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Posted by: Joanna Colclough
Burris Jenkins Jr (1897-1966) was a sports journalist and cartoonist for Hearst Publications, most notably the New York Journal-American. Find his work in Chronicling America.
Posted in: Behind the Bylines, Newspapers, World War II
Posted by: Mike Queen
Behind the Byline is a new blog series that will profile significant newspaper journalists in American history. Though most remembered for his short stories that provided the inspiration for the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls, Damon Runyon considered himself first and foremost a newspaper man. Born Alfred Damon Runyan on October 3, 1880, in Manhattan, …
Posted in: Baseball, Behind the Bylines, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers, Sports