Camera-ready drawing, entitled Miss Lace and Sad Sack
date: label: date made
content: undated
name: label: original artist
content: Caniff, Milton
notes: label: Description
content: Miss Lace was a character drawn by Milton Caniff (1907-1988) in the comic strip Male Call, which appeared in US military publications during World War II. Miss Lace often won the affections and boosted morale of the troops both in the comic strip and in real life through a gag-comedy storyline.
label: Description
content: The Sad Sack character was created by Sgt. George Baker (1915-1975) during World War II in a comic strip of the same name, appearing in Yank, the Army Weekly. The strip featured a bumbling, often down-on-his luck Army private.
label: Description
content: In this drawing, Caniff has combined a drawing of Miss Lace wearing a red dress with Sad Sack to her left with red lipstick kiss prints all over his face. The caption reads "Not So Sad Sack."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: United States Army
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.22484
label: catalog number
content: 22484
label: accession number
content: 277502
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Object Type
content: Drawings
label: Other Terms
content: drawing; Crayon
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: artist board (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: chalk (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 145.6 cm x 101.7 cm; 57 5/16 in x 40 1/16 in