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Buster Keaton from Movie Drawings strip cards (W538). Ten cards in set. Numbered. Low-quality paper. “Crude” color cartoon drawings made from photos. Thin black rectangular line around image. White border. Dotted "cut" lines between individual cards. Bottom border includes star’s name, "nickname" and studio affiliation. Cards include ©U.&U (Underwood & Underwood). Blank back.
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Title: Buster Keaton from Movie Drawings strip cards (W538)
Date: ca. 1920–30
Medium: Commercial color photolithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (5.7 × 3.5 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
Accession Number: 63.350.535.538.8
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