[Comic Actors: A New Movable Toybook]

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Photographs of "Comic Actors: A New Movable Toybook" by Lothar Meggendorfer, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book has the title at the top in big black letters, the word "Actors" diagonal. Around the title is a thin red design around it. The illustration is on the bottom of the cover of a man with white hair playing a violin and wearing a red coat and white shirt, with a checkered floor under him and the publishing information on the bottom right. Image 2, "The Dancing Master" poem on the left page with the movable illustration the … continued below

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4 photographs : col. ill. ; 5727 x 4160 px. 6240 x 4160 px.

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Gellner, Megan March 1, 2020.

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Photographs of "Comic Actors: A New Movable Toybook" by Lothar Meggendorfer, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book has the title at the top in big black letters, the word "Actors" diagonal. Around the title is a thin red design around it. The illustration is on the bottom of the cover of a man with white hair playing a violin and wearing a red coat and white shirt, with a checkered floor under him and the publishing information on the bottom right. Image 2, "The Dancing Master" poem on the left page with the movable illustration the right page of man with white hair playing a violin and wearing a red coat and white shirt, as well as long white socks and pointed black shoes on a checkered brown floor. Image 3, "The Lady Singer" poem on left page with a movable illustration on the right page of a doll-like woman in a bright blue dress with a white ruffled collar and a blue and white feathered hair accessory. She holds a guitar as she plays it, and sits on a green bench with the floor in front of her having a flower pattern. Image 4, "The Photographer" poem on left page with a movable illustration on the right of a man in a brown coat and striped blue pants, with a mustache and hair to his ears, standing in front of a light brown wooden camera covered by a cloth. In the background is a window with buildings seen through it.

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4 photographs : col. ill. ; 5727 x 4160 px. 6240 x 4160 px.

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This image was taken to document objects used in the exhibit "the Great Menagerie: The Wonderful World of Pop-up and Movable Books, 1811-1996" which was on display in the Rare Book Room of Willis Library from November 1997 to February 1998.

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  • Preferred Citation: University Photography Collection (U0458), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Drawn from the UNT Archives, these photographs depict images of University of North Texas football, UNT alumni and alumni events, and images of the changing and growing University of North Texas campus.

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These materials include a 1633 map, America Noviter Delineata; H. K. Yoakum's History of Texas, and Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852 by Randolph B. Marcy.

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Gellner, Megan. [Comic Actors: A New Movable Toybook], photograph, March 1, 2020; London. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703724/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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