Palmer Cox
Palmer Cox was a Canadian illustrator and author, best known for The Brownies, his series of humorous verse books and comic strips about the mischievous but kindhearted fairylike sprites. The cartoons were published in several books, such as The Brownies, Their Book . Due to the popularity of Coxs Brownies, one of the first popular handheld cameras was named after them, the Eastman Kodak Brownie camera.
He was born in Granby, Quebec, the son of Michael and Sarah Cox, and became a carpenter and car builder. He moved to San Francisco via Panama as a railroad contractor, and he lived in there from 1863 to 1875. In 1874, he began to formally study drawing and contribute illustrated stories to such publications as Golden Era and Alta California. After 1875, Cox lived in New York . During this time he regularly contributed editorial cartoons to Oscar Hammersteins United States Tobacco Journal.
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