Comics were hugely popular with children and young people in the 1950s. This young boy in school uniform is reading the British children's magazine Jack and Jill, which included comics. The back page is devoted to the Tiny tales comic strip.
Cowboys had long been a popular subject for comics. Listen to this reading of a 'Catapult cowboy' comic, which was broadcast on the radio in 1974.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Alexander Turnbull Library, Evening Post Collection (PAColl-0614)
Reference:
EP/1959/0664-F
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
Sound file from Radio New Zealand Sound Archives Nga Taonga Korero. Any re-use of this audio is a breach of copyright. To request a copy of the recording, contact Sound Archives Nga Taonga Korero (Spectrum 96 When Tuppence Bought The World/ Reference number ID 32662)
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Jamie Mackay
02 o Noema 2015
Jack and Jill was a British
Michael Goodman (not verified)
19 o Oketopa 2015
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