Thursday, May 07, 2015
Ink-Slinger Profiles by Alex Jay: W. H. D. Koerner
William Henry David Koerner was born in Lunden, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, on November 19, 1878, according to Something About the Author (1981). His full name appeared on his World War I draft card. The Harper’s Blog said Koerner was born Wilhelm Heinrich Dethlef Körner.
The Art Digest, August 15 or September 1, 1938, explained how Koerner emigrated to the U.S. and began his art career.
Koerner, who was later to record some of the most vital chapters in the growth of America, was German-horn. Honorably discharged from the Franco-Prussian war, decorated by Kaiser William I, but with six sons gone, the father sailed for the United States in 1880 with his seventh son, W. H. D. Koerner II, then two years old, his daughter Menna and his wife Anna. Penniless, they settled in Clinton, Iowa, where the son not long afterwards began his art.
At seven, young Koerner was sketching along the Mississippi. House paint was often his medium. Later, to earn money for art school, he painted cow’s heads on milk wagons and taught art in the local schools. Encouraged by his father, he went to Chicago, where after first working on the Chicago Tribune, he entered the Art Academy of Chicago. His first day in school he met Lillian Mary Lusk, helped her sketch with a hand already professional, and a year later married her.
According to Something About the Author, in 1898 Koerner enrolled in a local art school. Koerner said John M. Stich “taught me to see things, to remember what I saw, and to draw well, and to have a photographic mind.” In the Autumn of 1898, Koerner relocated to Chicago and was hired on the art staff of the Chicago Tribune.
Koerner has not yet been found in the 1900 U.S. Federal Census. Something About the Author said Koerner studied at the Chicago Art Institute in 1901. The following year he was assistant art editor at the Tribune.
American Newspaper Comics (2012) said Koerner produced two comic strips for the Tribune. Heard Among the Girls ran from February 2 and March 2, 1902. Considered to be the first super-hero, Hugo Hercules began September 7, 1902 and ended January 11, 1903.
At Ancestry.com, the Michigan Marriage Records recorded Koerner’s marriage to Lillian M. Lusk on June 24, 1903 in Battle Creek, Michigan. In the Saturday Evening Post, August 22, 1925, Koerner explained what happened.
In 1903 Koerner was the art editor of the home magazine, Pilgrim. He illustrations appeared on the covers and the interiors. Koerner resigned in December 1904. In October 1905, Koerner moved to New York City and enrolled in the Art Students League. His freelance work included advertising art for Grape-Nuts, Postum and Post Toasties.
Art Digest said “Koerner completed his training with George Bridgman at the Art Students League….” Something About the Author said Koerner was accepted, in Fall 1907, at Howard Pyle’s school of art in Wilmington, Delaware. Two years later, Koerner joined the Artist’s colony Naaman’s-on-Delaware near Claymont, Delaware.
The 1910 census recorded Koerner and Lillian in New Castle County, Delaware on Philadelphia Pike. In the household were Koerner’s three magazine artist partners and former Pyle students: Herbert Moore, Percy Van Emen Ivory and Edwin R. Shrader. (A copy of the October 1, 1909 agreement “to rent between Herbert Moore, E. Roscoe Shrader, Koerner, and P.V.E. Ivory, as renters, and C.W. Robinson, as agent” is in the W.H.D. Koerner Studio Collection.)
In 1911, Koerner moved to Wilmington, where his daughter, Ruth, and son, William III, were born. Schoonover Studios Ltd. said “The Koerners’ next move was to 1502 Van Buren Street in Wilmington, and Koerner rented a studio at 1008 Franklin Street next to Anton O. Fischer, for several years, before using the studio adjacent to Frank Schoonover’s at 1616 Rodney.” Koerner continued contributing to magazines and books.
Interlaken, New Jersey was Koerner’s home in 1917. The address on his World War I draft card was 86 Grasmere Avenue. The description said Koerner was tall, medium build with blue eyes and gray hair.Koerner has not yet been found in the 1920 census. Something About the Author said Koerner made the first of several trips to the West beginning May 1924. The National Museum of American Illustration said “From 1922 onwards, Koerner illustrated more than 250 stories with Western themes and painted over 600 pictures for periodicals.”
