Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995
1001 $aHarrington, Oliver W.$q(Oliver Wendell),$d1912-1995
National Academy of Design (U.S. : 1828-1997)
[Oliver W. Harrington, of New York City, artist correspondent, sketching Anti-aircraft Section Chief Sgt. Carl K. Hilton, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, who is with the Fifth Army in Italy]
Cartoon drawing filing series (Library of Congress)
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 'Blind' justice!
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "And why shouldn't they be encouraged to air out their old uniforms, Liebchen? After all, they're not communists!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "C'mon kid, help me get this closet door shut!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "Cant you see, old buddy? This way we deprive the reds of a great victory!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "Congratulations Jimmy Boy, we all won...again!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "Gentlemen, the United States deligate [sic] has just arrived!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "Here he comes again ... Just back from the moon I guess!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "Hey chief, you never tol' me you was a art lover"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "Huh, me too bub!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "I see no merit in conservation for conservation's sake" (millionaire oilman Walter Hickle [i.e., Hickel], now Secretary of the Interior)
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "I'll leave the door open a crack so you guys can creep right in behind me!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "Now when ah count ta three ah want'ch'all ta leap through that there hoop!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "Our blacks are the happiest blacks in Africa!" (Rhodesian prime minister Ian Smith)
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "Prowl car 39 thinks he has just seen a suspected Black Panther carryin' what he imagines could be a concealed lethal weapon!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "Sir, the ship just wont stay up with this bomb load an' people too, so...!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "So I told them Congress fellers, who the hell needs schools, colleges, hospitals and old age hand-outs when we got this!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "That damn rooster is buggin' me with his sick humor! Now he's up there callin' us cops!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "The beauty of our great two party system ... "
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "This dreary war may well prove to have been our finest hour!" (Richard Nixon--Saigon)
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "We must continue our humanitarian work"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "When I told the colonel about it he just grinned. Said I shouldn't be spreadin' Russian propaganda!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "Whut's wrong wit' you boy. Dontcha love yo' country?"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 "Yeah, but did you guys ever stop to realize if they let us go to their schools we're liable to wind up just as confused as those governors an' judges!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 [Capitalist and socialism]
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 [Jimmy's land]
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 [People's Party as a lifesaver]
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 [We support the president's call for a kinder and gentler America]
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 [Welcome to South Africa land of ease and sunshine]
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 [Wounded dove of peace]
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 A goal to work for
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 And behold, a star shone in the heavens
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Bootsie. "Brother Bootsie we really appreciate you droppin' in to wish us merry Chris'mus. But we got a few things to do right now, so drop by some other time...around the first of April for instance!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 C'mon Honey, you can keep warm over in our flat, at least 'till the Comp'ny comes to cut
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Chile!
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Clues
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. 'tween me an you, Brother Bootsie, I'm beginnin' to miss the good old days when t'was
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. "For 100 years, ev'body been attackin' the kindly Ol' Southland for lynchin' and blowin' up nigras. Now the cat's out'a the bag. It was the Fair Play Fo'h Cuba Committee that's been doin' it all the time"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. "Go ahead Mister Bootsie. Man, we're in the integrated school now an' we're learnin' all that stuff about the birds an' the bees!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. "Gran'ma, you reckon if Santa Claus comes to see us cullud chil'rens, that Faubus an' them white citizens' gonna throw 'm in jail or maybe dynamite 'im?"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. "I told him we was Cherokees an' he said we still cant go in because all blacks look alike!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. "I'm sick of hearin' Bootsie complainin' about how bad the white folks treats him. Hell, if I was white I'd treat him bad too!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. "My Daddy said they didn't seem to mind servin' him on the Anzio beach-head. But I guess they wasn't gettin' along so good with them Nazis then!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. "Now lead 'im nice an' gentle. Dont want 'im gettin' one'a them lynch complexes"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. "Now you be very, very careful driving through Mississippi because the cullud children might think you're one of those sheriffs carrying dynamite in that bag"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. "One of our folks is at bat an' all the white fans is standin' 'round the pitcher tellin' him how to strike 'im out!"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. "We don't mind you boys havin' a little fun with these black churches but it's gon give them Reds a chance to spread some lyin' propoganda"
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. [A man talking with a priest in an alley]
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. [An African-American man speaks into a microphone while a policeman puts a gun to his back]
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. [Man speaking behind a podium]
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. [Three African American children on rollerskates in a vacant lot]
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. All mah life ah been pattin' darkies on their haids fer good luck but now with all this civil
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. An' while you gent'muns was debatin' whether to give the niggras some civil rights they went an' did away with Santa Claus!
