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May 3, 2021, 9 tweets

It is always impressive when something very old is somehow very fitting for our modern world.
Mr. Mason shared this picture, but I tracked down the 1884 issue of the 'Puck' magazine and wanted to show the rest in the series as well.
So check out this thread;

First the full page, not sure if it's readable, but just to give you an idea of how it looked when published and here you can find the full magazine;
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.…

These cartoons were made by Frederick Burr Opper (January 2, 1857 – August 28, 1937), he is regarded as one of the pioneers of American newspaper comic strips, best known for his comic strip Happy Hooligan.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick…

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