Thursday, July 18, 2024

Dreyfus affair propaganda.

Alfred Dreyfus was send to Devil's Island as a scapegoat. 
It is an infamous example of French Army Antisemitism.

José Ferrer played him in I Accuse! (1958) with a script co-written by Gore Vidal.


Illus. from Puck, v. 44, no. 1129, (1898 October 26), centerfold.











Émile Zola's open letter J'Accuse...! was a major force in Dreyfus' defense. 



 

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Dick Tracy Ephemera

 1950s DICK TRACY Candy and Toy Box  NYC



1940s DICK TRACY Original Paper BOOK MARKER Sears & Company



Vintage 1940s DICK TRACY Original VALENTINE Card Unused #2

 


1940s DICK TRACY 'Hypnotic Influence Eyes
Vintage 1940s DICK TRACY Valentine Card 



1940s DICK TRACY 'Hypnotic Influence Eyes


1945 DICK TRACY Original Hingees Set 




1942 Dick Tracy Junior Crime Detection Kit 











1937 DICK TRACY PILLSBURY Comicookie Cards Tess Junior Unpunched 




















 

Friday, July 12, 2024

Janus Stark 1970s-1980s French

 "An escapologist who can get through tiny gaps". Alan Davis noted that every week Janus seemed to be in a situation where the solution was for him to get through a tiny gap.