Robert Ripley (Cartoonist. Born, Santa Rosa, CA, Dec. 25, 1893; died, New York, NY, May 27, 1949.) The man who created the internationally-known “Believe It or Not,” Robert LeRoy Ripley came to New York as a sports cartoonist. Ripley started his career in San Francisco as the Bulletin’s sports cartoonist in 1909. In 1913, he […]
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