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Hand Blocked Colored Prints of the Gay 90's. [Boxed cocktail napkin set], c.1930s-1940s

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 14

Scope and Content

Eight cocktail napkins with printed illustrations, in the manner of Jazz Age cartoonist, John Held, Jr. Printed in red, blue, yellow, green, and pink, comic scenes are drawn in a mock-archaic style: carousers sing and drink; a man rides a velocipede, a cop drinks a beer, a drunk man leans on a wooden cigar statue.

Dates

  • c.1930s-1940s

Language

From the Collection:

The majority of the items in the collection are in English, but the collection does also include postcards in French, Russian, and German and wine labels in several languages. There is also a receipt in Spanish.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 1.59 Cubic Feet (6 boxes; 1 oversize folder)

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository

Contact:
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308