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Origins of American Animation
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Krazy Kat goes a-wooing. 1916.

[Detail] Krazy Kat goes a-wooing. 1916.

Research Capabilities: Tony Sarg

People standing and sitting among puppets behind a marionette stage.

Backstage with Tony Sarg's Marionettes. From Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920.

A search on Tony Sarg in American Memory produces a backstage photograph of Tony Sarg's Marionettes and a program for the troupe's production of a play about "Christopher Columbus."

These materials can serve as a catalyst to research the biography of this talented puppeteer and animator in order to better under the development of his work represented in this collection in Tony Sarg's Almanac.

  • Why do you think that Sarg became involved in film-making?
  • How do you think that Sarg's work with marionettes influenced his animation style?
  • Did Sarg work in any other media?

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