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This collection includes original artwork on paper and board in addition to related published reproductions.

Scope and Contents John Held Jr. (1889-1958) was one of the best-known magazine illustrators of the 1920s. He chronicled the spirit of the Roaring Twenties, also known as the Jazz Age, with cheerful cartoons of flappers, fast cars, parties, and dancing. Held’s humorous work appeared in many U.S. magazines, including Judge, Life, Collier’s, and The New Yorker.  The materials in this collection range in date from 1929 to 1938, when Held was involved with and married to Gladys Moore Held, Miss New Orleans...