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Polly and her pals. [Pa leaves the house on a windy day] / Cliff Sterrett. – Antique Print

Polly and her pals. [Pa leaves the house on a windy day] / Cliff Sterrett., 1937 March 14. — antique lithograph
Polly and her pals. [Pa leaves the house on a windy day] / Cliff Sterrett., 1937 March 14.. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Polly and her pals. [Pa leaves the house on a windy day] / Cliff Sterrett., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Polly and her pals. [Pa leaves the house on a windy day] / Cliff Sterrett.

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In this Sunday page from March 14, 1937, Cliff Sterrett shows Pa stepping out of the house into a strong wind, with the gusts tugging at his hat and clothes. The comic is one of many episodes in *Polly and Her Pals*, the long-running strip that Sterrett drew for the Hearst newspapers from 1912 onward. Its slapstick and its henpecked Pa made it a favorite with readers. Sterrett's bold color and flat, stylized figures are worth noticing, since they show the strip's distinct look during the 1930s.

Created / published1937 March 14.
Medium1 print : lithograph on newsprint, color.
GenreComics American 1930-1940.Offset lithographs Color 1930-1940.
NotesGeorge L. Sturman Collection. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1992:227.221
SubjectsWinds--1930-1940. Hats--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,112 × 1,421 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217783

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