[Clipping: Articles from Pen and Ink Vol. 1 No. 6] (open access)

[Clipping: Articles from Pen and Ink Vol. 1 No. 6]

Selected pages from Vol. 1 No. 6 of Pen and Ink, a publication for students of the Charles Landon School for Drawing, including comics by students and for students, articles with drawing instruction, and announcements about student accomplishments.
Date: [1878..1937]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
At the Athletic Club (open access)

At the Athletic Club

Newspaper clipping of a political cartoon by Herbert Johnson depicting two men in the dressing room of an athletic club, getting dressed in clothes held together by safety pins and nails. The man on the left asks the other man, "Your Wife Doing Any Knitting For Soldiers?" The other man answers, "Yep!"
Date: [1900..]
Creator: Johnson, Herbert
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Miscellaneous Advertising and Political Comics]

Compilation of political and advertising cartoons, depicting caricatures of angels, African-Americans, and Nazis. The compilation also includes non-caricature sketches of men, women, automobiles, and a small, one-story house.
Date: [1901..1977]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Political and Relationships Comics]

A collection of political and social comics drawn in ink, with extra marks in pencil, including a drawing on the back of one of the illustrations
Date: [1901..1977]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

Drawings_by_Youthful_Royston_Crane

A collection of drawings, most likely originally appearing in a single tablet, done by a young Roy Crane.
Date: 1904/1915
Creator: Roy, Crane, Jr.
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Conqueror of the Chiefs Tablet with Drawings] (open access)

[Conqueror of the Chiefs Tablet with Drawings]

A red Conqueror of the Chiefs Tablet containing drawings and writings by Roy Crane, including map tracings and reproductions.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Leader Tablet with Drawings] (open access)

[The Leader Tablet with Drawings]

A Leader writing tablet with a maroon cardboard cover, containing drawings and writings by Roy Crane, including illustrations of buildings, houses, battles, ships, trains, and automobiles. There are a few school exercises among the illustrations.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Prize Beauties Writing Tablet with Drawings] (open access)

[Prize Beauties Writing Tablet with Drawings]

A colorful Prize Beauties Tablet, with pansy flowers on the cover, containing drawings and writings by Roy Crane, including illustrations of buildings, trolleys, ships, trains, and automobiles.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Red Chief Writing Tablet with Drawings] (open access)

[Red Chief Writing Tablet with Drawings]

A Red Chief writing tablet containing drawings and writings by Roy Crane, including illustrations of buildings, trolleys, ships, trains, and automobiles. There are several square pieces of paper missing from the pages.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Red Ruled School Tablet with Drawings] (open access)

[Red Ruled School Tablet with Drawings]

A Red Ruled school writing tablet with a decorative gold and red cardboard cover, containing drawings and writings by Roy Crane, including illustrations of buildings, trolleys, ships, trains, and automobiles.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blue Jay Journal of Art and Writing] (open access)

[Blue Jay Journal of Art and Writing]

A Blue Jay Thesis Tablet containing drawings and writings by Roy Crane, including a full-page watercolor painting of North America. Several of the pages are missing small squares of paper.
Date: 1911/1916
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Journal of Drawings]

Tablet with drawings of trains, maps, and ships and a few brief writings. The tablet has a picture of a small boy in a wooden barrel on the front.
Date: 1911
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Kingfisher Theme Tablet Cover with Illustrations]

The cardboard cover of a Kingfisher Theme Tablet, with small drawings of a small man, a kingfisher bird, and other small birds.
Date: [1911..1919]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Conqueror of the Chiefs Tablet with Drawings] (open access)

[Conqueror of the Chiefs Tablet with Drawings]

A red Conqueror of the Chiefs writing tablet containing drawings and writings by Roy Crane, including ships, trains, maps, and automobiles.
Date: 1912
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Drawing Lessons with Demonstrations] (open access)

[Drawing Lessons with Demonstrations]

Instructions for beginner cartoon artists, including written lessons and illustrated demonstrations of typography, techniques, and tips.
Date: 1914
Creator: Landon, Charles N. & Landon, Charles N.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Comic Anatomy with Criticisms]

Ink drawings of male figures, mostly naked or wearing loincloths, depicting action in the human form. There are handwritten notes in pencil around the drawings, with arrows pointing to different parts of each drawing.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Comics with Criticisms]

Cartoons drawn by Roy Crane, Jr., depicting a farm scene, a street scene, and a scene inside a small house, with notes and criticisms handwritten around the drawings.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Foreshortening and Exaggerating Action Comics with Criticism]

Cartoon drawings of people in action - some drawn by Roy Crane, Jr., and some drawn by Charles N. Landon - with notes and criticisms handwritten around the drawings.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles Landon to Roy Crane] (open access)

[Letter from Charles Landon to Roy Crane]

Letter from cartoonist Mr. Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr., returning caricatures Crane sent to him, along with his criticisms.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Landon, Charles N. & Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.] (open access)

[Letter from Charles Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.]

Letter from cartoonist Mr. Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr., returning comics Crane sent to him, with Landon's criticisms handwritten around and on the drawings.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Landon, Charles N. & Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane] (open access)

[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane]

Letter from cartoonist Mr. Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr., returning anatomy and action drawings Crane sent to him, along with his criticisms.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Landon, Charles N. & Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.] (open access)

[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.]

Letter from cartoonist Mr. Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr., returning caricatures of small comic scenes Crane sent to him, with his criticisms handwritten on and around the drawings.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Landon, Charles N. & Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.] (open access)

[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.]

Letter from cartoonist Mr. Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr., returning close-up drawings of facial expressions and profiles Crane sent to him, with his criticisms handwritten on and around the drawings.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Landon, Charles N. & Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.] (open access)

[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.]

Letter from cartoonist Mr. Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr., returning caricatures of several people Crane sent to him, with Landon's criticisms handwritten on and around the drawings.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Landon, Charles N. & Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History