Scrapbook of Comics
name: label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Graphic Arts
place: label: Place
content: England -- 1880-1900
topic: label: Topic
content: Wit and humor -- 1880-1900
label: Topic
content: Satire -- 1880-1900
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Graphic Arts
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content: Scrapbook of Comics
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection depicts cartoon jokes, accidents, and at times violent situations from various publications.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1889-1900
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Found in collection, Division of Graphic Arts (now Division of Work and Industry); original provenance undocumented. Transferred to Archives Center, February 1986.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0234
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Cartoons (humorous images)
label: Type
content: Comic books
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Jane Odom, 1986.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Cartoons (humorous images)
label: Genre/Form
content: Comic books -- 1890-1900
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Scrapbook of comics depicting practical jokes, accidents, and a number of amusing and sometimes violent real- life situations. Inscription inside the front cover: "To Darling Effie from Does"(?). These comics probably satirize events of the time. The cartoons were produced in publications such as "Fliegende Blatter," "Puck," "Judge," "Life," "Pictorial Weeklies," and the "Sydney Bulletin." Several of the comics refer to Surrey and the "London Express" and appear to be English in origin. A few others have, perhaps, German and French origins.