In the 1930 census, Koerner remained in Interlaken but at a new address, 209 Grasmere Avenue. Something About the Author said Koerner suffered from arthritis. According to Schoonover Studios, “Koerner spent the last three years of his life as a bedridden invalid, unable to paint.” Koerner passed away August 11, 1938, at his home in Interlaken. Several newspapers published the Associated Press obituary stating, incorrectly, that Koerner was born in Clinton, Iowa.
—Alex Jay
Koerner has not yet been found in the 1900 U.S. Federal Census. Something About the Author said Koerner studied at the Chicago Art Institute in 1901. The following year he was assistant art editor at the Tribune.
American Newspaper Comics (2012) said Koerner produced two comic strips for the Tribune. Heard Among the Girls ran from February 2 and March 2, 1902. Considered to be the first super-hero, Hugo Hercules began September 7, 1902 and ended January 11, 1903.
At Ancestry.com, the Michigan Marriage Records recorded Koerner’s marriage to Lillian M. Lusk on June 24, 1903 in Battle Creek, Michigan. In the Saturday Evening Post, August 22, 1925, Koerner explained what happened.
“…Went to art school one morning to study art; saw a girl instead of the model, drew the girl, stopped studying art to study the girl, drew a proposal. She accepted and my ‘model’ sweetheart became my ‘model’ wife…”In the W.H.D. Koerner Studio Collection, 1884–1938, at the Harold McCracken Research Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is Koerner’s wedding announcement and one envelope with the notation: “Stayed at Palmer House Chicago—June 24, 1903; June 25, took train for Clinton, Iowa to spend honeymoon at Mother Koerners.”
In 1903 Koerner was the art editor of the home magazine, Pilgrim. He illustrations appeared on the covers and the interiors. Koerner resigned in December 1904. In October 1905, Koerner moved to New York City and enrolled in the Art Students League. His freelance work included advertising art for Grape-Nuts, Postum and Post Toasties.
Art Digest said “Koerner completed his training with George Bridgman at the Art Students League….” Something About the Author said Koerner was accepted, in Fall 1907, at Howard Pyle’s school of art in Wilmington, Delaware. Two years later, Koerner joined the Artist’s colony Naaman’s-on-Delaware near Claymont, Delaware.
The 1910 census recorded Koerner and Lillian in New Castle County, Delaware on Philadelphia Pike. In the household were Koerner’s three magazine artist partners and former Pyle students: Herbert Moore, Percy Van Emen Ivory and Edwin R. Shrader. (A copy of the October 1, 1909 agreement “to rent between Herbert Moore, E. Roscoe Shrader, Koerner, and P.V.E. Ivory, as renters, and C.W. Robinson, as agent” is in the W.H.D. Koerner Studio Collection.)
In 1911, Koerner moved to Wilmington, where his daughter, Ruth, and son, William III, were born. Schoonover Studios Ltd. said “The Koerners’ next move was to 1502 Van Buren Street in Wilmington, and Koerner rented a studio at 1008 Franklin Street next to Anton O. Fischer, for several years, before using the studio adjacent to Frank Schoonover’s at 1616 Rodney.” Koerner continued contributing to magazines and books.
Interlaken, New Jersey was Koerner’s home in 1917. The address on his World War I draft card was 86 Grasmere Avenue. The description said Koerner was tall, medium build with blue eyes and gray hair.Koerner has not yet been found in the 1920 census. Something About the Author said Koerner made the first of several trips to the West beginning May 1924. The National Museum of American Illustration said “From 1922 onwards, Koerner illustrated more than 250 stories with Western themes and painted over 600 pictures for periodicals.”
In the 1930 census, Koerner remained in Interlaken but at a new address, 209 Grasmere Avenue. Something About the Author said Koerner suffered from arthritis. According to Schoonover Studios, “Koerner spent the last three years of his life as a bedridden invalid, unable to paint.” Koerner passed away August 11, 1938, at his home in Interlaken. Several newspapers published the Associated Press obituary stating, incorrectly, that Koerner was born in Clinton, Iowa.
