Smitty

Smitty is reading ghost stories and becomes frightened by a threatening voice that follows him around the house. It turns out that his father is in the basement yelling and chasing a mouse. His voice is carried throughout the house by the furnace pipes.

Publication date: 1931-01-11

Copyright date: 1931

Size: 40.5 x 35.7 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: color

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Boys--1930-1940
• Fear--1930-1940
• Furnaces--1930-1940
• Pipes (Conduits)--1930-1940
• Reading--1930-1940
• Smitty (Fictitious character)
• Ghosts--1930-1940
• Fathers--1930-1940
• Mice--1930-1940
• Basements--1930-1940
• Coal--1930-1940
• Smitty (Comic strip)

Genre(s):

• Comic strips

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (January 11, 1931), p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Berndt, 1899-1980