Dora Paskel (1872 - 1953) was a real-life person from E. C. Segar's home town of Chester, Illinois who (like Frank "Rocky" Fiegel and J. William Schuchert) inspired a Thimble Theatre character. In this case, Olive Oyl. Ms. Paskel owned a general store in Chester.

Dora Paskel, an uncommonly tall, angular lady who ran a general store in town, who was the origin for Popeye's gal, Olive Oyl. She even donned a hair bun close to her neckline. The inspiration behind Elzie Segar's Olive Oyl character in the Popeye cartoon series.

Mar 3, 2023 · In Chester, the local grocery store was owned by a tall, thin woman who had a tendency to wear her hair in a loose, low bun. Her name was Dora Paskel, and it’s believed she was the inspiration for Olive Oyl.

Jan 18, 2004 · Popeye’s real-life alter ego, according to locals, was Frank Fiegel, a one-eyed, pipe-smoking man with a penchant for fistfights. Dora Paskel was unusually tall and thin and wore a bun at the...

Jan 18, 2004 · Popeye's real-life alter ego, residents say, was Frank Fiegel, a one-eyed pipe-smoking man with a penchant for fistfights. Dora Paskel was unusually tall and thin and wore a bun at the nape of...

Dec 11, 2024 · Dora Paskel, a towering and angular figure of her time, remains an intriguing historical character largely because of her association with one of pop culture’s most iconic cartoon figures— Olive Oyl from the Popeye series.

Jun 9, 2023 · Dora Paskel, the owner of a local general store, was unusually tall and thin, wearing her hair in a loose bun at the nape of her neck. J. William Schuchert was the local theater owner who had a voracious appetite for hamburgers.

Nov 27, 2021 · It's destiny that Dora Paskel who inspired the character of Olive Oyl is buried in Chester also. One of the neat things about Chester, Illinois is how it's embraced the history it shares with Popeye. If you visit the town, you'll see a small park with a Popeye theme.

Dora Paskel, an uncommonly tall, angular lady who ran a general store in town, who was the origin for Popeye's gal, Olive Oyl. She even donned a hair bun close to her neckline. She married Frank Paskel and they ran a general store on Pine Street in Chester.

Dora Paskel, an uncommonly tall, angular lady who ran a general store in Chester, Randolph Co., Illinois, was the origin for Popeye's gal, Olive Oyl. Wife of Frank Paskel 1864–1938

Olive was created by E. C. Segar and is said to have been inspired by real-life Chester, Illinois local Dora Paskel.

Mar 27, 2017 · Above, photos of the real-life Popeye (Frank “Rocky” Fiegel), Olive Oyl (Dora Paskel), and J. Wellington Wimpy (J. William Schuchert). No sign of Bluto or Eugene the Magical Jeep. Fiegel’s headstone now even has a pretty good Popeye etched into it .

Jan 24, 2004 · Dora — Paskel was unusually tall and thin and wore a bun at the nape of — her neck. And theater owner J. William Schu-chert so loved hamburgers — that he would send his...

She was modeled after Dora Paskel, a lean local storekeeper, who tended to a store located on the corner where the statue now stands. Swee’ Pea first appeared in 1933. There are a number of questions about who he is and from where he came. He is …

Feb 3, 2024 · Tall and thin Dora Paskel, a Chester, IL storeowner, is said to be the inspiration for Olive Oyl. While the Chester Opera House’s hamburger-loving manager, William Schuchert, supposedly inspired chubby, hamburger-loving J. Wellington Wimpy.

She is said to have been modelled after Chester resident Dora Paskel, a store owner who was apparently “unusually tall and thin and wore a bun at the nape of her neck.” Olive Oyl was actually a main character in the Thimble Theatre comic strip for nearly a decade before Popeye’s appearance, having first debuted on December 19, 1919.

Feb 1, 2022 · He was the actual inspiration behind the popular sailor character. But it wasn’t only him who was the source of a character’s images as Dora Paskel, a local general store owner, was where Olive...

Jan 20, 2004 · Dora Paskel was unusually tall and thin and wore a bun at the nape of her neck. And theater owner J. William Schuchert so loved hamburgers that he would send his...

Mar 21, 2024 · Olive Oyl, with her lanky frame and quirky hairstyle, could easily be mistaken for the local store owner, Dora Paskel. Her charm was said to be as eccentric as Popeye’s Oyl. It’s like Segar plucked Olive straight out of Chester and dropped her into the pages of his comic strip!

Dec 19, 2019 · Having taken inspiration from characters in his own hometown of Chester, Illinois, it was reputed in a 2004 New York Times article that the real-life inspiration for Olive Oyl was one Dora Paskel, who “looked like the character she inspired, but was otherwise unlike the daffy and devoted Olive Oyl. Children watched her long, shadowy figure ...