Camera-read comic art drawing for <i>Priscilla's Pop</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1966-08-14
name: label: graphic artist
content: Vermeer, Al
label: publisher
content: NEA, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This pen-and-ink drawing prepared for the <i>Priscilla’s Pop</i> comic strip shows Priscilla receiving money from a relative. Her parents think she’ll save the money, but she uses it for mechanical pony rides instead.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Albert Hermann "Al" Vermeer (1911-1980) began his career in newspapers as a sports writer, then as a sports illustrator. In 1946 his comic strip <i>Priscilla’s Pop,</i> inspired by his own family, was published. He worked on the strip until 1976.
label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>Priscilla’s Pop</i> (1946-1983) was a comic strip representing an average American family. Pop was a man named Waldo Nutchell. His family included his wife, Hazel; their son, Carlyle; their daughter, Priscilla; and their dog Oliver. Running themes in the strip were the family’s money problems and Priscilla's interest in spending more money.
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.22526
label: catalog number
content: 22526
label: accession number
content: 277502
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Other Terms
content: drawing; Pen and Ink
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 44.5 cm x 65 cm; 17 1/2 in x 25 9/16 in