Harold H. Knerr original comic art

Harold Hering Knerr was the son of an emigrated German physician. He studied at a Philadelphia Art School and drew his first strip, 'Zoo-Illogical Snapshots', for Philadelphia's Public Ledger newspaper. In 1902 he was employed by the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he created kid strips like 'Scary William', 'Mr. George and his Wife' and 'The Fineheimer Twins', an imitation of the famous 'Katzenjammer Kids' by Rudolph Dirks.