—Alex Jay
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BOOKS WITH KOERNER ILLUSTRATIONS
Judith of the Plains by Marie Manning
Harper, 1903
The Girl and the Deal by Karl Edwin Harriman
George W. Jackobs & Company, 1905
Jingles of a Jester by Charles Trumbull Grilley
Pearson Brothers, 1907
The Lackawannas at Moosehead or the Young Leather Stockings by George Selwyn Kimball
Ball Publishing Company, 1907
Keeping Up with Lizzie by Irving Bacheller
Harper & Brothers, 1911
The Voice by Margaret Deland
Harper & Brothers, 1912
Mrs. Red Pepper by Grace S. Richmond
Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913
The Way Home by Basil King
Harper and Brothers, 1913
The Last Christian by George Kibbe Turner
Hearst’s International Library Co., 1914
Around Old Chester by Margaret Deland
Harper, 1915
between pages 120 and 121
between pages 156 and 157
Gerald Delacey’s Daughter by Anna Theresa Sadlier
Kennedy & Co., 1916
BOOKS WITH KOERNER ILLUSTRATIONS
Judith of the Plains by Marie Manning
Harper, 1903
The Girl and the Deal by Karl Edwin Harriman
George W. Jackobs & Company, 1905
Jingles of a Jester by Charles Trumbull Grilley
Pearson Brothers, 1907
The Lackawannas at Moosehead or the Young Leather Stockings by George Selwyn Kimball
Ball Publishing Company, 1907
Keeping Up with Lizzie by Irving Bacheller
Harper & Brothers, 1911
The Voice by Margaret Deland
Harper & Brothers, 1912
Mrs. Red Pepper by Grace S. Richmond
Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913
The Way Home by Basil King
Harper and Brothers, 1913
The Last Christian by George Kibbe Turner
Hearst’s International Library Co., 1914
Around Old Chester by Margaret Deland
Harper, 1915
between pages 120 and 121
between pages 156 and 157
Gerald Delacey’s Daughter by Anna Theresa Sadlier
Kennedy & Co., 1916
The Leopard Woman by Stewart Edward White
Doubleday, Page & Company, 1916
A King in Babylon by Burton E. Stevenson
Small, Maynard & Company, 1917
The Luck of the Irish by Harold MacGrath
Harper, 1917
The Peace of Roaring River by George Van Schaick
Small Maynard & Co., 1918
Stories of Today by William Patten
P. F. Collier & Son, 1918
Boston Blackie by Jack Boyle
H. K. Fly Co., 1919
The Desert of Wheat by Zane Grey
Harper & Brothers, 1919
White Man by George Agnew Chamberlain
Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1919
Meet Mr. Stegg by Kennett Harris
Holt, 1920
The Moreton Mystery by Elizabeth Dejeans
Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1920
The Ramblin’ Kid by Earl Wayland Bowman
Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1920
The Pagan Madonna by Harold MacGrath
Doubleday, 1921
Stepsons of Light by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Houghton, 1921
The Canyon of the Fools by Richard Matthews Hallett
Harper, 1922
The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough
D. Appleton & Co., 1922
Flowing Gold by Rex Beach
Harper, 1922
The Prairie Child by Arthur Stringer
Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1922
North of 36 by Emerson Hough
D. Appleton and Company, 1923
Tumbleweeds by Hal G. Evarts
Little, Brown, and Company, 1923
The Proud Old Name by C. E. Scoggins
Bobbs-Merrill, 1925
The Ship of Souls by Emerson Hough
D. Appleton & Co., 1925
Wild Geese by Martha Ostenso
Dodd, 1925
The Chinese Parrot by Earl Derr Biggers
Bobbs-Merrill, 1926
The Silver Forest by Ben Ames Williams
Dutton, 1926
The Painted Stallion by Hal G. Evarts
Little, Brown, 1926
The Number One Boy by John Taintor Foote
D. Appleton & Co., 1926
Lost Ecstasy by Mary Roberts Rinehart
George H. Doran Co., 1927
The Life of Colonel David Crockett, An Autobiography by D. Crockett
A.L. Burt & Co., 1928
For Brigade by Hal G. Evarts
Little, Brown, 1928
Tomahawk Rights by Hal G. Evarts
Little, Brown, 1929
A Lady Quite Lost by Arthur Stringer
Bobbs-Merrill, 1931
Sunset Pass by Zane Grey
Harper, 1931
Shortgrass by Hal G. Evarts
Little, Brown, 1932
The Drift Fence by Zane Grey
