Showing posts with label Out or Way. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Out or Way. Show all posts

Friday, December 08, 2023

Passengers aboard an American airliner - who are reading comic strips in 1941 UPDATED

Passengers aboard an American airliner. Photo by John Collier, Jr., 1941 Dec. //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c33775
 
It's a Sunday comic section, and she has a second part on her lap. I can't make out what the strip she's reading is though. Any thoughts?

 
My friend, the Portuguese comics historian Leonardo de Sa, identified it, "I believe that's "Out Our Way." It should be the November 30, 1941 Sunday. Here it is, as published the following day in The Tacoma Times:" https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1941-12-01/ed-1/seq-14/
 
As you can see from the the page, it's from when it had transitioned into being "The Willets."