Bil Keane

...lphia native, Bil Keane, is the most widely syndicate cartoon panel in the world. Keane was a member of St. William Parish and attended Northeast Catholic High School. As a Catholic, Keane would often incorporate Catholic themes and settings revolving around a family with four small children. These cartoons reveal

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Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters

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Philly in Focus: Robert Halvey’s Photographic History of Catholic Philadelphia

...s, while attending Roman Catholic High School taking photos for the school newspaper. He served as a U.S. Army Photographer during World War II, for which he received the Legion of Merit, a military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the

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Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons

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