Historical Society of Pennsylvania cartoons and caricatures collection

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania cartoons and caricatures collection

1754-1975, undated; bulk 1860-1880

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania's cartoons and caricatures collection spans almost two hundred years of imagery mostly lampooning local, national, and international political issues. Comprising the collection are reproductions of eighteenth century cartoons, prints and clippings of nineteenth and twentieth century cartoons, and a number of original drawings of cartoons that appears in newspapers during the mid 1930s. The collection is particularly strong in Civil War cartoons from 1861 to 1862 and 1864 and cartoons from the 1868 presidential campaign.

3.6 Linear feet ; 12 boxes, 2 flat files

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 11620625

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