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Newspaper clipping of an illustration by Myron A. Waterman (1855-1937). One man is sitting up in a coffin and gesturing with his hands and is talking two a second man. The second man, who strongly resembles G.C. Clemens, is smoking while reclining in a side chair with his feet up on a small pillow. The reverse includes a portion of the story being illustrated, which involves a reporter working on a story about accidental live burials while sitting vigil at the wake of a friend named Phil. Waterman first gained recognition as a political cartoonist and illustrator in the early 1890s while working as the editor of the Fort Scott Lantern. He held a number of other occupations throughout his life including working in the drug store business and serving as a deputy state bank commissioner of Kansas from 1894 to 1901. Waterman was a staunch prohibitionist and a member of the First Congregational Church in Topeka, Kansas, moving there from Fort Scott in 1893. In 1901 or 1902 he relocated to Kansas City, Kansas.
Creator: Waterman, Myron A.
Date: between 1890 and 1906
Item Number: 320297
Call Number: 2012.78.44
KSHS Identifier: 2012.78.44
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Literature - Fiction
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
People - Notable Kansans - Clemens, G. C. (Gaspar Christopher), 1849-1906
People - Notable Kansans - Waterman, Myron A., 1855-1937
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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