1924 Symposium by American Cartoonists
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100 years ago The San Francisco Bulletin ran a series featuring editorial cartoonists from across the nation.
From The San Francisco Bulletin of August 3, 1924:
The Bulletin has arranged with some of the leading newspapers of the country to publish a series of cartoons characteristic of the artists, the newspapers themselves and the sections of the country in which they are published.
This interesting symposium will begin Monday, August 4 [1924]. The selections, all from the original drawings by the artists, have been made solely on the basis of diversity of thought and interest.
Below is the complete two week series.
above: August 4, 1924 – William F. Hanny, The Philadelphia Inquirer (mis-identified as “Handy”)
above: August 5, 1924 – William Norman Ritchie, The Boston Post
above: August 6, 1924 – Gilbert Sutton, The New Orleans Item
above: August 7, 1924 – Milton Halladay, The Providence Journal
above: August 8, 1924 – Grover Page, The Louisville Courier-Journal
above: August 9, 1924 – Ted Brown, The Chicago Daily News
above: August 11, 1924 – Claude Shafer, The Cincinnati Post
above: August 12, 1924 – Ben Hammond, The Wichita Eagle
above: August 13, 1924 – ‘Tige’ Reynolds, The Portland Oregonian
above: August 14, 1924 – Paul Gregg, The Atlanta Constitution
above: August 15, 1924 – Harvey Parsons, The Topeka Capital
above: August 16, 1924 – Paul Plaschke, The Louisville Times
And that was the end of the series, the promised Hanny cartoon for the following Monday never appeared as The Bulletin series ended with the Plaschke cartoon.
Well, Hanny’s “The Hardy Bryan Family Tree” never appeared in The Bulletin, however in his home paper:
above: July 11, 1924 – William F. Hanny, The Philadelphia Inquirer
>It’s a shame that only one or two of the cities listed have a newspaper with a staff cartoonist anymore.<
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