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Postcards

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Birds and animals, 1899-1920

 File — Box 27: [Barcode: 31924064698891], Folder: 13-26, 28-30, 32-44, 46

“Keene Cards” collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070572650]
Identifier: 7876
Abstract

74 mostly hand produced postcards and greeting cards that William Keene Crockett called “Keene Cards. It appears Crockett produced small quantities of these cards to distribute to friends and family. A number are risqué and display aspects of gay culture from that time. Crockett used a myriad of print processes and some are mixed media.

Dates: 1940 - 1985

Lois Lane featuring the Witch of Metropolis, 1958

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: 31924092811565], Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Date of the original comic book is 1958. Postcard was printed in 2010.

Dates: 1958

Miscellaneous personal photographs

 File — Box 27: [Barcode: 31924064698891], Folder: 12, 47-55
Scope and Contents

Photographs of family, portraits, travel, animals, and artwork.

Dates: 1892 - 1954; Majority of material found within 1892 - 1927

Sexual morality, education, and censorship postcards and ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: 7931
Content Description

Postcards and ephemera that address issues of societal control of information and images about sexuality and gender, including pro-censorship and anti-censorship, and that may also offer opinions and information about gender, sexual health, and related morality.

Dates: 1914