JM-W016: The money question clouds over Fort Knox

Creators and Contributors

Artist: McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949

Corporate Name

Allied Forces

Original Date Issued

1943

Extent

1 sheet : color ; 21 x 26 cm

Description

Editorial cartoon depicting Morgenthau of the Department of Treasury and the International Food Conference both demanding money. Fort Knox is shown heavily guarded, with large question marks floating over the top of the building.

Note

Published in the Chicago Tribune on May 24, 1943.,"1943 MAY 24 PM 4 05"--stamped on verso.,Pencil, ink, and watercolor on paper.,Original in University of Missouri Special Collections, John Tinney McCutcheon Collection.,Digitized on February 2018. Equipment: Zeutschel OS 15000. Scanning software: Omniscan v.12.8 SR2 (2689). Image specifications: 400 dpi, color. Access copies: tiffs with LZW compression, rotated and cropped.,Title supplied by cataloger.

Resource Type

Still Image

Subject (Topic)

World War (1939-1945)

Food supply--International cooperation

Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)

Subject (Temporal)

Geographic (Subject)