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[[File:Weatherbird3.jpg|thumb|308px|Weatherbird]] |
[[File:Weatherbird3.jpg|thumb|308px|Weatherbird]] |
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| − | This is a wiki all about the Weatherbird who is the oldest daily running cartoon. He is |
+ | This is a wiki all about the [[Weatherbird]], who is the oldest daily running cartoon. He is 114 years old and was created on February 11, 1901 by Harry B. Martin who was an artist for the Post-Dispatch, and he was originally named "Little Dickey Bird." Since then Weatherbird has been drawn by six different people: |
| + | #[[Harry B. Martin]] |
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| + | #[[Oscar Chopin]] |
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| + | #[[S. Charlisle Martin]] |
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| + | #[[Amadee Wohlschlaeger]] |
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| + | #[[Albert Schweitzer]] |
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| + | #[[Dan Martin]] |
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| + | Since Februry 1901 he has appeared in every edition of the [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] providing weather information and current news stories. Weatherbird currently resides in St. Louis on the St. Louis Newspaper, the ''Post-Dispatch.'' |
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| − | ==Latest activity== |
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| + | {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="article-table article-table-selected" style="float: right; width: 500px; height: 500px;" |
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| + | |+Poll |
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| + | ! scope="col"|''<poll>Which Cartoonist's Weatherbird style is your favorite? |
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| + | Harry B. Martin |
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| + | Oscar Chopin |
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| + | S. Charlisle Martin |
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| + | Amadee Wohlschlaeger |
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| + | Albert Schweitzer |
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| + | Dan Martin |
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| + | </poll>'' |
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| + | |} |
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| + | ==External Links== |
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| + | *[http://www.stltoday.com/news/multimedia/birds-nest/ Weatherbird's Birdnest Blog] |
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| + | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyb_wr40pog Weatherbird Rag] |
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| + | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WivriULsVF8 Dan Martin Draws Weatherbird] |
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Latest revision as of 19:53, 3 April 2014
Welcome to the Weatherbird Wiki[]
Weatherbird
This is a wiki all about the Weatherbird, who is the oldest daily running cartoon. He is 114 years old and was created on February 11, 1901 by Harry B. Martin who was an artist for the Post-Dispatch, and he was originally named "Little Dickey Bird." Since then Weatherbird has been drawn by six different people:
Since Februry 1901 he has appeared in every edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch providing weather information and current news stories. Weatherbird currently resides in St. Louis on the St. Louis Newspaper, the Post-Dispatch.