Swinnerton, Jimmy, 1875-1974
Variant namesJames Guilford Swinnerton, born in Eureka, California, is known as the creator of numerous comic strips including Little Bears and Tykes, Little Jimmy, Mr. Jack, and Mount Ararat. In 1892, he landed his first job at the San Francisco Examiner and by 1896 became the paper's political cartoonist. He later moved to New York wher he worked as a comic Strip artist for the New York Journal. After 1920, Swinnerton began to use the American southwest desert as the subject of his work creating the Canyon Kiddies series for Good Housekeeping magazine. He eventually became one of the most famous desert landscape artists in the world.
From the description of Jimmy Swinnerton Collection, 1911-1973. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23055170
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creatorOf | Swinnerton, Jimmy, 1875-1974,. Jimmy Swinnerton Collection, 1911-1973. | Ohio State University Libraries | |
creatorOf | Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937. [Editorial cartoon scrapbooks], 1900-1917 | Ohio State University Libraries | |
referencedIn | National Cartoonists Society Interviews, 1959-1962 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
referencedIn | Lovell, Tom, 1909-1997. Tom Lovell papers, circa 1845-1997. | National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum | |
referencedIn | Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Jimmy Swinnerton 1875-1974 biographical file. | Ohio State University Libraries | |
referencedIn | Culver, Richard Keith, 1873-1939. Drawings, ca.1888-1905. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
creatorOf | National Cartoonists Society. Record, 1946-1990. | Ohio State University Libraries |
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referencedIn | Oral history interview with Ray Strong | Archives of American Art |
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associatedWith | Baer, John Miller, 1886-1970. | person |
associatedWith | Cobb, Irwin S., 1876-1944. | person |
associatedWith | Culver, Richard Keith, 1873-1939. | person |
associatedWith | Dunn, Bob, 1909-1989. | person |
associatedWith | Forsythe, Vic, 1885-1962. | person |
associatedWith | Frame, Paul, 1913-1994. | person |
associatedWith | Hanlon, Lou, 1882-1955. | person |
associatedWith | Knerr, Harold H., 1883-1949. | person |
associatedWith | Knight, Clayton, 1891-1969. | person |
associatedWith | Lovell, Tom, 1909-1997. | person |
associatedWith | McBride, Clifford, 1901-1951. | person |
associatedWith | Murphy, Jimmy, 1891-1965. | person |
associatedWith | National Cartoonists Society. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Powers, Thomas E., 1870-1939. | person |
associatedWith | Smith, Bill. | person |
associatedWith | Smith, Dorman H., 1893-1956. | person |
associatedWith | Soglow, Otto, 1900-1975. | person |
associatedWith | Strong, Ray, 1905- | person |
associatedWith | Wellington, Duke, 1884-1942. | person |
associatedWith | Winner, Doc, 1885-1956. | person |
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Birth 1875-11-13
Death 1974-09-08
Americans