Harper, 1933
The Trusty Knaves by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Houghton, 1933
Ranchero by Stewart Edward White
Doubleday, 1933
Beyond the Desert by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Houghton, 1934
The Proud Sheriff by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Houghton, 1935
Pampa Joe by C. E. Scoggins
Appleton-Century, 1936
Doubleday, Page & Company, 1916
A King in Babylon by Burton E. Stevenson
Small, Maynard & Company, 1917
The Luck of the Irish by Harold MacGrath
Harper, 1917
The Peace of Roaring River by George Van Schaick
Small Maynard & Co., 1918
Stories of Today by William Patten
P. F. Collier & Son, 1918
Boston Blackie by Jack Boyle
H. K. Fly Co., 1919
The Desert of Wheat by Zane Grey
Harper & Brothers, 1919
White Man by George Agnew Chamberlain
Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1919
Meet Mr. Stegg by Kennett Harris
Holt, 1920
The Moreton Mystery by Elizabeth Dejeans
Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1920
The Ramblin’ Kid by Earl Wayland Bowman
Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1920
The Pagan Madonna by Harold MacGrath
Doubleday, 1921
Stepsons of Light by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Houghton, 1921
The Canyon of the Fools by Richard Matthews Hallett
Harper, 1922
The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough
D. Appleton & Co., 1922
Flowing Gold by Rex Beach
Harper, 1922
The Prairie Child by Arthur Stringer
Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1922
North of 36 by Emerson Hough
D. Appleton and Company, 1923
Tumbleweeds by Hal G. Evarts
Little, Brown, and Company, 1923
The Proud Old Name by C. E. Scoggins
Bobbs-Merrill, 1925
The Ship of Souls by Emerson Hough
D. Appleton & Co., 1925
Wild Geese by Martha Ostenso
Dodd, 1925
The Chinese Parrot by Earl Derr Biggers
Bobbs-Merrill, 1926
The Silver Forest by Ben Ames Williams
Dutton, 1926
The Painted Stallion by Hal G. Evarts
Little, Brown, 1926
The Number One Boy by John Taintor Foote
D. Appleton & Co., 1926
Lost Ecstasy by Mary Roberts Rinehart
George H. Doran Co., 1927
The Life of Colonel David Crockett, An Autobiography by D. Crockett
A.L. Burt & Co., 1928
For Brigade by Hal G. Evarts
Little, Brown, 1928
Tomahawk Rights by Hal G. Evarts
Little, Brown, 1929
A Lady Quite Lost by Arthur Stringer
Bobbs-Merrill, 1931
Sunset Pass by Zane Grey
Harper, 1931
Shortgrass by Hal G. Evarts
Little, Brown, 1932
The Drift Fence by Zane Grey
Harper, 1933
The Trusty Knaves by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Houghton, 1933
Ranchero by Stewart Edward White
Doubleday, 1933
Beyond the Desert by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Houghton, 1934
The Proud Sheriff by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Houghton, 1935
Pampa Joe by C. E. Scoggins
Appleton-Century, 1936
MAGAZINES WITH KOERNER ILLUSTRATIONS
The FictionMags Index
The Pilgrim, August 1903
Cover
The Pilgrim, June 1904
Louisiana Purchase Exposition illustration by W.H.D. Koerner
The Pilgrim, July 1904
cover design of butterflies
The Pilgrim, September 1904
double page painting, The First Monday in September, 1850
The Pilgrim, December 1904
Two studies of childhood
The Pilgrim, February 1905
cover design
The Pilgrim, June 1905
The Girl and the Deal
The Home Magazine, October 1906
The Wire Cutters by Grace McGowan Cooke
Harper’s Magazine
October 1910
Keeping Up with Lizzie by Irving Bacheller
Harper’s Magazine, February 1911
The Chaperon by Alta Brunt Sembower
Harper’s Magazine, September 1911
Journey’s End by Emery Pottle
Popular Magazine, September 15, 1911
Cover: The Amateur Fisherman
Harper’s Weekly, July 13, 1912
The Red King by Jane Anderson
Harper’s Magazine, September 1912
The Balking of Christopher by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
The Times Dispatch
(Richmond, Virginia)
December 12, 1912
Like Another Wise Man by Leo Crane
