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Al Capp

1909–1979 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

The index holds 2 works for Al Capp so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.

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Al Capp and wife with newspaper

Morton, Hugh M. · 1941

Cartoonist Al Capp, creator of Li'l Abner, sits on a leather couch with his wife Catherine, holding a newspaper page with his strip, in a Hugh Morton photograph from November 1941. Capp was the guest of honor at UNC-Chapel Hill's Sadie Hawkins Day celebration on 8 November 1941.

Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Capp, Al, 1909-1979.

Al Capp with Li'l Abner display

Morton, Hugh M. · 1941

Hugh Morton photograph, November 1941, of Al Capp and his wife Catherine Wingate Cameron posed behind a wooden cutout painted with the bodies of Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae, characters from Capp's comic strip. Capp was in Chapel Hill that month for the university's Sadie Hawkins Day festivities.

Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Capp, Al, 1909-1979.

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