Camera-ready drawing, entitled Little Orphan Annie
date: label: date made
content: 1966
name: label: original artist
content: Gray, Harold
notes: label: Description
content: Little Orphan Annie was created by Harold Gray (1894–1968), distributed by the Chicago Tribune Syndicate from 1924 until 1974. In 1979, Leonard Starr revamped the comic strip with the new title Annie, which continues to be published today by a succession artists and writers. The title was inspired by James Whitcomb Riley's popular 1885 poem, "Little Orphant Annie". This is an original drawing of Annie and her dog, Sandy, by Harold Gray.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Orphanages
label: Subject
content: Children
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Newspaper Comics Council, Inc., New York, NY
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.22517
label: catalog number
content: 22517
label: accession number
content: 277502
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Object Type
content: Drawings
label: Other Terms
content: Drawing; Pen and Ink
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: artist board (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 73.7 cm x 51 cm; 29 in x 20 1/16 in