Follow Muggs McGinnis Daily in the Washington Herald
date: label: date made
content: 1930s
name: label: Associated Name
content: Bishop, Wally
notes: label: Description
content: Round pinback button featuring an image of newspaper comic character Muggs McGinnis. The button advertises the character’s self-titled syndicated comic strips appearence in <i>The Washington Herald</i,> a Washington DC newspaper published from 1906-1939.
label: Description
content: Wally Bishop’s <i>Muggs McGinnis </i> was introduced to newspaper readers in 1927. Muggs, an everyday American boy, was eventually joined by a brother, and in 1936 the strip was retitled <i>Muggs and Skeeter</i>. Over the course of its run the boys aged into their teens, with Bishop retiring the strip in 1974.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
label: Subject
content: Newspaper
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Advertising
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.314637.00529
label: catalog number
content: 314637.00529
label: accession number
content: 314637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Badge
label: Object Name
content: button
label: Object Name
content: pin
label: Object Name
content: pinback button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm