Winsor McCay Cartoons, circa 1921

the Flying House and the Pet

Winsor McCay was astounding. His cartoons strips "Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend" and "Little Nemo in Slumberland" are masterpieces of imagination.

He virtually invented animated cartoons, and toured with across the country in a vaudeville show with his 1914 creation "Gertie the Dinosaur."