Hal Empie Collection
SPEC.CGA.HMP
Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
0.35 Cubic feet
(1 box)
1930s-1950s
This collection contains metal printing blocks mounted on wood that match the selection of Empie Kartoon Kards and printing matrices by artist Hal (Hart Haller) Empie.
1 box: 11.5" x 17.5" x 3
English
Empie, Hal H., 1909-2002
Arrangement of Materials
This collection contains one series, Panel Cartoon Printing Plates.
Acquisitions Information
CGA.2018.082: Ann Empie Groves, 2018
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [Box number/ Folder Number], Hal Empie Collection, SPEC.CGA.HMP, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Ohio State University
Access to Materials
Materials in this collection are available for use, but may be used in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum reading room only. Audio/visual materials and computer media may need a use copy produced before access is allowed. To request materials from this finding aid, please contact the reading room at 614-292-6369 or email
cartoons@osu.edu
Use of Materials
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright, and are made available for research and educational purposes. In general, the OSU Libraries do not own the copyright for materials from our collections and cannot grant copyright permissions for these materials. The user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exceptions to the law. Works in the public domain are not protected by copyright and do not require permission to use.
Processing Information
Emily Winter, 2019
Biographical Note
Hart Haller (Hal) Empie was born on March 26, 1909 in Safford, Arizona Territory. Empie’s path to becoming a cartoonist came through his pharmacy career. As a teenager, Empie worked at the Best Drug Store in Safford. After his graduation from high school, Empie attended the University of Arizona in pre-med and later transferred to Capitol College of Pharmacy in Denver, Colorado. After passing Board of Pharmacy licensing examinations in both Colorado and Arizona, Empie received a special dispensation to practice pharmacy before the age of 21, making him the youngest licensed pharmacist in Arizona history. In 1934, he purchased Duncan Drug Store in Duncan, Arizona (later renamed Art Gallery Drug Store) and set up his easel next to the prescription counter, where he painted between customers. Empie started drawing his famous Empie Kartoon Kards in the mid-1930s and was a major contributor to early issues of Arizona Highways magazine. Amazingly, Empie was a self-taught artist and art teacher, his only formal instruction was a six-week course in 1950 studying oil painting techniques under Polish artist, Frederick Taubes.
As a pharmacist, businessman, and artist, he contributed to a number of publications including Life magazine and drew countless cartoons for newspapers and magazines. His Empie Kartoon Kards were postcards sold at stores across the Western United States. These cards were famous for their humorous slice of life scenes as interpreted by Empie. Mr. Empie published his works in Arizona Highways magazine and newspapers across the Southwestern United States. Empie was highly regarded for his fine art portraying places and people of the American Southwest.
Hal Empie passed away aged 93 in 2002. At his passing, Mr. Empie was the oldest continuous resident artist in Arizona.
Scope and Contents
The collection also includes metal printing blocks that match the selection of Empie Kartoon Kards and printing matrices. These are printmaking artifacts.
Related Materials
Miscellaneous clippings about Hal Empie may be found in the library's biography file under his
last name.
Cooper, Evelyn S. "Arizona's Hal Empie : his life, his times and his art." Tempe, Arizona : Arizona Historical Foundation; 2001.
OSUL Library Catalog Record
Separated Materials
American wit and humor, Pictorial--Arizona
caricatures and cartoons-- West (U.S.)
Cartoonists
Cartoonists--United States--20th century
Panel Cartoon Printing Plates
1930s-1950s
Hal Empie Panel Cartoon Matrixes
HMP 1
1
1930s-1950s
Etched in Leather
HMP 1
1
1930s-1950s
One Man's Poison
HMP 1
2
1930s-1950s
The Forgotten Man
HMP 1
3
1930s-1950s
[Untitled]
HMP 1
4
1930s-1950s
Th' Good Earth
HMP 1
5
1930s-1950s
The Grounded Gladiator
HMP 1
6
1930s-1950s
Fire Gravy
HMP 1
7
1930s-1950s
It's Not Rome That Burns This Time
HMP 1
8
1930s-1950s
Lunch at Long Range
HMP 1
9
1930s-1950s
Shade Brush
HMP 1
10
1930s-1950s
The Fumblers
HMP 1
11
1930s-1950s
The Criminal
HMP 1
12
1930s-1950s
Th' Non-Believers
HMP 1
13
1930s-1950s
The Sinking Spell
HMP 1
14
1930s-1950s
Counter-Balance
HMP 1
15
1930s-1950s
[Eight Assorted Cartoons Printing Block]
HMP 2
1
[Unknown]
[Eight Assorted Cartoons Printing Block]
HMP 2
2
[Unknown]
[Eight Assorted Cartoons Printing Block]
HMP 2
3
[Unknown]
[Nine Assorted Cartoons Printing Block]
HMP 2
4
[Unknown]
[Eight Assorted Cartoons Printing Block]
HMP 2
5
[Unknown]
[Eight Assorted Cartoons Printing Block]
HMP 2
6
[Unknown]
Am On My Way!
HMP 2
7
[Unknown]
[Untitled]
HMP 2
8
[Unknown]
Merry X-Mas
HMP 2
9
[Unknown]
[Block Fragments]
HMP 2
10
[Unknown]
Hour of Decision
HMP 3
1
[Unknown]
Growing Pains
HMP 3
2
[Unknown]
The Living Examples
HMP 3
3
[Unknown]
Man's Best Friend
HMP 3
4
[Unknown]
Double Action
HMP 3
5
[Unknown]
The Experts
HMP 3
6
[Unknown]
Land of Th' Brave
HMP 3
7
[Unknown]
Th' Good Samaritan
HMP 3
8
[Unknown]
The Green Horn
HMP 3
9
[Unknown]
Six-Gun Justice
HMP 3
10
[Unknown]
Rapid Transit
HMP 3
11
[Unknown]
The Milk War
HMP 3
12
[Unknown]
To Each His Own
HMP 3
13
[Unknown]
First Kiss of Spring
HMP 3
14
[Unknown]
His Brother's Keeper
HMP 3
15
[Unknown]
The Local Sunbeam
HMP 3
16
[Unknown]
September Morn
HMP 3
17
[Unknown]
Pop's Little "Helper"
HMP 3
18
[Unknown]
The "Bob Wire" Gate
HMP 3
19
[Unknown]
The Letdown
HMP 3
20
[Unknown]
The Improvisor
HMP 3
21
[Unknown]
In Th' Dough
HMP 3
22
[Unknown]
The Melon-Patch Quarterback
HMP 3
23
[Unknown]
Oh, Yeah?
HMP 3
24
[Unknown]
The Fire-Eaters
HMP 3
25
[Unknown]
The Crisis
HMP 3
26
[Unknown]
The Counter-Attack
HMP 3
27
[Unknown]
The Day's First Blunder
HMP 4
1
[Unknown]
A La Carte
HMP 4
2
[Unknown]
Land of the Brave
HMP 4
3
[Unknown]
Safely Scrambled
HMP 4
4
[Unknown]
Two of a Kind
HMP 4
5
[Unknown]
And No Heroine to Rescue
HMP 4
6
[Unknown]
Delivering The Goods
HMP 4
7
[Unknown]
[Untitled]
HMP 4
8
[Unknown]
Silent Night
HMP 4
9
[Unknown]
[Untitled]
HMP 4
10
[Unknown]
Southwestern Newspaper Panel Matrixes
HMP 4
11
[Unknown]
The Plainsman
HMP 5
1
[Unknown]
Don Coyote
HMP 5
2
[Unknown]
Way Out West
HMP 5
3
[Unknown]
Greetings From Th' West
HMP 5
4
[Unknown]
In the Land of the Setting Sun
HMP 5
5
[Unknown]
Greetings From Th' Great Salt Lake
HMP 5
6
[Unknown]
Something Else We Found Out West
HMP 5
7
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Too Durn Busy to Write
HMP 5
8
[Unknown]
Ode To The West
HMP 5
9
[Unknown]
Out West: Still Too Busy T' Write
HMP 5
10
[Unknown]
Greetings From Th' W8ly West
HMP 5
11
[Unknown]
Greetings From Th' Grand Canyon
HMP 5
12
[Unknown]
In Th' Wild An' Woolly West
HMP 5
13
[Unknown]
Greetings From Our Back Yard
HMP 5
14
[Unknown]
Salutations From Th' West
HMP 5
15
[Unknown]
Westward Ho!
HMP 5
16
[Unknown]
The Plainsman [Block]
HMP 5
17a
[Unknown]
The Plainsman [Postcard]
HMP 5
17b
1938
Way Out West: Where Men are Men
HMP 5
18
[Unknown]
Portrait of a Gila (Hee-la) Monster
HMP 5
19
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Just Everyday Stuff
HMP 5
20
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Paleface Better Gettum Hoss
HMP 5
21
[Unknown]
Greetings From Th' Wide Open Spaces
HMP 5
22
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Time Marches On
HMP 5
23
[Unknown]
Howdy!
HMP 5
24
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Land of Th' Giant Sahuaro
HMP 6
1
[Unknown]
Oh Boy
HMP 6
2
[Unknown]
Something Else We Found Out West
HMP 6
3
[Unknown]
Way Out West: I'm About to Become a Part of This Country
HMP 6
4
[Unknown]
Way Out West: We've Come A Long Way
HMP 6
5
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Travelin' Light
HMP 6
6
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Bones On Th' Desert
HMP 6
7
[Unknown]
Western Trails
HMP 6
8
[Unknown]
Dear Folks
HMP 6
9
[Unknown]
Howdy From Th' West: Just Stopped Fer Chuck
HMP 6
10
[Unknown]
Red Skin In Th' Sunset
HMP 6
11
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Still Too Busy To Write
HMP 6
12
[Unknown]
The Plainsman
HMP 6
13
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Ho Hum-m
HMP 6
14
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Things Don't Always Turn Out As They're Planned
HMP 6
15
[Unknown]
Way Out West: About Have Things Under Control
HMP 6
16
[Unknown]
Life's About Ore
HMP 6
17
[Unknown]
Makin' Tracks Thru Th' West!
HMP 6
18
[Unknown]
Charm - Peace - Contentment
HMP 6
19
[Unknown]
Howdy!: Pretty Busy Just Now
HMP 6
20
[Unknown]
Westward Ho!
HMP 6
21
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Tryin' To Take It Easy
HMP 6
22
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Where Things Happened
HMP 6
23
[Unknown]
Way Out West: The Highwaymen
HMP 6
24
[Unknown]
It Won't Be Long Now!
HMP 7
1
[Unknown]
Greetings From Th' West: Even Th' Range Has It's Traffic Problems
HMP 7
2
[Unknown]
Picturesoue Arizona
HMP 7
3
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Words Fail Me Just Now
HMP 7
4
[Unknown]
Greetings From Th' Wide Open Spaces: Just Can't Express My Feelings
HMP 7
5
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Everything Around Here is Chili Except Th' Weather
HMP 7
6
[Unknown]
Travelin' Thru Th' West
HMP 7
7
[Unknown]
Home, Sweet Migratory Home
HMP 7
8
[Unknown]
Th' Great Boulder Dam
HMP 7
9
[Unknown]
In Th' Far, Far West!
HMP 7
10
[Unknown]
Greetings From Arizona
HMP 7
11
[Unknown]
Greetings From New Mexico
HMP 7
12
[Unknown]
Greetings From Th' West: Everything's Ok So Far
HMP 7
13
[Unknown]
I'm Here But-
HMP 7
14
[Unknown]
Greetings- Won't Write Now
HMP 7
15
[Unknown]
Howdy From Miami, Arizona
HMP 7
16
[Unknown]
Joggin' Westward
HMP 7
17
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Not In Th' Proper Mood To Write
HMP 7
18
[Unknown]
Th' Bottleneck
HMP 8
1
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Points In Our Grub
HMP 8
2
[Unknown]
Am On Manuvers
HMP 8
3
[Unknown]
Feelin' Our Oats
HMP 8
4
[Unknown]
Hi-Yuh, Folks
HMP 8
5
[Unknown]
Hello
HMP 8
6
[Unknown]
Onward America!
HMP 8
7
[Unknown]
New Post-War Model
HMP 8
7
[Unknown]
Better Primp Up Girlie
HMP 8
8
[Unknown]
Th' Outpost
HMP 8
9
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Yuh Can't Tell Us
HMP 8
10
[Unknown]
Greetings: D-D-Dogonne T-These C-Chatter-Squirts Ennyway!
