JM-267: Uncle Sam asks the country questions about defense

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Details

Creators and Contributors

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

Original Date Issued

1929

Extent

1 sheet : b&w ; 37 x 47 cm

Description

Uncle Sam is shown asking a crowd representing the American people three questions about opposition to war, if the country ought to defend itself, and if it should be prepared to defend itself. The crowd stands in support of the first two questions, but a small group sits down when he asks the third.

Note

Published in the Chicago Tribune in 1929.,"267"--Handwritten on verso.,Pencil and ink on board.,Original in University of Missouri Special Collections, John Tinney McCutcheon Collection.,Digitized on November 2017. 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 supplied by cataloger.

Resource Type

Still Image

Subject (Topic)

Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)

Military policy

Subject (Temporal)

1920-1929

Geographic (Subject)

United States

Identifier

mu:419366

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