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Frank King Painting a Character onto a Boat

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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.
Drawing

Book Cover Illustration

Date: 1930
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...
Print

Sketches of "Gasoline Alley" Characters

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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.
Print

Young America, North and South

Date: 1860
Description: Envelope compares a young man of the North, on the left, to a young man of the South, on the right. The young Northern man is working with an older man on ...
Print

Boys Playing Scott and Beauregard

Date: 1860
Description: An aunt, Mary, finds two boys, Johnny and Joe, fighting. One boy is an obvious loser. The text below reads: "Mary. Why, Johnny, what have you been doing?...
Photograph

Anniversary of the Loft Youth Center

Date: 02 14 1956
Description: Kay Kessenich and Kit Salter pose for a photo gallery shot during a 10th anniversary party of the Loft Youth Center.
Book or Pamphlet

"The Vandals of 1936" Cartoon

Date: 05 1936
Description: A political cartoon from Foreign Service magazine depicting four young men disrespecting and vandalizing the Tomb of the Unknown Solider. One of the...
Drawing

Carl's Cartoon of The Tub

Date: 1910
Description: A humorous drawing by Carl of himself and another of The Gang carrying the folding canoe known as The Tub. They are depicted walking on uneven terrain ,wit...
Photograph

Newsletter Photo Souvenir

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Description: Front page of the fake, humorous newsletter titled Dells Events. The front page includes a color picture of two girls (Katie and Jessica Trumble) po...

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