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Large Sunday comic of ''Buster Brown'' by Richard F. Outcault from 1917. In this installment, Buster and his dog Tige rally the neighborhood children to plant food rations for WWI ''Rough Riders''. Entitled ''He Tries to Do His Best'', Buster has good intentions, but plants eggs instead of ''eggplant'' and uses his mother's sewing machine to ''sow''. In the end, Buster resolves to always be hopeful. Strip is undated by likely from 21 October 1917 from writing at top. Newspaper Feature Service label is dated 1917. Comic measures 19.75'' x 21''. Mounted on board, comic is chipped along edges but otherwise in very good plus condition. From the estate of ''Blondie'' creator Chic Young.
''Buster Brown'' Sunday Comic Strip by Richard F. Outcault From 1917
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