Harper’s Magazine, February 1913
Memory Plays Us Tricks by William Gilmore Beymer
The Ladies’ Home Journal, February 1913
The Country Doctor by Grace S. Richmond
Harper’s Magazine, August 1913
On the Installment by Corra Harris
Harper’s Magazine, October 1913
Frontispiece and A Homespun Wizardry by Alice Brown
Harper’s Magazine, April 1914
The Confidential Doll Insurance Company by Vale Downie
Collier’s, May 2, 1914
The Lynching of the Night Marshal by C. Hilton-Turvey
Sunday Literary Magazine, May 1914
Wind in the Night by Charles G.D. Roberts
Sunday Literary Magazine, July 1914
The Other Wise Man by Leo Crane
The FictionMags Index
The Pilgrim, August 1903
Cover
The Pilgrim, June 1904
Louisiana Purchase Exposition illustration by W.H.D. Koerner
The Pilgrim, July 1904
cover design of butterflies
The Pilgrim, September 1904
double page painting, The First Monday in September, 1850
The Pilgrim, December 1904
Two studies of childhood
The Pilgrim, February 1905
cover design
The Pilgrim, June 1905
The Girl and the Deal
The Home Magazine, October 1906
The Wire Cutters by Grace McGowan Cooke
Harper’s Magazine
October 1910
Keeping Up with Lizzie by Irving Bacheller
Harper’s Magazine, February 1911
The Chaperon by Alta Brunt Sembower
Harper’s Magazine, September 1911
Journey’s End by Emery Pottle
Popular Magazine, September 15, 1911
Cover: The Amateur Fisherman
Harper’s Weekly, July 13, 1912
The Red King by Jane Anderson
Harper’s Magazine, September 1912
The Balking of Christopher by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
The Times Dispatch
(Richmond, Virginia)
December 12, 1912
Like Another Wise Man by Leo Crane
Harper’s Magazine, February 1913
Memory Plays Us Tricks by William Gilmore Beymer
The Ladies’ Home Journal, February 1913
The Country Doctor by Grace S. Richmond
Harper’s Magazine, August 1913
On the Installment by Corra Harris
Harper’s Magazine, October 1913
Frontispiece and A Homespun Wizardry by Alice Brown
Harper’s Magazine, April 1914
The Confidential Doll Insurance Company by Vale Downie
Collier’s, May 2, 1914
The Lynching of the Night Marshal by C. Hilton-Turvey
Sunday Literary Magazine, May 1914
Wind in the Night by Charles G.D. Roberts
Sunday Literary Magazine, July 1914
The Other Wise Man by Leo Crane
Scribner’s Magazine, October 1914
Pseudonymous by Gordon Hall Gerould
Harper’s Magazine, November 1914
A Homey Sacrifice by Harriet Prescott Spofford
The International Studio, December 1916
Landscape by W.H.D. Koerner
Good Housekeeping, January 1917
In a Strange Land by William Johnston
Good Housekeeping, March 1917
For Value Received by William Johnston
Harper’s Magazine, March 1917
The Smaller Craft by Mary Esther Mitchell
McClure’s, ? 1917
A King in Babylon by Burton E. Stevenson
McClure’s, May 1918
The Third Generation by Marie Manning
McClure’s, July 1918
Behind the Door by Gouverneur Morris
McClure’s, September 1918
To-morrow I Fly! by W.B. Trites
McClure’s, October 1918
Caught on a German Raider, Part I by F. G. Trayes
Harper’s Magazine, April 1918
Beloved Husband by Susan Glaspell
McClure’s, November 1918
Caught on a German Raider, Part II by F. G. Trayes
McClure’s, December 1918
Caught on a German Raider, Part III by F. G. Trayes
Woman’s Home Companion, January 1919
White Man by George Agnew Chamberlain
The American Magazine, August 1919
The Bag of Black Diamonds by Herman Howard Matteson
The Saturday Evening Post, August 30, 1919
Old King Baltimore by L.B. Yates
Harper’s Magazine, January 1920
Both Judge and Jury by Wilbur Daniel Steele
He saw the blacks starting down the savanna
A white man was bearing a black woman on his back
Cosmopolitan, April 1921
Priscilla Bags a big One by Royal Brown
The Saturday Evening Post, April 2, 1921
Wild Earth by Sophie Kerr
Cosmopolitan, October 1921
Friends of the Greyhound by R.G. Kirk
Harper’s Magazine, October 1921
The Halfway House by Mary Heaton Vorse
Your trail isn’t far from here. I’ll take you to it.
