This Alberta local newspaper cover features a woodcut illustration of a young boy in period clothing, rendered in bold black lines against white space. The image, captioned "Received Boys," depicts a child writing or reading at what appears to be a slate board or wall marked "BOYS! BOYS! DO WELL AND WELL." The cover-line typography announces retail promotions for clothing, skates, and gas fixtures alongside agricultural notices and hotel advertisements. The publication exemplifies early twentieth-century regional journalism, blending local commerce with community announcements in a layout inherited from nineteenth-century wood-pulp printing traditions.
About this artifact
- Date
- November 24, 1916
- Rights
- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
- Restoration
- Digitally restored and hosted by comicbooks.com.
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