"Now he needs a hitching post" [manuscript], 1930 March 26.

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"Now he needs a hitching post" [manuscript], 1930 March 26.

The cartoon depicts a Doctor Eckener coming to Virginia with a contract for the establishment of a Trans-Atlantic Zeppelin Line. It is inscribed to August A. Dietz by Seibel.

1 art originial; pen and ink; 50 x 35cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7925634

University of Virginia. Library

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Trans-Atlantic Zeppelin Line.

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Seibel, Fred O. (Fred Otto), 1886-1969

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Editorial cartoonist of Richmond Times-Dispatch. From the description of Cartoons drawn by Fred O. Seibel, 1952-1956. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31083931 Editorial page cartoonist for the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1926-1968. From the description of One world and two birds, 1947 November 26. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 123755754 From the description of Cartoons for the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1929-1952. (University of ...

Dietz, August, 1869-1963

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August Dietz, born in Germany in 1867, came to the United States in 1871 with his family and settled in Richmond, Virginia. In 1883, he took his first printing job and eventually took an apprenticeship at Andrews and Baptist of Richmond, considered "the art printers of the South." It was here that Dietz learned about printing and Confederate philtely, which Frank Baptist had been involved with during the Civil War. Dietz founded the Dietz Printing Company in 1900. He was a lifelong ...