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DeVenney, Sam

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

DeVenney, Sam

 Collection — Box Photo D-6
Identifier: WHC-P-2349
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white copy prints of Comanche Indians at Cache Creek Mission near Apache, Oklahoma. The collection also includes photographs of a parade at Craterville Park, students at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, Creek stickball players and dancers, and studio portraits of Kiowa Indians. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: ca. 1910-1930

Poster Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-1235
Scope and Contents

FULL FINDING AID (PDF)

Posters, full color and black and white, published in the United States and Europe, regarding wild west shows, traveling medicine shows, vaudeville acts, theatrical events, political elections, and the U.S. military. Also included are government propaganda posters, published in the United States, France and Italy during the first and second World Wars, regarding materials conservation, patriotism, liberty loans, military recruitment and other prominent wartime themes.

Dates: 1884-1986