George Mann Shellhase collection, 1917-1918

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

• Cards
• Letters

Description

Scope and Contents

Two letters (fragmanted) and four postcards, written to Ester Meyers [sic] and sent from France in 1917/1918 by future illustrator and cartoonist George Mann Shellhase. One letter and three postcards are illustrated; the fourth postcard is Shellhase's promotional card.

• Cards

• Letters

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History / Biographical Note

Content Description

Geroge Mann Shellhase (1895-1988), who went on to become a successful illustrator and cartoonist, wrote these letters and postcards while a soldier in France during World War I. The letters, written on Red Cross stationery, describe the conditions in France, and Shellhase illustrated them with scenes from the Red Cross hospital.

Shellhase was born in Philadelphia. He studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Art Students League in New York. His comic illustrations of American life appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, The New Yorker, and The New York Times from the 1940s through the 1960s.