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Bootsie, you an' I both know that there aint no beasts like this on the 'merican continent
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Boy, if the white folks knew how much fun we have all by ourselves they would force us to integrate
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Brenckinridge dah'lin', how many times have ah reminded you that these young niggras
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Brother Bootsie it's awful to see you settin' there gigglin' while such horr'ble things happenin' to folks and their little children. What you're doin' is shameful...even if they aint cullud!
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Brother, fergit about him. Better start thinkin' about how you gon' explain this to them bad
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Come along Bertrand. Dont listen to that damn Mister Bootsie agitatin' about one little lynchin'. I got a good mind to report him to the FBI
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Dammit Bootsie, aint your natural ugliness upsettin' the children enough without all that
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Got bad news for ya Champ. The National Boxin' Commission say they got no grounds to
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Happy New Year Brother Bootsie. By the way, before I take care of one of my resolutions I would like to know if you're gon' do somethin' about your back rent?
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Hi Bootsie, did you read in the newspapers about a idiot who came in here an' asked me for somp'n that aint on the menu?
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Hit that nice white ball hard as you want to, Willy. You got the Civil Rights Law backin' ..
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. I don't know how you feel, Brother Crawford, but personally I'm findin' it increasingly
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Lovely honey, you're doin' just loveley [sic]. Now keep on pretendin' that they're Ku
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Maybe they're gittin' ready to invade Cuba agin...or maybe another Niggra stoodint is..
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Mister mayor, my attackers was most definately [sic] police officers but man, I aint about
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Now I aint so sure I wanna get educated
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Now why ain't the cullud man got rockets an' space ships an' mess like that flyin' around?
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Of course she's laughing at you. That's why I've been begging you to get rid of your old
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Oh, I'm just fixin' to have me some fun when some old Tom tries to play White
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Okay Hinry, but mind whut Mama said about gettin' too close to them white horses!
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Okay you hoodlums, go ahead an' laugh. But just wait 'till you git old enough to try to
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Pop, are these kids tellin' the truth? They say that it was against the law for cullud to be to be pirates?
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. So I jumps out behind Sister Dawkins growlin' an' snarlin'. Hell, she should'a realized it
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. So okay Bootsie, you say you bet on him because he's a brother. But now you refuse to pay me because I bet my money on a racist!
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. The teacher says that everyone can git to be president. Then how come the whole class
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. We got our own black scientists who can shoot a brother into orbit, like Bootsie here, who wouldn't be missed if they messed up
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Dark laughter. Well naturally I believe in non-violence but the cops dont seem to know that!
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Deadweight lifters!
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 End of term
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Europe Reaganized
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Fallout
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 General Blotchit, take your tanks and feint at Lynchville ..
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Hemispheric solidarity
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 I feel real sorry fer these po' white kids. After all they aint used to goin' hongry like us
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Junta all stars
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 News item: Rhodesian military authorities today confirmed reports of massive air strikes against "carefully targeted concentrations of guerillas" deep inside Mozambique's territory
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 News item: world finance centers and multinationals express unparalled enthusiasm over the smooth transition period between the Reagan Bush teams
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Okay, I know you kids is starvin' but dont'chu dare go eatin' nothin' you find up here 'till
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Socialist realism: Portrait of a mountain with 7000 warplanes
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 State of the union
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Sure I know whut I wanna be when I grow up but somebody said that if I'm a black kid
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Tapeworms!
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 The 'dark' continent
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 The Vietnamese people send ... a mayday message from Vietnam ["from Vietnam" is crossed out]
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 This week alone I had to outrun at least ten snarlin' cops. But baby, I really do not need
Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995 Wild profiteering
NUCMC data from Boston Univ. Lib. for Fax, E.C. Papers, 1912-1982
(Oliver Harrington; b. 1913; Black artist)
t.p. (Oliver W. Harrington) p. xi (Oliver Wendell Harrington; b. Feb. 14, 1912 in Valhalla, New York)
African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014:
(Harrington, Oliver W.; Oliver Wendell Harrington; cartoonist / comic strip creator; born 14 February 1912 in New York, New York, United States; attended the National Academy of Design school; joined the Harlem Newspaper Club; in 1933 submitted cartoons to the Amsterdam News; during the next two years attended art classes at New York University; joined the staff of the "News" (1935); bachelor of fine arts degree from Yale University (1940); art editor for a new Harlem newspaper the People's Voice; war correspondent for the Pittsburgh Courier in Italy and France, covered African American troops, including the Tuskegee Airmen(1943-19440; joined a number of political committees in support of the American Labor Party and Communists; arrested in violation of the Smith Act; art editor of Freedom (1950); taught art at the Jefferson School for Social Sciences (1950); FBI opened a file on on him which made him leave the United States for France (1952) and later settle in East Berlin; died 02 November 1995 in East Berlin, East Germany)