Rare Chalkware Early 1900’s Frederick Opper - Happy Hooligan - Newspaper Comic Strip Characters Patent Applied For .
Size 11.5” x 7.5”
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The writing appears to say Comic of (Coldman or Goldman Bros.)
Caricature (Carpeys or Cappeys) No 2
Frederick Burr Opper (January 2, 1857 – August 28, 1937) is regarded as one of the pioneers of American newspaper comic strips, best known for his comic strip Happy Hooligan. His comic characters were featured in magazine gag cartoons, covers, political cartoons and comic strips for six decades.
In 1899, Opper accepted an offer by William Randolph Hearst for a position with the New York Journal. His Happy Hooligan strip first appeared in the New York Journal in 1900, and it ran until 1932. Hooligan was a tramp with a little tin can hat whose gentle simplicity and bumbling good nature made him a success. On Happy's 30th birthday, Opper threw a party attended by President Hoover, former President Coolidge, Charles Schwab, Alfred E. Smith and others.
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