For Want of an Umbrella
Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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I think her hat in the first two panels is utterly adorable.Report
Rotate it 180° and adjust it slightly, and it’s Valkyrie. Have I mentioned recently that I did grade school and junior high in NW Iowa when it was still mostly descendants of Scandinavians who came over to be grain farmers for the Great Northern Railway, and was known to mutter “f*cking vikings” under my breath?Report
You hadn’t! Good catch! I live in Minnesota currently so there’s a lot of the Scandinavian stock here.Report