Two soldiers whispering about a third
Date1932
Artist
Abian A. "Wally" Wallgren
(American cartoonist, 1891–1948)
Illustration CitationProbably from the strip Helpful Hints for Stars and Stripes,1932
MediumInk and gouache on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 22 × 16 in. (55.9 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Eisenstat, 1983
Object number1983-117
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextAbian A. Wallgren, better known as "Wally" Wallgren, drew cartoons for the Philadelphia Public Ledger and Washington Post before World War I. After service in France during the World War I, he contributed 'Helpful Hints' cartoons to The Stars and Stripes, satirizing the absurdity of army regulations and the differneces between the officer corps and the ordinary solder. In 1939, Wallgren created the newspaper strip Hoosegow Herman.
Frederic Rodrigo Gruger
not dated
Barbara Schwinn Jordan
1948
