A sheet of music and lyrics for “The Dugan Kid Who Lives in Hogan’s Alley,” or The Yellow Kid, from the New York World, ca. 1896.

This song tells the story of the four-year-old “yellow kid,” who became popular throughout New York through cartoons in the New York World and New York Journal. This “plain little chap” became a symbol of yellow journalism and competition between the two newspapers.

Citation Information
Friday, Will. H., Jr., Homer Tourjee, and Richard Felton Outcault, “The Dugan Kid who lives in Hogan's Alley,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/25f4f94122541e882ebfe796f6ce2339.
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Courtesy of The New York Public Library.

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