page_title: Buster Brown
hierarchical_section_title: Buster Brown
caption_attribution_description: Political cartoon, Hoist, the friend of the Comic People. by Louis M. Glackens for Puck magazine, October 31, 1906. The characters seen, clockwise are: en:Foxy Grandpa by en:Carl E. Schultze, en:Alphonse and Gaston by en:Frederick Burr Opper, en:Happy Hooligan by Frederick Burr Opper, en:And Her Name Was Maud by Frederick Burr Opper, en:The Katzenjammer Kids by en:Rudolph Dirks, en:Buster Brown by en:Richard Felton Outcault, and at the center, all of the characters having a "rally" with "Hoist" sitting on the back of Maud, the mule. "Hoist" was en:William Randolph Hearst, who was the publisher of many newspapers--all of the comic characters in the illustration appeared in Hearst-owned newspapers. W. R, Hearst ran for governor of New York State in 1906; his opponent (and the winner of the election) was en:Charles Evans Hughes.
context_page_description: Buster Brown was a comic strip character created in 1902 by Richard F. Outcault. Adopted as the mascot of the Brown Shoe Company in 1904, Buster Brown, his sweetheart Mary Jane, and his dog Tige, were well known to the American public in the early 20th century. The character's name was also used to describe a popular style of suit for young boys, the Buster Brown suit, that echoed his own outfit.
context_section_description: Buster Brown was a comic strip character created in 1902 by Richard F. Outcault. Adopted as the mascot of the Brown Shoe Company in 1904, Buster Brown, his sweetheart Mary Jane, and his dog Tige, were well known to the American public in the early 20th century. The character's name was also used to describe a popular style of suit for young boys, the Buster Brown suit, that echoed his own outfit.
caption: Buster and Tige in 1906
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