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Home-run race for 1932 cartoon, 1932
Jenkins, Burris, Jr., 1896-1966
Home-run race for 1932 cartoon, 1932
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Jenkins, Burris, Jr., 1896-1966

NationalityAmerican
Biography"Burris Jenkins Jr. was the son of a prominent Kansas City minister, war correspondent and newspaper editor. Jenkins Jr. was a popular sports cartoonist, whose work appeared in the New York Journal-American from 1931. His humorous published verses were also popular. Although best known for his sports themes, Jenkins was also a skilled courtroom illustrator and editorial cartoonist. He was fired from his first job at the Kansas City Post for a series of pessimistic Christmas cartoons, a firing which prompted his father's resignation from the same newspaper. Among his best-remembered cartoons are his angry piece on the discovery of the dead Lindbergh baby, and his sentimental image of Babe Ruth's farewell to Yankee Stadium."--https://www.original-political-cartoon.com/cartoon-gallery/artists/jenkins-jr-burris-1897-1966/