Camera-ready comic art drawing for <i>Little Orphan Annie</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1966-09-20
name: label: original artist
content: Gray, Harold
label: publisher
content: News Syndicate Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This pen-and-ink drawing produced for the <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> comic strip shows Annie using baseball expressions to describe her friend Sinya’s ease in getting dates.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Harold Lincoln Gray (1894-1968) started working for newspapers in Lafayette, Indiana, when he attended Purdue University. After serving in World War I he took a job at the <i>Chicago Tribune,</i> where he drew the lettering for Sidney Smith’s strip <i>The Gumps.</i> In 1924 Gray launched <i>Little Orphan Otto,</i> later changed to <i>Little Orphan Annie.</i> Over the years, Gray often prepared artwork for various Sunday strips including <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> and others, such as the topper strip <i>Maw Green.</i>
label: Description (Brief)
content: </i>Little Orphan Annie</i> (1924-1974, 1979-2010) is a rags-to-riches story about a redheaded girl who was adopted by millionaire Daddy Warbucks. The strip was known for its promotion of characteristics such as self-sufficiency and hard work. Gray took advantage of a storyline that involved the recurring separation and reunion of the protagonists. The <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> story found additional success as a radio program, films, and in the Broadway musical <i>Annie,</i> introduced in 1977.
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: Cultures & Communities
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content: Comic Art
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content: Communications
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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.22335
label: catalog number
content: 22335
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: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18.5 cm x 38.8 cm; 7 5/16 in x 15 1/4 in