E.N. Wilson · @chiselerneil
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My readthrough of Fontaine Fox's Toonerville cartoons brought me to 1921 and an odd bit of branching out: The Goose Crick Steamboat auditioning for the cavalcade of comedy public transport.

Historical spoiler: the Toonerville stamp only had a trolley. At some point, the steamboat got dry-docked.

#1920scartoons #steamboatcartoon #toonervillefolks #fontainefox

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E.N. Wilson · @chiselerneil
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Percy Crosby invites the roaring 1920s to touch grass.
(cover of Life, May 7, 1925)

#natureart #percycrosby #1920scartoons

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E.N. Wilson · @chiselerneil
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October 5, 1923: Clare Briggs wonders what the man in the between-the-wars hat ads is thinking about.

#1920sfashion #hats #clarebriggs #1920scartoons #comicstrips

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More 1923 Seattle duck sauce. President Harding's on the way! What could possibly go wrong?

Dok's Dippy Duck - July 19-21, 1923

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#seattle #comicstrips #1920scartoons #doksdippyduck #dokhager #nospoilersplease

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E.N. Wilson · @chiselerneil
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And now, back to the dazzing world of west-coast based, between-the-wars cartoon ducks.

(Dok's Dippy Duck, July 16-18, 1923)

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#NewspaperComics #1920scartoons #doksdippyduck #dokhager

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Carl Anderson for Life Magazine, February 19, 1925.

#1920scartoons #lifemagazine #magazinecartoons #carlanderson

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E.N. Wilson · @chiselerneil
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I'll take "centuries-old themes we haven't completely aged out of" for $100, Ken.

(Fred G Cooper spot illustration for Life Magazine, 10 February, 1927)

#fredgcooper #1920scartoons #churchvsscience

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Jack Farr in Life Magazine, 20 January 1927.

#fossils #naturalhistory #chiropractors #1920scartoons

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