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We, the undersigned, connected with the Army of the United States, feeling the necessity of some fafe-guard against the evil of Intemperance so prevalent among us, and believing that Total Abstinence alone will prove effectual, do adopt the following…
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This book is an example of an Angle Fold structure.
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Cabell First NovelistEighth Annual Award, 2009
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Educational pamphlet on the topic of venereal disease.
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Issued by the Federal Board for Vocational Education, Washington, D.C.; Series: Monograph ; no. 3.; Vocational Rehabilitation Series ; no. 3 "The great American Congress felt the pulse of the Nation. It has charged the Federal Board for Vocational…
UB 363_A2 1918 What the Employers of America can do for the Disabled Soldiers and Sailors crop rsz.jpg

A request for legal passage for African Americans out of the United States.TranscriptUnited States of AmericaDepartment of StateTo all to whom these presents shall come - Greeting - DescriptionStature 5 feet - 11 ½ InchesForehead OrdinaryEyes…
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Photo of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., meeting with Virginia State University administrators, faculty and students
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Nurse Cavell Memorial, St. Martin's Place, London - This beautiful and dignified statue stands in St. Martin's Place. It is a fitting memorial of Edith Cavell, who gave up her life for King and Country at Brussels, on 12th October, 1915.
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Two photographs of James Branch Cabell taken by Carl Van Vechten. 1935.
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Self-portrait by Carl Van Vechten. Van Vechten took several photographs of James Branch Cabell.
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With the four main characters sketched in black against a yellow field, bold pink lettering, and a single smoke trail of white, The cover of Paper Girls was made to be eye-catching. Yellow is the most reflective of all the colors, meaning that it is…
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While the paper choices talked about above are highly important to the final quality and appearance of the finished comic, this is not how the pages often begin. The printed version on the paper that we as readers handle is compiled from artists’…
Jack Tales, page 5, Charles Vess papers, M 374

This piece is an excellent example of dynamic composition. In this scene a group of people with clubs and torches startle the horses drawing a coach, and the coach begins to overturn. Each part of the image, from the buildings to the characters,…
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There are roughly eight different types of shading that are often used by artists, hatching, cross-hatching, contour-hatching, contour cross-hatching, diverse hatching, stippling, scribbling, and ink wash. This work is an amazing example of the…
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Note: "James Branch Cabell from Uncle Arthur, Xmas, '86."
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Cartoon image by Bill Nelson from the February 7, 1969 issue of the VCU student newspaper of the new VCU logo and the University's first president, Warren Brandt. Nelson graduated from VCU and went to an acclaimed career as artist and illustrator.
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