Ad, Tootsie Roll: Captain Tootsie & the Secret-Play Touchdown. (Sweets Co. of America, Hoboken); Funny Stuff #27, Nov. 1944.
Entry/Object ID
2011.005.0141
Scope and Content
Advertisement: Captain Tootsie and the Secret-Play Touchdown. (Sweets Company of America, Hoboken), [1944]. Full-page color comic strip style ad as published in Funny Stuff, DC Comics, issue number 27, November 1944, page unknown; single leaf removed from publication, 6-3/4" x 10".
The multi-panel strip promoted Tootsie Rolls which were made in Hoboken and wrapped product is depicted in the ad. Artwork credited to C.C. Beck and Peter Costanza. The reverse of the leaf has the first page of a Henry the Laffing Hyena story, "All You Need is an Agent!"
This ad was created at least as early as 1939 as it is known to have appeared in a number of different comic book titles between 1939 - 1944 (later appearances are possible.)
Acquisition
Accession
2011.005
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1944 - 1944
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1944
Date(s): 1944
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
General Notes
Note
Notes: Secret Play Rolls
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2011-06-14
