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Posted on 2009 by MG
For those who think emoticons are an invention that arrived with the Internet (which is to say, almost everyone), take a look at this excerpt from a page from Puck, an American satirical newspaper from the late 1800s. The page dates back to March 30, 1881, and you can find it again thanks to Wikimedia.