Did you know that Oregon used to have an annual winter carnival, with competitive cross-country skiing, jumping, and a “winter court” complete with a crowning for a new Snow Queen each year? Held near Mt. Hood in Government Camp, OR, the carnival was short-lived but helped to establish the area as a popular destination for winter sports. This editorial cartoon by Howard Fisher illustrates the crowning of 1938’s Snow Queen, Margaret Griffith.
Howard Fisher, born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1890, started his career in Portland, Oregon at the Oregon Journal in 1919. By 1930 he was the paper’s official editorial cartoonist, a position he occupied until retirement in 1956. His original illustrations were in high demand from some of the biggest names in America, from J. Edgar Hoover to president Harry S. Truman, and he won top prize in a contest sponsored by the newspaper trade publication Editor & Publisher in 1935.
Howard Fisher’s work appears in the collections of the University of Washington, the Oregon Historical Society Research Library, and the Library of Congress.
SKU: 21V23203
Did you know that Oregon used to have an annual winter carnival, with competitive cross-country skiing, jumping, and a “winter court” complete with a crowning for a new Snow Queen each year? Held near Mt. Hood in Government Camp, OR, the carnival was short-lived but helped to establish the area as a popular destination for winter sports. This editorial cartoon by Howard Fisher illustrates the crowning of 1938’s Snow Queen, Margaret Griffith.
Howard Fisher, born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1890, started his career in Portland, Oregon at the Oregon Journal in 1919. By 1930 he was the paper’s official editorial cartoonist, a position he occupied until retirement in 1956. His original illustrations were in high demand from some of the biggest names in America, from J. Edgar Hoover to president Harry S. Truman, and he won top prize in a contest sponsored by the newspaper trade publication Editor & Publisher in 1935.
Howard Fisher’s work appears in the collections of the University of Washington, the Oregon Historical Society Research Library, and the Library of Congress.
SKU: 21V23203
DIMENSIONS
14.25” wide x .75” deep x 19.25” tall
ESTIMATED WEIGHT: 3 lbs
