A leaflet titled “The Yellow Kid” with cover art by cartoonist Richard F. Outcault.

This leaflet features Outcault’s “yellow kid” character and advertises a new humor magazine published by Howard, Ainslee, & Co., billed as “the best humorous magazine in the world.”

Citation Information: “The Yellow kid,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/d7b66ae730ea268eeae416634381e1fb.

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Item 7 of 11 in the Primary Source Set Fake News in the 1890s: Yellow Journalism

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A leaflet titled “The Yellow Kid” with cover art by cartoonist Richard F. Outcault.

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Item 7 of 11 in the Primary Source Set Fake News in the 1890s: Yellow Journalism