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Talburt started his career as a reporter with the ''[[Toledo News-Bee]]'' in 1916, and became an editorial cartoonist with the [[Scripps–Howard News Services]] in 1922. His 1932 cartoon "[[:File:The Light of Asia.jpg|The Light of Asia]]", printed in ''[[The Washington Daily News]]'', received the 1933 Pulitzer Prize, and his other awards included a 1956 [[Christopher Award]]<ref>{{cite news|author=Scripps–Howard Newspapers|title=Herald–Post Cartoonist Wins Christopher Award|work=El Paso Herald Post|date= August 13, 1956|page=11|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/texas/el-paso/el-paso-herald-post/1956/08-13/page-21}}</ref> and an award from the [[Freedoms Foundation]].<ref name="Taft2015">{{cite book|author=William H. Taft|title=Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Journalists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fecsCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA336|date= 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-40325-8|pages=336–}}</ref><ref name="Fischer1999">{{cite book|author=Heinz Dietrich Fischer|title=Editorial Cartoon Awards, 1922-1997: From Rollin Kirby and Edmund Duffy to Herbert Block and Paul Conrad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3f26gYhGEY4C&pg=PA45|year=1999|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-598-30183-4|pages=45–}}</ref> He was chief editorial cartoonist of Scripps–Howard for many years until his retirement in 1963. He was a member of the [[Gridiron Club]] of Washington, D.C., and served as its president in 1943. | Talburt started his career as a reporter with the ''[[Toledo News-Bee]]'' in 1916, and became an editorial cartoonist with the [[Scripps–Howard News Services]] in 1922. His 1932 cartoon "[[:File:The Light of Asia.jpg|The Light of Asia]]", printed in ''[[The Washington Daily News]]'', received the 1933 Pulitzer Prize, and his other awards included a 1956 [[Christopher Award]]<ref>{{cite news|author=Scripps–Howard Newspapers|title=Herald–Post Cartoonist Wins Christopher Award|work=El Paso Herald Post|date= August 13, 1956|page=11|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/texas/el-paso/el-paso-herald-post/1956/08-13/page-21}}</ref> and an award from the [[Freedoms Foundation]].<ref name="Taft2015">{{cite book|author=William H. Taft|title=Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Journalists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fecsCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA336|date= 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-40325-8|pages=336–}}</ref><ref name="Fischer1999">{{cite book|author=Heinz Dietrich Fischer|title=Editorial Cartoon Awards, 1922-1997: From Rollin Kirby and Edmund Duffy to Herbert Block and Paul Conrad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3f26gYhGEY4C&pg=PA45|year=1999|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-598-30183-4|pages=45–}}</ref> He was chief editorial cartoonist of Scripps–Howard for many years until his retirement in 1963. He was a member of the [[Gridiron Club]] of Washington, D.C., and served as its president in 1943. | ||
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Talburt died of cancer at his Kenwood, Maryland, home on October 24, 1966, aged 71.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/t/talburt_h.htm|title=Harold Talburt Cartoons: An inventory of his cartoons at Syracuse University|website=library.syr.edu|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Scripps–Howard Newspapers|title=Harold Talburt Dies; Cartoonist's Pen Sketched Great Men|work=El Paso Herald–Post|date= October 24, 1966|pages=A1+A3|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/texas/el-paso/el-paso-herald-post/1966/10-24/page-2|via=[[NewspaperArchive.com]]}}</ref> | Talburt was married to Marguerite Haynes Coombs until her death in 1944.<ref name="OBIT">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/149414989/?match=1&terms=%22Harold%20Talburt%22 | title=Harold Talburt Dies At 71 | date=October 23, 1966 | newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press | page=6}}</ref> They had two children.<ref name="OBIT"/> In 1947, he married Frances Karn Long.<ref name="OBIT"/><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/190233291/?match=1&terms=%22Harold%20Talburt%22 | title=On Broadway| first=Walter | last=Winchell | date=April 16, 1947 | newspaper=The Greenville News | page=12}}</ref> He died of cancer at his Kenwood, Maryland, home on October 24, 1966, aged 71.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/t/talburt_h.htm|title=Harold Talburt Cartoons: An inventory of his cartoons at Syracuse University|website=library.syr.edu|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Scripps–Howard Newspapers|title=Harold Talburt Dies; Cartoonist's Pen Sketched Great Men|work=El Paso Herald–Post|date= October 24, 1966|pages=A1+A3|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/texas/el-paso/el-paso-herald-post/1966/10-24/page-2|via=[[NewspaperArchive.com]]}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Harold Morton Talburt (February 19, 1895 – October 24, 1966) was an American cartoonist and illustrator who received the 1933 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.
Early life
Talburt was born in Toledo, Ohio.
Career
Talburt started his career as a reporter with the Toledo News-Bee in 1916, and became an editorial cartoonist with the Scripps–Howard News Services in 1922. His 1932 cartoon "The Light of Asia", printed in The Washington Daily News, received the 1933 Pulitzer Prize, and his other awards included a 1956 Christopher Award[1] and an award from the Freedoms Foundation.[2][3] He was chief editorial cartoonist of Scripps–Howard for many years until his retirement in 1963. He was a member of the Gridiron Club of Washington, D.C., and served as its president in 1943.
Personal life
Talburt was married to Marguerite Haynes Coombs until her death in 1944.[4] They had two children.[4] In 1947, he married Frances Karn Long.[4][5] He died of cancer at his Kenwood, Maryland, home on October 24, 1966, aged 71.[6][7]
References
External links
- Inventory of the H. M. Talburt Collection at Syracuse University
- Inventory of the H. M. Talburt Collection at Wichita State University