In tens of thousands of drawings published in newspapers during his lifetime, Herb Block offered trenchant graphic commentary on virtually every notable incident and public figure from the Depression forward. daily newspaper was in 1929, shortly before the stock market crash, and his last published cartoon was August 26, 2001. His first published political cartoon for a major U.S. The collection of cartoons represent Herblock's 72 year career. They also include approximately 14,000 original drawings for his celebrated cartoons as well as several thousand additional preparatory sketches that he used to conceptualize his finished pieces. Block, better known to the world as "Herblock." The archives include voluminous files of records, correspondence, clippings, and photographs related to Herb Block's unparalleled tenure as America's foremost political cartoonist. The Herb Block Foundation donated to the Library of Congress the entire personal archives of editorial cartoonist Herbert L. The Herb Block Foundation maintains copyright of all Herblock cartoons but the Library of Congress provides comprehensive conservation treatment and unprecedented access to Herblock's life's work. Herb Block's original drawings were his life and his legacy.
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