Harold Morton Talburt (February 19, 1895 – October 24, 1966) was an American cartoonist and illustrator who received the 1933

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Early life

Talburt was born in

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Career

Talburt 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. His 1932 cartoon "

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", printed in ''

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'', received the 1933 Pulitzer Prize, and his other awards included a 1956

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and an award from the

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. He was chief editorial cartoonist of Scripps–Howard for many years until his retirement in 1963. He was a member of the

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of Washington, D.C., and served as its president in 1943.

Death

Talburt died of cancer at his Kenwood, Maryland, home on October 24, 1966, aged 71.

References

External links

Inventory of the H. M. Talburt Collection
at Syracuse University
Inventory of the H. M. Talburt Collection
at

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1895 births 1966 deaths American editorial cartoonists Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning winners Artists from Toledo, Ohio Artists from Maryland American comic strip cartoonists {{US-cartoonist-stub