Talburt, Harold M., 1895-1966.
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Pulitzer Prize winner and political cartoonist Harold Morton Talburt was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1895. Talburt's first job as a cartoonist was for the Scripps-Howard news bureau in Washington in 1921. Later he worked for the Washington Daily News. He was awarded the Pulitzer in 1933 for his editorial cartoon, "The Light of Asia," and was said to have enjoyed drawing Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt the most. Talburt died in Maryland in 1966.
Harold M. Talburt was born in Toledo, Ohio, on February 19, 1895. He joined the staff of the Toledo News-Bee in 1916 as a reporter. While at the News-Bee he became interested in cartooning, and with the support of Negley Cochran he joined the Scripps-Howard syndicate's Washington bureau as a cartoonist in 1921. He later became the chief Washington cartoonist for Scripps-Howard and the Washington Daily News. Talbert won a Pulitzer Prize for his work in 1933, and was president of the Gridiron Club in 1947. He retired in 1963 and died on October 22, 1966.
Harold M. Talburt (1895-1966) was an American editorial cartoonist who won a Pulitzer Prize.
Harold Talburt was born in Toledo, Ohio on February 19, 1895. Before becoming a cartoonist, Talburt worked as the high school correspondent for the Toledo Times and in 1916 was a reporter at the Toledo News-Bee . In 1921, Talburt was hired by Negley Cochran as the cartoonist for the newly opened Scripps-Howard news bureau in Washington and was later named Chief Washington Cartoonist for Scripps-Howard and the Washington Daily News . In his New York Times obituary, Talburt is noted as having enjoyed drawing Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt the most out of the presidents he covered during his career.
Talburt was a member of the National Press Club and the White House Correspondents Association. He was president of the Gridiron Club in 1947. The Pulitzer Prize was awarded to Talburt for his 1933 Washington Daily News cartoon, "The Light of Asia". Talburt’s work was published in two books: Talburt (1943) and Cartoons: Largely Political (circa 1943).
Harold M. Talburt retired in 1963. He died of cancer at his home in Kenwood, Maryland on October 22, 1966.
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