Pseudonymous by Gordon Hall Gerould
Harper’s Magazine, November 1914
A Homey Sacrifice by Harriet Prescott Spofford
The International Studio, December 1916
Landscape by W.H.D. Koerner
Good Housekeeping, January 1917
In a Strange Land by William Johnston
Good Housekeeping, March 1917
For Value Received by William Johnston
Harper’s Magazine, March 1917
The Smaller Craft by Mary Esther Mitchell
McClure’s, ? 1917
A King in Babylon by Burton E. Stevenson
McClure’s, May 1918
The Third Generation by Marie Manning
McClure’s, July 1918
Behind the Door by Gouverneur Morris
McClure’s, September 1918
To-morrow I Fly! by W.B. Trites
McClure’s, October 1918
Caught on a German Raider, Part I by F. G. Trayes
Harper’s Magazine, April 1918
Beloved Husband by Susan Glaspell
McClure’s, November 1918
Caught on a German Raider, Part II by F. G. Trayes
McClure’s, December 1918
Caught on a German Raider, Part III by F. G. Trayes
Woman’s Home Companion, January 1919
White Man by George Agnew Chamberlain
The American Magazine, August 1919
The Bag of Black Diamonds by Herman Howard Matteson
The Saturday Evening Post, August 30, 1919
Old King Baltimore by L.B. Yates
Harper’s Magazine, January 1920
Both Judge and Jury by Wilbur Daniel Steele
He saw the blacks starting down the savanna
A white man was bearing a black woman on his back
Cosmopolitan, April 1921
Priscilla Bags a big One by Royal Brown
The Saturday Evening Post, April 2, 1921
Wild Earth by Sophie Kerr
Cosmopolitan, October 1921
Friends of the Greyhound by R.G. Kirk
Harper’s Magazine, October 1921
The Halfway House by Mary Heaton Vorse
Your trail isn’t far from here. I’ll take you to it.
She handed the child to David, and her lips formed some word
Harper’s Magazine, September 1922
Out of the Air by Lee Foster Hartman
My fingers held to the mechanical round of the frantic message
Harper’s Magazine, November 1922
Frontispiece
Twilight of the God by Mary Heaton Vorse
Santos walked up the street in growing anger
The Saturday Evening Post, August 22, 1925
Who’s Who—and Why (photos and autobiographical sketch of W. H. D. Koerner)
The American Magazine, February 1927
The Heir at Law by Melville Davisson Post
The American Magazine, June 1927
The Leading Case by Melville Davisson Post
Harper’s Magazine, September 1922
Out of the Air by Lee Foster Hartman
My fingers held to the mechanical round of the frantic message
Harper’s Magazine, November 1922
Frontispiece
Twilight of the God by Mary Heaton Vorse
Santos walked up the street in growing anger
The Saturday Evening Post, August 22, 1925
Who’s Who—and Why (photos and autobiographical sketch of W. H. D. Koerner)
The American Magazine, February 1927
The Heir at Law by Melville Davisson Post
The American Magazine, June 1927
The Leading Case by Melville Davisson Post
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Comments:
Hey Alex,
William Henry David Koerner cartoon (cartoons?) appears in the 1905 book "A Gallery of Pen Sketches in Black and White of Our Michigan Friends 'As We See 'em'", published by the Newspaper Cartoonists' Association of Michigan.
Koerner's name does not show up at the beginning of the book listing some of the creators within (mostly those working for Detroit papers). But his work and signature does show up within. So that probably means he was working for a Michigan based newspaper circa 1904 or 1905. Based on his Battle Creek, Michigan marriage in 1903 and his move to New York in late 1905, I be willing to bet he worked for a Michigan newspaper, probably a Battle Creek one during that time period, which would explain his appearing in a book published by the Newspaper Cartoonists' Association of Michigan.
You can see the delightful book via the Library of Congress:
https://www.loc.gov/item/06005693/
You'll have to scroll a number of pages until you find his work.
my best
-Ray Bottorff Jr
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William Henry David Koerner cartoon (cartoons?) appears in the 1905 book "A Gallery of Pen Sketches in Black and White of Our Michigan Friends 'As We See 'em'", published by the Newspaper Cartoonists' Association of Michigan.
Koerner's name does not show up at the beginning of the book listing some of the creators within (mostly those working for Detroit papers). But his work and signature does show up within. So that probably means he was working for a Michigan based newspaper circa 1904 or 1905. Based on his Battle Creek, Michigan marriage in 1903 and his move to New York in late 1905, I be willing to bet he worked for a Michigan newspaper, probably a Battle Creek one during that time period, which would explain his appearing in a book published by the Newspaper Cartoonists' Association of Michigan.
You can see the delightful book via the Library of Congress:
https://www.loc.gov/item/06005693/
You'll have to scroll a number of pages until you find his work.
my best
-Ray Bottorff Jr
