July 26, 2026
Tag: Old Bill
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Bruce Bairnsfather: the Father of Wartime Comics
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Long before Private Breger (drawn by Dave Breger) shared with us the humor in the often illogical routine of daily army life and Willie and Joe (drawn by Bill Mauldin) became the voice of truth about what it was like on the front lines of war, our British cousins had Old Bill, drawn by Captain…
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January 18, 2024 4 Comments
No farmer can work without seeds! When farmers and their families moved to Kansas in the 1870s, their struggle was a tough-row-to-hoe, until Hiram W. Buckbee started selling seeds from his Illinois farm. Uncountable acres of mid-American farmland were seeded with Buckbee’s flower and vegetable seeds. Postcards are part of the story.