Otto Soglow's Little King got his start in the pages of The New Yorker. The character was so popular he was taken into newspaper syndication in 1934, where he remained throughout Soglow's lifetime. The cartoonist also put his Little King to use in the more risqué venue of the Dutch Treat Club yearbooks, limited runs available only to men in the club and certainly not meant for the general public. Here are some rarely-seen examples from several different years.
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| Otto Soglow The Little King The Dutch Treat Club 1934 yearbook
Photo by Stephen Kroninger
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| Otto Soglow The Little King The Dutch Treat Club 1935 yearbook
Photo by Stephen Kroninger
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| Otto Soglow The Little King The Dutch Treat Club 1937 yearbook
Photo by Stephen Kroninger
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| Otto Soglow The Little King The Dutch Treat Club 1938 yearbook
Photo by Stephen Kroninger
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| Otto Soglow The Little King The Dutch Treat Club 1939 yearbook
Photo by Stephen Kroninger
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And one more I already included in Saturday's post. It's been censored, so I don't mind showing it twice:
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| Otto Soglow The Little King The Dutch Treat Club 1940 yearbook
Photo by Stephen Kroninger
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| The Dutch Treat Club yearbooks
Photo by Stephen Kroninger
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Note: Thanks again go to Stephen Kroninger for going into his library and taking these photos of the rarest Little King strips.
Otto Soglow produced a prodigious number of gags. Readers are encouraged to send in scans or photographs of his original art. Obscure publications like the Dutch Treat Club yearbooks keep a lot of his niche work hidden from view—the Dutch Treat books were never offered to the general public—but with your assistance I can put it out there for all to see.
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