BRINGING UP FATHER AT HOME. 201/2x27 inches. Great Western, St. Louis. Condition B+: repaired tears through margins, some affecting image; restored losses in top right margin; light vertical and horizontal folds. George McManus' comic creation Bringing Up Father about an Irishman named Jiggs first appeared in 1913. The strip's success lead to the production of several theatrical shows. Here, a bedroom scene with a doctor carrying a brown medical bag and regarding his bedridden patient, who is wearing red pajamas. Beside the doctor, the patient's wife, in a blue and white striped dress, is tapping her foot with annoyance; against a yellow background; lettering in red.
