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Drawing

1963 D.C. Deering

Date: 1963
Description: Line drawing of an engineer driving a locomotive on railroad tracks. A sign on the engine car reads "1963" and on the side is: "D.C. Deering."
Drawing

S-Shaped Chair

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Description: Drawing of a man and woman sitting in a tall S-shaped chair with only their legs and feet visible. On the left is a woman wearing a dress and holding a boo...
Drawing

Scandal

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Description: Drawing of President Nixon kneeling on the ground and with his hand trying to plug a hole in the wall in an attempt to stop water gushing out of it. Above ...
Drawing

"This Isn't a Tunnel!"

Date: 1941
Description: Drawing of a railroad employee standing on a handcar on the tracks painting the surface of a "tunnel" with a brush. Another man is looking at him with a ha...
Drawing

"Now, Joe, Here Can Really Hold His Martinis"

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Description: Drawing of a man in a tavern talking to another man behind him on the left and saying: "Now, Joe, here can really hold his martinis." The man talking has h...
Drawing

"What I Need is a Good Retriever!"

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Description: Drawing of a man sitting on the fence pointing his finger, with the caption: "We got pointers and setters. — But what I need is a good retriever!" A dog is...
Drawing

The Great Rideless One!

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Description: Drawing of a disheveled fisherman with a cigar in his mouth holding up his thumb to hitchhike. He is holding a fish in one hand, and a fishing rod is resti...
Drawing

Atwood, Hernia & Fosmark Railroad

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Description: Line drawing of an engineer driving a whimsical locomotive along railroad tracks through a country scene, in which a bull is seen sitting on the grass and ...
Drawing

Sandals

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Description: Drawing of red-bearded leprechaun with a pipe in his mouth. He is holding up a curved bat (perhaps a shillelagh) in one hand and an oversized three-leafed ...
Drawing

Buy Now Sandal Sale

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Description: Drawing of a pinkish-red rabbit jumping out of a black top hat. It's black body is the outline of the sole of a left shoe. Pink eggs decorated with black s...
Drawing

"When St. Peter Sees Me Coming"

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Description: Drawing of an aged, smiling, bare-footed angel in a white robe and with a long beard and mustache, wings, and a halo above his head. He is lounging on a cl...
Drawing

Commercial Art for Cecil's Sandals

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Description: Drawing of an old man with a long beard and moustache holding a sand hourglass. On the left the caption reads: "Sandal styles are over 2000 years old, but ...
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Commercial Art for Cecil's Sandals

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Description: Drawing of a human face on the bottom of a sandal. On its body the caption reads: "Don't buy booze. Don't buy shoes. Buy Cecil's sandals." Printer's instru...
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"I'm a Lifeguard for Good Meats"

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Description: Advertising design for Nepco Meats, Co. showing a man in a sailor hat and overalls floating in a life buoy. Text on the right reads: "I'm a lifeguard for g...
Drawing

"Your Next Strike!"

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Description: Advertisement for Ole's men's clothing store. It shows a bowling pin with a smiling face and waving arms dressed in a bowling shirt with the embroidered na...
Poster

Schenks Atwood

Date: 1981
Description: Mock-up poster for the "Schenk's-Atwood Revitalization Association." At the top it reads: "Schenks Atwood" in red ink on a yellow background. Below that ar...
Drawing

Outdoor Lantern

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of a red metal lantern on a stone wall at The House on the Rock. A denuded tree is on the left, on the face of Deep Shelter Ro...
Drawing

Mill House Entrance

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of an exterior view of the Mill House, with stone work and wooden architectural roof framing. Cedars flank the entry, planted ...
Drawing

Black Sculptural Cask

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Description: Black ink drawing on tissue paper of a sculptural cask at The House on the Rock, similar to those made by Alex Jordan. The sculpture is sitting on a pedest...
Drawing

Red Sculptural Cask

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of a red sculptural cask at The House on the Rock, similar to those made by Alex Jordan. It is sitting on a pedestal center to...

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