Lot 51227 – Group of three original hand illustrated comic strips by Phil Berube (1935 & 1938)

Group of four original hand illustrated (in black ink) comic strips by Phil Berube (1935-1938) and one by Hollreiser (1958), one entitled « U.S. Olympic Prospects » depicting Uncle Sam and hurdler Al Moreau, one entitled « The 1936 Olympics » depicting racist stereotype of Jesse Owens and hammer throwers Don Elser and Anton Kishon; one depicting Jesse Owens and Eleanor Holm (with The Bell Syndicate archive label) and one depicting Forrest Towns; and the latter depicting Jesse Owens done for the Chicago Tribune, an attractive an unusual group (5).