Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

Alley Oop. "Whoosh! Catchin' that critter was a job!"

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Resource type	Image
Creator	Hamlin, V. T. (Vincent T.), 1900-1993
Description	Eleven panel color comic strip. Comic strip includes related feature "Dinny's Family Album: Monsters of the Prehistoric Past" with educational information about an archancestral crocodile. Copyright, 1935, by NEA Service, Inc.
Subject	Dinosaurs Tyrannosaurus Birds Axes Prehistoric peoples Alley Oop (Fictitious character)
Rights statement	Copyright Not Evaluated
Language	eng
Identifier	Digital ID: d_10616 Finding Number: CGA.SFT4
Summary	Alley and Foozy find a bird that makes tyrannosaur sounds. They make a plan to lure the volunteer firemen to get the axes they stole from them. The men come looking and the bird makes a loud tyrannosaur sound and the men drop their axes and run. Alley and Foozy gather up the axes.
Source Collection	San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection
Collection identifier	SPEC.CGA.SF
Repository	Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
File Format	image/tiff
Date copyrighted	1935
Date issued	September 15, 1935
Rights note	This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.
Version	tear sheets
Medium	newsprint ink
Syndicate	Newspaper Enterprise Association
Permanent link	https://hdl.handle.net/1811/acdf8d02-1e60-46b9-8613-526bbd1847b1
Time period (Topic)	1930s (1930-1939)
Genre	comic strips newspapers
Extent	54.9 x 38.9 cm

Credit line: San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection, The Ohio State University, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

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