Tourism Insert August 1949

I am in love with this busy map from a special tourism section in the August 13, 1949 edition of the Charlottetown Guardian. It reminds me of picture books I had as a child, lots of busy vignettes, new details emerging with every viewing. And Vikings speeding towards PEI!

I can’t read the signature at the lower right, but it could be the work of the Guardian’s cartoonist at that time, Vic Runtz, who did sign some of the lovely drawings included in the rest of the special section. Catherine Hennessey wrote a beautiful tribute to him upon his death in 2001. He was a very fine editorial cartoonist and I hope his work has been or will be exhibited on PEI.

Vic Runtz editorial cartoon August 13, 1949 Charlottetown Guardian, including his signature cat wearing a bowtie, possibly to give some balance to the rah-rah tourism insert.
Vic Runtz editorial cartoon in the June 21,1949 Charlottetown Guardian reacting to promises being made in that year’s Canadian federal election, promises still being made (and broken) today.