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Carol Hoffecker Delaware bookplate collection, 1891, circa 1920-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: 77 item
Abstract:: The Carol Hoffecker Delaware bookplate collection comprises 76 bookplates belonging to prominent early twentieth-century Delawareans and regional organizations. Individuals represented include statesmen, businessmen, and members of distinguished families, such as the du Pont and Warner families.

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Wilmington, Delaware : silk screen map on linen handkerchief, circa 1944-1960 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 item
Abstract:: American textile artist Tammis (Margaret Thomas) Keefe (1913-1960) designed this vintage fabric handkerchief depicting a map of Wilmington, Delaware, which was silk-screened by J. H. Kimball, Inc., New York.

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Gee Tee Maxwell political cartoons and caricatures, circa 2010

Extent:: 6 item
Abstract:: George T. (Gee Tee) Maxwell, a native of New Castle, Delaware (1889-1965), was a reporter, copy-writer, and cartoonist for various newspapers, including the Wilmington News Journal from 1920 to 1940. The collection contains five prints, made circa 2010s, of political cartoons and political caricatures originally created by Gee Tee Maxwell, and believed to date from the 1920s. The prints were made by Lead Graffiti, a Newark, Delaware, letterpress lab. Also included is a photocopy of an additional cartoon by Maxwell, dated to 1941.

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Walter E. Holt, Jr., photographs of the Frear family and letter from J. Allen Frear, Jr., circa 1951-1957 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 item
Abstract:: The Walter E. Holt, Jr., photographs of the Frear family and letter from J. Allen, Frear, Jr. contains seven photographic portraits taken between 1954 and 1957 by Walter E. Holt, Jr. of Delaware Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr., his wife, Esther Frear, their son Fred, and their daughter Clara. Also included is a letter from Senator Frear to Walter Holt, believed to be the photographer's father.

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S.B. Woo for Lieutenant Governor campaign poster, 1984

Extent:: 1 item
Abstract:: S. B. Woo, a Chinese-American physics professor and politician, ran for lieutenant governor of Delaware in 1984, winning the election. This item is a campaign poster from that campaign.

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Philip Kappel copper plate, 1929 november 21 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 item
Abstract:: Includes one framed copper printing plate etched by American painter, illustrator, and etcher Philip Kappel in 1929.

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Father Prout : drawing, 1847 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 item
Abstract:: Drawing by William Makepeace Thackeray of Francis Mahony (also known as "Father Prout") at "The Haunt" in 1847. Presented to the Yorick Club, Melbourne, Vic.

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Death of a City / Kurt Vonnegut : original collage, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 item
Abstract:: Includes one original collage, titled "Death of a City / Kurt Vonnegut."

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Happy Birthday Jonathan : original drawing, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 item
Abstract:: Includes one original drawing by American painter, illustrator, and author Joe Brainard (1942-1994).

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George Cruikshank hand-colored etchings, 1813 october 20 and 1818 september 12 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 item
Abstract:: This collection comprises two original hand-colored etchings by British caricaturist George Cruikshank, the companion pieces A Nice Lady or an Incomparable!!!! (1813) and An Exquisite Dandy-Prodigious!!! A Nice Gentleman (1818). Both etchings were published by S. W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly.

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