The Newfangled Telephone
Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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on Open Mic for the week of 2/3/2025
on Open Mic for the week of 2/3/2025
Now that I’ve seen what his 9s look like, I’m fairly certain that this was from 1927, not from 1929 as Jaybird had thought.Report
Oh yeah… I was looking in the lower right corner and ignoring his 192X from the middle.
Which makes the Smilebug eerily prophetic.Report