Who's a Bum! cartoon

Date1955 October 05

DescriptionA reproduction of a cartoon by Leo O'Mealia of the New York Daily News. The black-and-white print shows a toothless bum with his mouth wide open in excitement. This was the front page for the NY Daily News the day after the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the NY Yankees in 1955 for the world series win. The top has the title and the bottom right corner is signed, 'Leo E. O'Mealia' with his trademark lion below.

Object numberB-1960-0192

Subject Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)

Subject National League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationsmanuscripts (documents)

Collection NumberBA MSS 298 Leo O’Mealia Cartoon collection

Dimensions11 x 14 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

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