National Museum of American History
E.C. Segar's Popeye: American Culture Hero
March 1, 1983 – July 31, 1983
Examine Popeye in relation to other American popular culture heroes, including popular images of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Included are objects associated with Popeye and Olive Oyl, and comic strips by the originator of Popeye, E.C. Segar.
Items are on loan from the private collection of guest curator Alan Gowans.
Related publications: book by guest curator: A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics
