Political cartoons : papers of Bruce Shanks, 1970-1995.

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Political cartoons : papers of Bruce Shanks, 1970-1995.

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Collection of political cartoon artwork created/collected by cartoonist Bruce Shanks. Also includes drawings gifted to Shanks and his wife Louise by cartoonists Bill Crawford, Dan Dowling, Bruce Russell, and Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Werner. The collection consists of six drawing mechanicals of political cartoons, mainly created using pencil, ink, and gouache. One drawing is by Shanks. Others were gifted to Shanks and his wife Louise by cartoonists Bill Crawford, Dan Dowling, Bruce Russell, and Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Werner of the Indianapolis Star; these are inscribed and signed by each cartoonist. The collection also includes one reproduction print of a Shanks cartoon, "You're the boss- vote tomorrow!"

1.6 linear ft. (1 oversize box)

Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Central (downtown Buffalo)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7531564

Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Central (downtown Buffalo)

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Werner, Charles George, 1909-1997

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Chuck Werner was born March 23, 1909 in Marshfield WI. He attended special courses at Oklahoma University, Northwestern University, and the Art Institute of Chicago. He began his career for the Springfield news leader and press in 1930 as a staff artist, photographer, and reporter. He later went to work for the Daily Oklahoma (1936-1941), the Chicago sun (1941-47), and then the Indianapolis star. Werner received the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. He was also the recipient of the N...

Crawford, Bill, 1913-1982

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Russell, Bruce, 1903-1963

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Dowling, Dan, 1940-

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Shanks, Bruce

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Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist was born in 1908, and served for 23 years as political cartoonist for The Buffalo News. Born in Buffalo of Scottish descent, he received his schooling at School 38 and Lafayette High School. He credited the head of the Lafayette art department, Miss Elizabeth Weiffenbach, with encouraging him in sketching and starting him on what was to be his real career. He cut short his schooling in 1927 to take a job as a copy boy for the B...