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Title
Yellow
Kid
Figurine
Subject
Literary Ohio
Arts and Entertainment
Advertising
Cartoons (Commentary)
Place
Lancaster (Ohio)
Fairfield County (Ohio)
Description
This
pewter
figurine
depicts
the "
Yellow
Kid
" the
first
popular
color
newspaper
comic
in the
country
.
Richard
Felton
Outcault
(1863-1928)
of
Lancaster
,
Ohio
created
the "
Yellow
Kid
"
comic
about
a
mischievous
Irish
boy
named
Mickey
Dugan
. The
comic
strip
lasted
only
from
1896
until
1898
, but
during
that
period
the
public
could
not
get
enough
of him.
It
appeared
in the
New
York
newspapers
several
times
a
week
and on
Sundays
. The
popularity
of the
cartoon
led
to a
new
type
of
merchandising
using
cartoon
characters
.
Images
of the "
Yellow
Kid
" were
printed
on
products
ranging
from
soap
to
whiskey
. The
figurine
measures
2.36
by
4
inches
(6
by
10.2
cm)
.
Richard
Felton
Outcault
studied
at
McMicken
University
School
of
Design
in
Cincinnati
. He
worked
as an
illustrator
for
Edison
Laboratories
.
Outcault
also
created
the "
Buster
Brown
"
cartoon
series
.
Printed
in
yellow
ink
, the "
Yellow
Kid
"
cartoon
debuted
in
Joseph
Pulitzer's
New
York
World
.
It
lent
its
name
to "
yellow
journalism
" a
form
of
reporting
popular
in the
late
nineteenth
century
in
which
sensationalized
stories
that
focused
on
crime
,
scandal
,
entertainment
, and
catastrophes
were
common
.
Creator
Outcault, Richard Felton, 1863-1928
Date of Original
1896
-
1898
circa
Collection
http://www.ohiohistory.org/ohiopix/
Source
Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
H 54150
Rights
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http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1433_1533253_001.tif
Image Height
1960
Image Width
3008
File Size
570.947 KB
Format
picture
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