H. M. Talburt
Harold Morton Talburt (February 19, 1895 – October 24, 1966) was an American cartoonist and illustrator who received the 1933 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning. Talburt was born in Toledo, Ohio. He started his career as a reporter with the Toledo News-Bee in 1916, and became an editorial cartoonist with the Scripps–Howard News Services in 1922.
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H. M. Talburt · Washington Daily News, January 27, 1932. Reprinted in The Pittsburgh Press, May 2, 1933, via Newspapers.com · Public domain
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- Birth Name
- Harold Morton Talburt
- Born
- 19 February 1896
- Birthplace
- Toledo, Ohio
- Died
- 24 October 1966
- Place of death
- Kenwood, Maryland
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- Cartoonist
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, 1933
- Nationality
- United States
- Honours
- Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
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Harold Morton Talburt (February 19, 1895 – October 24, 1966) was an American cartoonist and illustrator who received the 1933 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning. Talburt was born in Toledo, Ohio. He started his career as a reporter with the Toledo News-Bee in 1916, and became an editorial cartoonist with the Scripps–Howard News Services in 1922.
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His 1932 cartoon "The Light of Asia", printed in The Washington Daily News, received the 1933 Pulitzer Prize, and his other awards included a 1956 Christopher Award and an award from the Freedoms Foundation. He was chief editorial cartoonist of Scripps–Howard for many years until his retirement in 1963. He was a member of the Gridiron Club of Washington, D.C, and served as its president in 1943. They had two children. In 1947, he married Frances Karn Long. He died of cancer at his Kenwood, Maryland, home on October 24, 1966, aged 71.
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• Name — H. M. Talburt • Birth Name — Harold Morton Talburt • Born — 19 February 1896 • Birthplace — Toledo, Ohio • Died — 24 October 1966 • Place of death — Kenwood, Maryland • Occupation — Cartoonist • Awards — Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, 1933 • Illustration — Casey the Cop comic strip, 1922
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1895
H. M. Talburt born at Toledo.
1966
H. M. Talburt died at Maryland.
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- 1.Scripps–Howard Newspapers. Herald–Post Cartoonist Wins Christopher Award. El Paso Herald Post. 11. August 13, 1956.
- 2.William H. Taft. Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Journalists. Routledge. 336–. 2015. 978-1-317-40325-8.
- 3.Heinz Dietrich Fischer. Editorial Cartoon Awards, 1922-1997: From Rollin Kirby and Edmund Duffy to Herbert Block and Paul Conrad. Walter de Gruyter. 45–. 1999. 978-3-598-30183-4.
- 4.Harold Talburt Dies At 71. The Pittsburgh Press. 6. October 23, 1966.
- 5.Winchell, Walter. On Broadway. The Greenville News. 12. April 16, 1947.
- 6.Harold Talburt Cartoons: An inventory of his cartoons at Syracuse University. library.syr.edu.
- 7.Scripps–Howard Newspapers. Harold Talburt Dies; Cartoonist's Pen Sketched Great Men. El Paso Herald–Post. A1+A3. October 24, 1966.
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