Shleppey, John W., 1901-1975
biographical statement
Tulsa area businessman and collector who owned and operated Shleppey Outdoor Advertising. Later he owned a bookstore in Seattle. He was a lifelong acquirer of things, beginning when he was a child before 1920. His extensive collection of books, artifacts, and papers was bequeathed to the University of Tulsa by the Shleppey family following his death in September 1975.
Found in 512 Collections and/or Records:
Unidentified Boy, Undated
Unidentified boy in traditional dress with his back to the camera wearing a red, blue, and white back bustle. His left hand holds onto a woman to the left. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.
Unidentified Boy, Undated
An unidentified boy in traditional dress dancing. He wears a purple, blue/green, and white back bustle. Other people in traditional dress stand to his left. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.
Unidentified Boys, Undated
A group of unidentified boys sit in a row. The boy on the far left appears to be in a baseball uniform and is eating a red snowcone. The other boys are in traditional dress. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.
Unidentified Boys, Undated
A group of unidentified boys sit in a row. The boy on the far left appears to be in a baseball uniform and is eating a red snowcone. The other boys are in traditional dress. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.
Unidentified Boys, Undated
A group of unidentified boys in traditional dress sit in a row. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.
Unidentified Boys, Undated
A group of unidentified boys in traditional dress sit in a row. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.
Unidentified Boys, Undated
A group of boys in traditional dress dancing. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.
Unidentified Boys, Undated
Three unidentified boys in traditional dress stand on a rooftop with a concrete rail next to the Penn-Moore Supply Co. Building in Tulsa, Okla. Men and women stand on the far right. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.
Unidentified Girl, 1970
A unidentified girl in traditional dress stands outside with her hands behind her back. Taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival.
Unidentified Man, Undated
Image of an unidentified man angled left in traditional dress in front of a brick wall. Purported to be taken at the Tulsa Indian Festival and be a Schleppey acquisition.
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- Menu design -- United States -- History -- 20th century 284
- Restaurants -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Menu 125
- Souvenirs (Keepsakes) -- United States 52
- Souvenirs (Keepsakes). 51
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- Hotels Advertising. 25
- Hotels. 25
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- Restaurants -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- Menu 20
- Hotels -- History. 18
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- Cherokee Indians. 7
- Restaurants -- Cuba -- Havana -- Menu 7
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- Cherokee Language. 6
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- Sales promotion -- United States. 5
- Alaska -- Description and travel 3
- Correspondence. 3
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- Space Needle (Seattle, Wash.) 3
- Space Needle Restaurant 3
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- Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States 2
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.). 2
- Hotels -- California -- Los Angeles 2
- Palm Springs (Calif.) -- Maps. 2
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- United States. Army -- Officers. 2
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- All American Indian Days 1
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- Cattle trade -- West (U.S.). 1
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- Hotels -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa 1
- Maps of the American West 1
- Mendenhall Glacier (Alaska). 1
- Natural gas. 1
- Nightclubs -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Pacific Northwest. 1
- Pioneers -- Oklahoma. 1
- Radio advertising. 1
- Real estate agents -- California. 1
- Real estate agents. 1
- Restaurants -- Alaska -- Menu 1
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- Restaurants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Menu 1
- Restaurants -- Washington, D.C. -- Menus. 1
- Seattle (Wash.) 1
- Seattle World's Fair (1962). 1
- Sheridan (Wyo.). 1
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- Tulsa (Okla.) -- Photographs 1
- United States -- Maps. 1
- United States. Department of the Interior. 1
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