Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

Gasoline Alley. "Look at that - a busted mirror!"

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Resource type	Image
Creator	King, Frank, 1883-1969
Description	Twelve panel color comic strip. Copyright, 1922, by Chicago Tribune.
Subject	Toddlers Uncles Superstition
Rights statement	Copyright Not Evaluated
Language	eng
Identifier	Finding Number: CGA.SFT38 Digital ID: d_8388
Summary	Walt breaks a mirror on his car. He says he is not superstitious, but bad things happen to him, for example he falls on the ice, steps off a curb into a puddle, rooftop snow falls on him, and he gets splashed by a passing car. In the last panel, although he is not superstitious, he does not want to walk under a ladder.
Source Collection	San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection
Published in	Chicago Sunday tribune
Collection identifier	SPEC.CGA.SF
Repository	Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
File Format	image/tiff
Date copyrighted	1922
Date issued	March 5, 1922
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	ink newsprint
Permanent link	https://hdl.handle.net/1811/b6a0ca65-5901-4820-8769-f3015c772025
Time period (Topic)	1920s (1920-1929)
Genre	newspapers comic strips
Extent	54.6 x 42 cm

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

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