Camera-ready comic art drawing for <i>Smitty</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1966-08-27
name: label: graphic artist
content: Berndt, Walter
label: publisher
content: Tribune Printing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: In this pen-and-ink drawing produced for the <i>Smitty</i> newspaper strip, the title character secretly becomes engaged to Ginnie, who reveals that her aunt has been trying to arrange their engagement.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Walter Berndt (1899-1979) drew sports cartoons for the <i>New York Journal-American</i> in his early career. Later his freelance-created strip named <i>Smitty</i> was purchased by the <i>Chicago Tribune.</i> The strip was successful and was continued until Berndt’s retirement in 1973.
label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>Smitty</i> (1922-1973) reflected creator Berndt's own career. It told the story of a young, male office assistant. Smitty was just thirteen years old when began working for Mr. Bailey. Smitty had a happy home life with his parents and younger brother. He also had a friendly relationship with Mr. Bailey’s stenographer, Ginnie. Smitty eventually matured and married Ginnie.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Comic Art
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content: Communications
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.22637
label: catalog number
content: 22637
label: accession number
content: 277502
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Object Type
content: Cartoon
label: Other Terms
content: drawing; Pen and Ink
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 cm x 57.6 cm; 7 1/16 in x 22 11/16 in