Daggett, Hallie M.

Biography

Illustrator and writer. Born at Granby, Quebec April 28, 1840. In 1862 he traveled to California where he attended art school and became a newspaper cartoonist for San Francisco papers including the Examiner. In 1876 he made his home in New York where he illustrated newspapers and magazines including Harpers, Wild Oats and The Graphic. Noted for his children's books and play featuring a cast of impish brownies. "Palmer Cox's Brownies" played in New York City and other major cities in the late 1880s. He died July 24, 1924 at "Brownie Castle" in Granby, Quebec.

From the guide to the Palmer Cox Collection, 1871-1924, (California State Library)