HMP 8
11
[Unknown]
A Free Ticket
HMP 8
12
[Unknown]
Camp Life Agrees With Me
HMP 8
13
[Unknown]
We've Got Everything
HMP 8
14
[Unknown]
Greetings - Looks Like I've Hooked Onto More 'N I Can Handle
HMP 8
15
[Unknown]
Th' Shock Troops
HMP 8
16
[Unknown]
Way Out West: We're Ready Too!
HMP 8
17
[Unknown]
Dear Folks - Who Sez
HMP 8
18
[Unknown]
X-Ray Lab
HMP 9
1
[Unknown]
Greetings From Th' Clinic: Here I Go Again!
HMP 9
2
[Unknown]
Sorry You're Ill
HMP 9
3
[Unknown]
Sh-h-h Don't Tell Th' Enemy!
HMP 9
4
[Unnown]
Reflexes - Okay!
HMP 9
5
[Unknown]
Reflexes - Okay!
HMP 9
6
[Unknown]
At Th' Clinic: Doing Well
HMP 9
7
[Unknown]
A Great Game
HMP 9
8
[Unknown]
Diet "Kitchen"
HMP 9
9
[Unknown]
Greetings From Th' Clinic: Here I Go Again!
HMP 9
10
[Unknown]
X-Ray Lab
HMP 9
11
[Unknown]
Greetings: Just Joined The White-Jackets
HMP 9
12
[Unknown]
At Th' Clinic: You Can Draw
HMP 9
13
[Unknown]
Diet "Kitchen"
HMP 9
14
[Unknown]
At Th' Clinic - Doing Well
HMP 9
15
[Unknown]
In Rochester, Minn.
HMP 9
16
[Unknown]
A View of Our Club
HMP 9
17
[Unknown]
At Th' Cameron Trading Post
HMP 10
1
[Unknown]
Pharmacist At Jones Drug Co.
HMP 10
2
[Unknown]
Yuh Ain't Never Really Felt Good
HMP 10
3
[Unknown]
Way Out West - Cameron, Arizona
HMP 10
4
[Unknown]
Greetings From Cameron, Arizona
HMP 10
5
[Unknown]
W7nuc - Eddie Furman - Safford, Arizona
HMP 10
6
[Unknown]
Picturesque Arizona
HMP 10
7
[Unknown]
Good "Stuff" At Duncan, Arizona
HMP 10
8
[Unknown]
At Cameron, Arizona
HMP 10
9
[Unknown]
Good "Stuff" At Duncan, Arizona
HMP 10
10
[Unknown]
Made It This Far
HMP 10
11
[Unknown]
At Geronimo, Ariz.
HMP 10
12
[Unknown]
Grand Canyon, Arizona
HMP 10
13
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Th' Land O' Plenty
HMP 10
14
[Unknown]
Howdy From Safford, Arizona!
HMP 10
15
[Unknown]
Apache Land Village Cafe
HMP 10
16
[Unknown]
We Stopped At Ralph's Mill Tacna, Ariz.
HMP 10
17
[Unknown]
We're in Apache Land
HMP 10
18
[Unknown]
Get a Load of This!
HMP 10
19
[Unknown]
Howdy From Globe, Arizona
HMP 10
20
[Unknown]
Duncan, Arizona: Just Rattlin' Through
HMP 10
21
[Unknown]
Greetings From Th' West - "My! What Beeautiful Sand!"
HMP 10
22
[Unknown]
At Grand Canyon Arizona
HMP 10
23
[Unknown]
Greetings From Cameron, Arizona
HMP 10
24
[Unknown]
Hotel Paso Del Norte
HMP 11
1
[Unknown]
Howdy From No Palms, Calif.
HMP 11
2
[Unknown]
Whey Out in Wisconsin
HMP 11
3
[Unknown]
Hoddy Frum Th' Ol' Cow Town
HMP 11
4
[Unknown]
How! From Panguitch (Injun Word for "Fish") Utah
HMP 11
5
[Unknown]
Way Out West: No Palms Calif
HMP 11
6
[Unknown]
At Yellowstone Park
HMP 11
7
[Unknown]
Seein' Th' Sights at Devils Lake
HMP 11
8
[Unknown]
Desert Center, California
HMP 11
9
[Unknown]
There's a Definite Lack of Humidity
HMP 11
10
[Unknown]
Greetings From Salt Lake City!
