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Origins of American Animation includes 21 animated films
(and two film fragments) which span the years 1900 to 1921. The
films include clay, puppet, and cut-out animation, as well as pen
drawings. They show how early animated films were connected with
newspaper comic strips such as Keeping Up With the Joneses,
Krazy Kat and The Katzenjammer Kids. The collection
shows the development of animation and reflects the attitudes of
early twentieth-century America.
These online exhibits provide context and additional
information about this collection.
Notes on
the Origins of American Animation, 1900-1921
These historical era(s) are best represented
in the collection, although they may not be all-encompassing.
Emergence of Modern America, 1890-1930
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Alexander
Graham Bell Papers, 1862-1939
American Treasures
of the Library of Congress
American
Variety Stage, 1870-1920
Inventing
Entertainment: The Edison Companies
Recommended additional sources of information.
Read More About It! - A bibliography
Selected
Bibliography
Specific guidance for searching this collection.
Search
for animated films using the keyword search, or by selecting from
the Subject
Index, Alphabetical
Title List or Chronological
Title List. For help with search words, go to the Synonym
List.
For help with search strategies, see Finding
Items in American Memory.
A special viewer is required to see the animated films in this collection.
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