger versions. First up, Childish Simplicity, published in the [...]
Tigwissel Tuesdays #14: Tigwissel Jumps the Graphic, December 11th, 1875
We find the seventh appearance of Professor Tigwissel — comic artist Livingston Hopkins‘ re-occurring sequential cartoon strip character — not in Tigwissel’s usual home (New York’s Daily Graphic). Rather, this week’s Tigwissel — titled Professor Tigwissel’s Trip Up the Nile — appeared on the rear page of the December 11th, 1875 issue of Frank Leslie’s [...]
