Steph Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Boys' Life -- January - April of 1931 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 That gives me Episodes 1, 2, 3, & 4 of Big Time Marbles. I'm a lucky girl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Cool Steph! Any idea how many episodes in the series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeperman Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Nice pick up, Steph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Thanks guys. Maybe Bob or someone will know for sure but I'm guessing this is all from 1931. There are also 3 two-panel Big Time Marbles comics from 1932. Is there a "Big Time Marbles" box or am I getting confused with something else now? Maybe I'm thinking of something from Peltier. *dunno* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 I don't recall Big Time, Steph, but there are Big Shot boxes and Playtime bags . . . perhaps a case of conflation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 I'll have to do some digging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 And I'll be on the lookout for May - December for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Found the box. It has the April 1931 episode on it. Says Akro on one end of the box and No. 115 on the other end. (At least another box which looks about the same except for different damage said that.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Interesting . . . the bag looks too big for the box and the marbles are obviously wrong but it's a cool box. Do you think it might have been a prize in an associated contest - perhaps a comic sheet applied over the cover of a regular No. 115 . . . if there are regular #115s? I went out to answer my own question and found this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 I don't know if there are any regular No. 115s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 I thought I remembered reading Boy's Life as a kid, but wasn't sure enough not to look it up. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys'_Life Son of a gun if they're not still around! Can't help thinking that it's pretty impressive they've managed to maintain a publication for so long that gets a 'thumbs up' from both parents and young people. ( : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 That link is not working. I tried to fix it, but my fix didn't take either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 I think this one will work: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Geesh, it sure wasn't working, was it? Don't know why a standard copy/paste didn't work correctly. Thanks, Ric. That's where it was supposed to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 And now I have more copies of the first two episodes -- this time in the January and February 1931 issues of American Boy. Or more specifically "The Youth's Companion combined with American Boy". <3 So neat how dedicated Akro was to advertising. Packaging and branding was Akro's business from the beginning, and we have a lot of history because of their advertising savvy. Thank you, Akro, in spite of Horace Hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 And now I have two of the 1932 episodes. :) I need to recheck my calendar. I didn't realize Christmas came in the summertime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 More copies of the Big Time comics and other classic ads can be found in The Open Road for Boys. I don't remember if I'd ever heard of that magazine before. These are from '29 to '31. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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