Fox, Fontaine (1889-1964) Photograph Collection, 1889-1930
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Fox, Fontaine, 1889-1964
Title: Photograph Collection, 1889-1930.
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: .33 cubic feet
Location Number: 991PC12
Scope and Content Note
This collection is compiled of 26 images (.33 cubic feet) of Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. and family.
The collection includes photographs of Fox as a child, the family home at Hubers Station,
Kentucky, and Fox, his wife, and their daughters.
Historical Note
A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. (1889-1964) was a cartoonist best
known for his “Toonerville Trolley” series of cartoons. [SEE ALSO: Mss. Mss. SB F791 / 1-2.]
He worked for newspapers in Louisville and Chicago, later moving to New York when his work
was syndicated to about 300 newspapers.
Photograph List
| Object ID | Date | Description | Photographer | Place (State / County / City) |
| 991PC12.02 | ca.1930 | Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. at his drawing board working on a Toonerville Trolley cartoon. [Same image: 991PC12.02 and 991PC12.03] | Studio of Phelps Olds | New York / Queens County / Little Neck |
| 991PC12.03 | ca.1930 | Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. at his drawing board working on a Toonerville Trolley cartoon. [Same image: 991PC12.01 and 991PC12.03] | Studio of Phelps Olds | New York / Queens County / Little Neck |
| 991PC12.04 | ca.1930 | Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. at his drawing board working on a Toonerville Trolley cartoon. [Same image: 991PC12.01 and 991PC12.02] | Studio of Phelps Olds | New York / Queens County / Little Neck |
| 991PC12.05 | ca.1930 | Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. poses at his drawing board working on a Toonerville Trolley cartoon. | Studio of Phelps Olds | New York / Queens County / Little Neck |
| 991PC12.06 | ca. 1920 | Portrait of Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. smoking. Verso reads, “Used for Fortune Magazine.” | Unknown | Unknown |
| 991PC12.07 | ca.1930 | Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. at his drawing board, cigar in hand. Voice bubbles added to front of image, “You fussy women give me a pain.” | Gordon Studio | Unknown |
| 991PC12.08 | ca.1930 | Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. at his drawing board smoking pipe. Front text indicates image was possiblity for publication, Fox’s fifth choice.
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Unknown | Unknown |
| 991PC12.09 | ca.1930 | Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. at his drawing board smoking pipe. Front text indicates image was possibility for publication, Fox’s first choice. | Unknown | Unknown |
| 991PC12.10 | ca.1930 | Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. at his drawing board smoking pipe. Front text indicates image was possibility for publication, Fox’s third choice. | Unknown | Unknown |
| 991PC12.11 | ca.1930 | Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. at his drawing board with colleagues. | Studio of Phelps Olds | New York / Queens County / Little Neck |
| 991PC12.12 | Unknown | Sketch of Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. by James Montgomery Flagg. | Unknown | Unknown |
| 991PC12.13 | ca. 1889 | Young Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. standing in front of a “penny-farthing” bicycle. [SEE ALSO: 991PC12.20] | Unknown | Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station |
| 991PC12.14 | ca. 1889 | Portrait of “Aunt Mary” Ducker, Hubers Station, Kentucky. [SEE ALSO: 991PC12.14, print] | Unknown | Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station |
| 991PC12.15 | ca. 1889 | Portrait of “Aunt Mary” Ducker, Hubers Station, Kentucky. | Unknown | Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station |
| 991PC12.16 | ca. 1889 | Young Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. stands at base of a tree. | Unknown | Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station |
| 991PC12.17 | ca. 1889 | Young Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. wading in a stream. | Unknown | Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station |
| 991PC12.18 | ca. 1889 | Portrait of young Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. | Unknown | Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station |
| 991PC12.19 | ca. 1889 | Image of piney woods, possibly in Hubers Station where Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. grew-up. | Unknown | Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station |
| 991PC12.20 | ca. 1889 | Childhood home of Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr., Hubers Station, Kentucky | Unknown | Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station |
| 991PC12.21 | ca. 1889 | Close-up image of Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. standing in front of a “penny-farthing” bicycle. [SEE ALSO: 991PC12.12] | Unknown | Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station |
| 991PC12.22 | ca. 1889 | Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr., Mary, and Attie sitting in a hammock. | Unknown | Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station |
| 991PC12.23 | ca. 1920s | Image of Fontaine Fox and family: wife, Edity, daughters, Edith Elizabeth and Mary Barton. | Jessie Tarbox Beals | New York / New York / New York |
| 991PC12.24 | ca. 1920s | Image of Fontaine Fox, wife Edity, daughters Edith Elizabeth and Mary Barton with family dog. | Jessie Tarbox Beals | New York / New York / New York |
| ca. 1930s | Portrait of Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. at his drawing board. | Phelps Olds Photographer | New York / Queens County / Little Neck |