Introduction

Downtown Wichita Falls, Texas, in the mid 1940’s was a bustling metropolis for a boy of 7 just away from the farm and ranch community where he was born. My father, a cook and cowboy by trade, had just started as one of the first cooks for the Casa Manana restaurant in 1947. He moved us to an apartment on Ohio Street, right across from the Gem Theater, between 7th and 8th Streets. It’s here that we would stay for the next three years. The Gem Theater became a magic palace for a young mind. But it had to share that distinction with the rest of the magic that was Wichita Falls. I attended San Jacinto and Carrigan elementary schools, as well as Reagan Junior High, and belonged to the Boys Club on 6th Street. Please join, and share your stories and pictures through a Guest Blog, of early Wichita Falls - or your home town. Contact me at fadingshadows40@gmail.com or leave a comment. We could use old pictures of movie houses, drive-in theaters, and other nostalgic pictures related to our youths.

Showing posts with label Comic Book Rack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Comic Book Rack. Show all posts

Saturday, October 28, 2017

Old Newsstand


Old Newsstand: Here’s another old newsstand. The young boy is reading a Golden Age Captain America. I see some pulps to his right: Clues, Ten Detective Aces, Black Mask, and others. There’s a Blue Book to his left. I remember reading comic books at Kress’s on Indiana Street in Wichita Falls at a rack like this.

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Comic Book Rack


Boy looking through a comic book rack. I remember doing this at Kress’s in Wichita Falls when I was 7 thru 10 years old. I loved comic books back then.

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Comic Book Rack


Comic book spinner rack from the 1940s. Here is another nice looking comic book display from the old days. Mostly Romance pulps, but there is an issue of The Black Hawk, Crime Does Not Pay, and Gang Busters on the bottom.