This drawing of a young boy was gifted to the present owner's grandfather, Floyd Jerome Patten ( b. 1888 - d. 1972 ) while he was an editor at Boy's Life magazine in 1914: "Mr. Patten, here is a practice character study I have just finished. The subject is a boy who lives on my block. I didn't do it for the magazine. I want to give it to you if you like it." Quoted in "Bouya" no. 501, a December 4th, 1968 column by "Paddlin Pat" (Floyd Jerome Patten), in a local Marshall Minnesota newspaper.
