WDR at Tranquillini Inc., a Cleveland Studio in 1931

     My father confirmed with his mother Glenora (Wally's wife) that the following illustrations were made by Wally while he was working for Tranquillini Inc. in Cleveland.  


   
     As you can see in the illustration above, Tranquillini had branches in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Saint Louis and New York.  It is at this studio that Walter met his lifelong friend and colleague, Stevan Dohanos.  


   
     When Walter Richards produced this drawing (or possibly a woodblock carving/linocut) for Energine, he was 24 years old and the Great Depression was in full swing.  He married Glenora Case a few months earlier on June 20, 1931.

An illustration WDR made for Greyhound while at Tranquillini Studios.