Featured in this lot is an Original Signed John T. Nolf Pen and Ink Cartoon Collection, circa 1930s, framed. John Thomas Nolf (1871-1950) was a printer, illustrator, painter and cartoonist who started out in life as a "tramp printer", the original printing trade freelancers, traversing the country and sometimes even the world looking for printshop work. More often than not, tramp printers were union members, membership which guaranteed printers a job at any shop with a union contract, allowing them the freedom to travel as well as the stability that comes with employment. His experiences traversing the country working in various newspaper printshops was the basis of his character cartoon sketches of printers of the "old times" when printing was a "romance" not just a "trade." His cartoons were regularly found in the industry trade magazine, the "Inland Printer", one of the most influential magazines in America before the turn of the 19th century. Although primarily a journal for the trade, The Inland Printer displayed a powerful artistic imagination as it reported the printing industry’s coming of age. The magazine was the focal point of the first great period of American illustration, from 1890 to 1940, promoting the new ideas and! new technology that were influencing all the popular arts. Each of these cartoon sketches displays a scene that would have been recognized as normal life by printers of the day. Each is in good overall condition, framed in a glazed, painted black wood frame, scuffing noted to frame edges, reverse frame paper exhibits tears. Measurements are 12.625"W x 15.625"L x .75"D, 12.625"W x 15.75"L x .75"D, 13.625"W x 16.625"L x .75"D, 14.25"W x 17.25"L x .75"D. Combined weight is 8lb, 12oz