Bush. Sarah duke spoke to us about his influence and legacy. He began working career in 1929 six months before the Great Depression. There was a moderate conservative in his start and he was radicalized, not like left left, but it pushed him further toward the center by the Great Depression and the injustice of world war ii. In 1933 he join the new the scripts Howard Company Newspaper Enterprise Association which was situated in cleveland, ohio. In 1946 right after the Second World War he joined the Washington Post where he spent the rest of his career and he died about six weeks after his last cartoon appeared in the Washington Post has last cartoon appeared on august 26th 2001. He died a week shy of his 92nd birthday in october. The library of congress has the her block collection. We have about 14,460 of his editorial cartoons he did give away cartoons to friends. We have the majority of his output. You that see how his career has evolved, his opinions have changed. It gives a sense
To us about his influence and legacy and showed us many of his exhibits in the herblock gallery. Herb block was a midwestern born cartoonist. He began his career in 1929, six months before the Great Depression. He was a moderate conservative in his start. And he was radicalized, not leftleft, put pushed him further towards the center but a Great Depression and then the injustice of world war ii. In 1933, he joined the Scripps Howard company, the Newspaper Enterprise Association which was situated in cleveland, ohio. And then 1946, right after the second world war, he joining the Washington Post where he spent the rest of his career, and he died about six weeks after his last cartoon appeared in the Washington Post. His last cartoon appeared on august 26th, 2001. And he died just a week shy of his 92nd birthday in october. The library of congress has the herbblock collection. We had about 16,000 of his editorial cartoons, but we have nearly all of the work he produced for the Washington
8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 3. Each week, american artifacts taking viewers into archives, museums and historic sights around the country. The library of congress the largest collection of political cartoons of herbert block known as herblock. Herblocks career spanned 20 years. 72 yores. Years. The librarys sarah duke talked to us about his influence and legacy and showed us many of his exhibits in the herblock gallery. Herb block was a midwestern born cartoonist. He began his career in 1929, six months before the Great Depression. He was a moderate conservative in his start. And he was radicalized, not leftleft, put pushed him further towards the center but a Great Depression and then the injustice of world war ii. In 1933, he joined the Scripps Howard company, the Newspaper Enterprise Association which was situated in cleveland, ohio. And then 1946, right after the second world war, he joining the Washington Post where he spent the rest of his career, and he died about six weeks afte
They shot 25,000 feet of film about 5 1 2 hours. They returned to the United States in september of 1915 and in november released a 108minute feature film on the firing line with the german. The film received positive reviews and screened widely in the United States despite the fact that it presented a favorable view of the germans. Up next learn about how the once lost film was rediscovered by the library of congress and then watch the film with commentary by two scholars. This program is about two hours. I at the moment am retired but i used to work at the library of congress. And while i was here among the fascinating things i found buried in the vaults, and theres a lot of stuff buried in the vaults here, is this film, on the firing line with the germans. And i looked at it and thought it was a fascinating bit of lost American History including the high mark maybe of the german army especially on the Eastern Front in 1915 as well as other stuff because it reflects very interestingl
In september of 1915 and in november released a 108 minute feature film, on the firing line with the germans. The film received positive reviews and filmed widely in the United States despite the fact it presented a favorable view of the germans. Up next learn about how the once lost film was rediscovered and restored by the library of congress. And then watch the commentary film by two scholars who helped reablaen the jigsaw of fragments. This movie is about two hours. My name is corporate graham. I at the moment am retired but i used to work at the library of congress. And while i was here among the fascinating things i found buried in the vaults, and theres a lot of stuff buried in the vaults here, is this film, on the firing line with the germans. And i looked at it and thought it was a fascinating bit of lost American History including the high mark maybe of the german army especially on the Eastern Front in 1915 as well as other stuff because it reflects very interestingly whats