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Description: | Frank O. King paints his character "Uncle Walt" onto a rowboat. The boy in the background on a pier is King's grand-nephew David Witt Nye. |
Date: | 1965 |
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Description: | Frank King's cartoon character "Uncle Walt." This particular work was drawn for King's niece, Carole. The cartoon says, "Hi Carole come see me sometime." |
Date: | 1941 |
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Description: | Four cartoon characters drive a car towards Lawrence University. King made this cartoon for his niece Carole, who attended Lawrence College from 1941-1945. |
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Description: | A watercolor and pen drawing on an envelope from Frank and Delia King to their brother-in-law, Irwin Raymond Witthuhn, who was serving in France during Wor... |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | A book illustration featuring a young girl sitting on a flying book which flies over a picturesque landscape. The text reads, "Carol Witthuhn her book." Th... |
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Description: | Sketches by Frank King of his Gasoline Alley characters. The characters are, from left to right: Carole, Skeezix, Spud, Trixie, Gooth, and Clarence. |
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Description: | A political cartoon, presumably regarding the milk strike. Features characters who are confused about the rising cost of milk. |
Date: | 1943 |
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Description: | A pen and watercolor drawing of "Skeezix," a character from King's Gasoline Alley. The cartoon was drawn for King's niece, Carole, and reads, "Good ... |
Date: | 04 19 1950 |
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Description: | Three of the models participating in the Jaycettes' fashion show admire a large-sized cartoon that will be used in the show, inspired by State Journal cart... |
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Description: | Large group of Harold Gauer's friends. In the front row from left to right are Bob Vail, Marion Bloch, Mary Jo Vonier, Angie Vail, an unidentified woman, a... |
Date: | 1896 |
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Description: | Illustration from the Freethinkers Pictorial Text Book of a woman climbing a steep, rocky slope to a sign that reads "Come Up Higher / The Free Thou... |
Date: | 08 13 1961 |
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Description: | A pasture along Highway 60 on a foggy morning. In the middle of the pasture near a fence is a sign for "WIS 60" underneath a caricatured Native American fi... |
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Description: | Amusing montage of photography and artwork showing Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer hanging from a tree. Done for "The History." |
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Description: | Clapboard one-room schoolhouse with bell tower. There is also a shed, outhouse, and a small field with a fence on the school grounds. Two children pose on ... |
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Description: | A cartoon depicting an African American family hovering beneath a Ku Klux Klansman (KKK) and a white supremacist in the Reconstruction South. There is a sk... |
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Description: | A cartoon depicting a kneeling man with a rope around his neck, held by one of a group of demonic-looking Ku Klux Klansmen (KKK), entitled "Plan of the Con... |
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Description: | August Derleth posed with part of his comic collection. The image is from a tinted photograph by Carmie Thompson. |
Date: | 1953 |
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Description: | Original wedding cartoon presented to Wisconsin writer August Derleth on the occasion of his marriage to Sandra Winters by cartoonist Clare V. "Dwig" Dwigg... |
Date: | 1948 |
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Description: | Cartoon drawn by Clare V. "Dwig" Dwiggins depicting himself and August Derleth. |
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Description: | Cartoon drawn by Clare V. "Dwig" Dwiggins depicting a youthful August Derleth walking by a graveyard that is haunted by ghosts and spirits. Derleth was fo... |
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