HMP 11
11
[Unknown]
Desert Center, California
HMP 11
12
[Unknown]
San Marcos, Texas
HMP 11
13
[Unknown]
Yellowstone Park
HMP 11
14
[Unknown]
Boy! What a Structure!
HMP 11
15
[Unknown]
Greetings From Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
HMP 11
16
[Unknown]
At Yellowstone Park
HMP 11
17
[Unknown]
Another Day And All's Well At Wheatland, Wyo.
HMP 11
18
[Unknown]
West Yellowstone, Mont.
HMP 11
19
[Unknown]
It's a Good Idee
HMP 11
20
[Unknown]
Boo! From Devil's Lake State Park, Wis.
HMP 11
21
[Unknown]
At Yellowstone National Park
HMP 11
22
[Unknown]
Just Wanted T' Go On Record
HMP 11
23
[Unknown]
Biggest Dam Thing
HMP 11
24
[Unknown]
Texas: Just Rattlin' Through
HMP 11
25
[Unknown]
Way Out West: We've Got Everything!
HMP 12
1
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Where Things Happen
HMP 12
2
[Unknown]
Way Out West
HMP 12
3
[Unknown]
This Travelin' With Young-Uns is No Picnic!
HMP 12
4
[Unknown]
Western Trails
HMP 12
5
[Unknown]
Don't Fence Me In!
HMP 12
6
[Unknown]
You Were Right!
HMP 12
7
[Unknown]
Way Out West: We've Got Everything!
HMP 12
8
[Unknown]
Howdy Frum Here!
HMP 12
9
[Unknown]
Another Day And All's Well!
HMP 12
10
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Who Says
HMP 12
11
[Unknown]
We're Off!
HMP 12
12
[Unknown]
Howdy! Just Popped Up
HMP 12
13
[Unknown]
Here We Go!
HMP 12
14
[Unknown]
Western Trails
HMP 12
15
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Who Says
HMP 12
16
[Unknown]
Hotel Paso Del Norte
HMP 12
17
[Unknown]
H'Lo All I Get Comes Th' Hard-Way
HMP 12
18
[Unknown]
Way Out West: We Won't Hafta Do Without Tires!
HMP 12
19
[Unknown]
Oh, Well- I Wuz Thinkin Of Travelin' By Air Ennyhow
HMP 12
20
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Don't Know Th' Ropes
HMP 12
21
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Things Are Happening
HMP 12
22
[Unknown]
Heap Greetings From Th' Injun Country
HMP 12
23
[Unknown]
How Dry I Am
HMP 12
24
[Unknown]
Broke Away!
HMP 13
1
[Unknown]
Now We're Getting Somewhere
HMP 13
2
[Unknown]
Way Out West
HMP 13
3
[Unknown]
We're Off!
HMP 13
4
[Unknown]
Way Out West: We've Got Everything
HMP 13
5
[Unknown]
Howdy From Th' West: Enjoyin The Scenery
HMP 13
6
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Th' Land O' Plenty
HMP 13
7
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Where It's Easy
HMP 13
8
[Unknown]
Here's To Yuh
HMP 13
9
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Who Says
HMP 13
10
[Unknown]
It's A Long Trail
HMP 13
11
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Where We DoEverything A Hoss-Back
13
12
[Unknown]
Notes on Local Cattle Growing
HMP 13
13
[Unknown]
Th' Pressure Is Terrific!
HMP 13
14
[Unknown]
Tain't Bubble Gum It's Soap Weed!
HMP 13
15
[Unknown]
[Untitled Postcard with Indian Woman carrying Baby]
HMP 13
16
[Unknown]
You Just Wouldn't Believe It!
HMP 13
17
[Unknown]
Can't Say Much Gotta Frog In My Throat
HMP 13
18
[Unknown]
Out West in Th' Cactus Country
HMP 13
19
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Where Its Easy
HMP 13
20
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Jest A Roun'about Way O' Sayin' Howdy
HMP 13
21
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Don't Know the Ropes (postcard)
HMP 13
22a
[Unknown]
Way Out West: Don't Know the Ropes (Block)
HMP 13
22b
[Unknown]