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Van Zelm

’

s Funnel

L. Franklin Van Zelm created the comic

strips

Rusty & Bob, The Potters, The

VanGnomes,

and

Farnsworth

. In addition,

he was a cartoonist for the

Christian

Science Monitor

for ten years. He also

did the illustrations for Ella H. Hay

‟

s

A

Child

’

s Life of Mary Baker Eddy

.

In 1922, the Larchmont Gazette (New York) published ten cartoons by Van Zelm

that featured local residents and businesses.

I have no idea what took place in 1928 that got Van Zelm an engraved silver

funnel with corkscrew.

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