Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

Alley Oop. "Oh, for th' good ol' days when there was some excitement!"

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Resource type	Image
Creator	Hamlin, V. T. (Vincent T.), 1900-1993
Description	Comic strip includes related feature "Fragments: Odds and Ends of Prehistoric Lore" with educational information about the Brontotherium and the Britons, the Petrified Forest National Monument. Copyright, 1939, by NEA Service, Inc. Ten panel color comic strip.
Subject	Prehistoric peoples Checkers Boredom Alley Oop (Fictitious character)
Rights statement	Copyright Not Evaluated
Language	eng
Identifier	Finding Number: CGA.SFT5 Digital ID: d_11435
Summary	Alley is bored and misses the good old days. He swims the water, hangs from the vines, catches lions, rolls rocks over dinosaurs. King Guzzle asks him if he wants to play checkers. They sit on rocks and play.
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	1939
Date issued	January 8, 1939
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
Syndicate	Newspaper Enterprise Association
Permanent link	https://hdl.handle.net/1811/fddde218-ecd4-4a42-b8db-599b26ab812e
Time period (Topic)	1930s (1930-1939)
Genre	comic strips newspapers
Extent	55.2 x 37.6 cm

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

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