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Joe Prep. I'm off women from now on ... / by John Held, Jr. – Vintage Wall Art

Joe Prep. I'm off women from now on ... / by John Held, Jr. — historic drawing
Joe Prep. I'm off women from now on ... / by John Held, Jr.. Historic drawing from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of Joe Prep. I'm off women from now on ... / by John Held, Jr.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Joe Prep. I'm off women from now on ... / by John Held, Jr.

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Held's drawing centers on "Joe Prep," a stock figure of the young man fresh from preparatory school, and the caption's vow to give up women lands the joke about male bravado and heartbreak.

Medium1 drawing : India ink over graphite underdrawing.
Notesc1930.
SubjectsMen--Social life--1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,708 × 4,569 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-226080

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