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Order Number	00094507
Title	Jimmy Swinnerton
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 88
Date	1932
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.; Black in markings (upper center) are present on the original print.
Historical Data	James Guilford Swinnerton (1875-1974) was an American cartoonist and landscape painter of Southwest deserts. While still a teenager, he began his career as a staff cartoonist at William Randolph Hearst's San Francisco Examiner. After having been diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1906, Swinnerton moved to Colton in Riverside County. He ended up staying in Southern California and eventually keeping a home there and another in Arizona; in the early 1940s, he lived at 1261 North Laurel Avenue in Los Angeles. From about 1920 to 1965, he painted desert scenes and kept a studio in the Coachella Valley near Palm Springs, where he died at age 98.
Description	Photograph caption dated December 13, 1932 reads, "This photo shows Mr. Swinnerton, originator of the cartoon character 'Little Jimmy' and one of the few artists who have caught the beauty of the desert on canvas. He was in the desert country 20 years recovering from illness and studied its colorings and spirit."
Subject	Swinnerton, Jimmy,--1875-1974. Artists--United States. Cartoonists--United States. Pipe smokers--California--Los Angeles. Pipe smoking--California--Los Angeles. Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs. Portrait photographs
Coverage	1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection