

His extensive papers are in the Manuscript To the Library of Congress in 2002 by the Herb Blockįoundation. Has also been published in celebration of the centennial [view A heavily illustrated biography, accompaniedīy images of each cartoon as it was printed in newspapers, Mounted a retrospective exhibition that opened in Select drawings created between 19 have also been digitized.Ĭelebrate the centennial of Herblock's birth, the Library Approximately 1,300ĭrawings represent his earlier work for the ChicagoĪll of the drawings donated to the Library of Congress by the Herb Block Foundation in 2002 are represented by online descriptions and, in the case of most drawings created 01, digital images. In the Library of Congress Prints & Photographsĭivision date from 1946 through 2001, when Herblock workedįor the Washington Post. The bulk of the 14,000 original ink and graphite drawings His long chronicle of major social and political eventsīegan to appear in newspapers in 1929, and he continued toĭocument domestic and international events for 72 years. Herblock, was one of the most influential politicalĬommentators and editorial cartoonists in American history.
