Posted to Beaver Island Historical Society (Facebook page) by Beaver Island Historical Society on 2019-09-25 00:45:52. Caption as posted: "Here's an unusual slice of local Americana: A 1955 Donald Duck comic entitled "Iceboat to Beaver Island", in which our luckless duck delivers mail to the BI Post Office by motorized sled, with disastrous results. The veteran cartoonist Carl Barks (1901-2000) wrote and illustrated the first Donald Duck stories for Walt Disney Comics, working on the series from the 1940's through the '60's. While Barks' inspiration for this story is unknown, there are at least a couple copies of this vintage comic book still floating around the community today."
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A photographed comic page contains several colored panels set around snow and ice. Three small ducks talk with a man in a yellow coat and hat, while a red motorized sled-like vehicle appears in later panels. Speech balloons fill the panels.
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432 × 646 px · JPEG · 64 KB
Subjects and keywords
Text in the image
Transcribed from the object itself.
ME, TOO! I'M TIRED OF HEARING HIM ROAR UP AND DOWN THAT LAKE IN HIS HOMEMADE ICEBOAT! ROAR! HE THINKS THE ICEBOAT WILL HELP HIM GET A JOB! WHAT AT-- SELLING EAR-PLUGS? HE SEES US! HE'S COMING ASHORE TO TELL US SOMETHING! CONGRATULATE ME, BOYS! IT HAS HAPPENED! YOU'VE GOT A JOB? YESSIR! AND A HIGH-CLASS JOB, TOO! I'LL WEAR A UNIFORM! A SUIT WITH STRIPES AROUND IT, I BET. SHUT UP, CYNIC! I'M GOING TO BE A MAIL CARRIER! OH, BOY! OH, BOY! A MAN IN GRAY! THE POSTMASTER SAYS MY ICEBOAT IS JUST THE THING FOR HAULING THE MAIL TO BEAVER ISLAND!
Taken from the record
Not observed in the image — supplied by the archive's own catalogue, and repeated here so the two stay distinguishable.
The catalogue record identifies this as a photograph of a comic titled “Iceboat to Beaver Island,” described as a 1955 Donald Duck comic. The record attributes the story and artwork to cartoonist Carl Barks and says it was posted to a historical society Facebook page on September 25, 2019.
Could not make out
Stated rather than guessed at.
The top and bottom edges of the comic page are cropped, and some small lettering may be difficult to read.
Rights and credit
Community source, no stated terms; published non-commercially with attribution and a link to the original post.
Credit this to Individual posters, credited per image when you use it.
Why this archive publishes it. Public Facebook groups and pages run by island organisations and residents. Each item credits the poster by name and links to the original post. Removal on request.
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Provenance
- Held by
- Individual posters, credited per image
- Collection
- Community photographs — public Facebook groups and pages
- Original
- https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1228943440647276&set=pb.100063605411595.-2207520000
- Copy taken
- 2019-09-25
- Title from
- the note recorded at retrieval
The file
| Rendition | Format | Extent | Size | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master | JPEG | 432 × 646 px | 64 KB | 82ce5536d925… |
Checksums are the values recorded when each copy was taken.
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- Web-sized image432 × 646 · 41 KB · WebP
- The full-resolution original, from Individual posters, credited per image432 × 646 · 64 KB · JPEG
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Cite this
“Posted to Beaver Island Historical Society (Facebook page) by Beaver Island Historical Society on 2019-09-25 00:45:52”. Individual posters, credited per image. Beaver Island Archive, https://beaverislandarchive.org/media/photograph/2019-09-25-1228943440647276/. copy retrieved 2019-09-25.
Built only from what the archive recorded: the names on the record, the title as recorded, the date if one was recorded, this page, and the date the copy was taken. Nothing is filled in to satisfy a citation style.