JM-023: Congress - before and after

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Details

Creators and Contributors

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

Corporate Name

United States. Congress

Extent

1 sheet : b&w ; 36 x 49 cm

Description

Editorial cartoon depicting members of Congress looking engaged and excited in the top panel, labeled as "last year" before a vote to receive higher wages. In the second panel, labeled "this year" and after the members have received a wage increase, the room has emptied out and the members still left all look bored.

Note

Published in the Chicago Tribune, date not known.,"Mr. Hammer 314 Tribune Bldg"--Handwritten on verso.,Pencil and ink on board.,Original in University of Missouri Special Collections, John Tinney McCutcheon Collection.,Digitized on January 2018. Equipment: Indus Color Book Scanner. Scanning software: bcs-2 version 3.4.9. Image specifications: 400 dpi, color. Access copies: tiffs with LZW compression, rotated and cropped.,Title from caption.

Resource Type

Still Image

Subject (Topic)

Politics and government

Geographic (Subject)

United States

Identifier

mu:419603

Member of

McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

Digital Creation Date

2018-02-02