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Caspar Milquetoast, Cartoon Character
| Cartoon portrait of Caspar Milquetoast, the Timid Soul, a character created by Harold T. Webster, who was raised in Tomahawk, Wisconsin. |
| Image ID: | 50655 |
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| Creator Name: | Webster, Harold Tucker |
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| Collection Name: | Harold Tucker Webster cartoons, photographs, and memorabilia, 1911-1953 |
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| Original Format Type: | drawings |
| Original Format Number: | PH 1301 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4.25 x 5.75 inches |
| Restricted: For reproduction rights, contact copyright holder. Harold T. Webster, who was raised in Tomahawk, Lincoln County, Wisconsin, was the creator of the Timid Soul (aka Caspar Milquetoast). Webster was sometimes referred to as the Mark Twain of Cartooning. Wikipedia.com 06/05/08: "Caspar Milquetoast was a comic strip character created by Harold Webster in 1924 for his comic strip The Timid Soul, published in the New York World. Webster continued to produce the comic strip until his death in 1952, after which his assistant Herb Roth carried it on for another year." H. T. Webster, Introduction by Ring Lardner, The Timid Soul, Simon and Schuster (1931) See also: The Best of H. T. Webster: A Memorial Collection, Simon and Schuster (1953), hardcover, 254 pages. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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