Eight little cartoons, all but two of them signed "Swin". Central panel is 10¼x2¼, another 3½x3¾, the remainder about 2x2". Framed together, 16½x12½".

Swinnerton (1874-1974) got his first job in journalism in 1892 at Hearst's San Francisco Examiner. He created one of the nation's first cartoon strips, featured in the Examiner's children's section. The panel, first called the "California Bears", and then "The Little Bears". The popularity of Swinnerton's "bears" led to an ever growing list of assignments frequently putting Jimmy's art on the front pages of the paper. These drawings depict the bears in various activities: in the library, holding a lantern, drinking beer on a hot day, courting, etc.