Fox, Fontaine, Photograph Collection, 1889-1930

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator: The Fox family

Title:  The Fontaine Fox Photograph Collection, 1889-1930.

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Curator of Special Collections.

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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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