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George Ade's first novel, Artie (1896), captured the character and lively vernacular speech of a young Loop office worker in a series of sketches first developed in Ade's feature column in the Chicago Record, "Stories of the Streets and of the Town."

Artist: John T. McCutcheon
Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-37085)

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