Collection Highlights
A Song for the times, or John Brown
Date:
1860-1870
Object Number:
LIB.SY.B1860.104
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Comic book
Object Number:
2002.1.1363
Date:
1897
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
10 3/8 x 7 x 1/4 in.
Description:
This comic book features Outcault's Yellow Kid. The cover reads "July 3, 1897 48 Pages 5 Cents/ TheYellow Kid/ Twice a Month." The cover shows a woman with a flag surrounded by banners and bursting fireworks and reads "The Glorious Fourth". On the reverse is an advertisment for the N.Y. Sunday Journal.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
