JM-199: Uncle Sam collecting tolls for the Panama Canal

Creators and Contributors

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

Original Date Issued

1920

Extent

1 sheet : b&w ; 47 x 36 cm

Description

Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam standing behind a register to accept tolls for the Panama Canal. A man labeled "Shipping Trust" is angry and wants to go through the Canal for free, but Uncle Sam claims he cannot afford to run the canal if "rich relatives" can go through for nothing.

Note

Published in the Chicago Tribune in 1920.,"199"--Handwritten on verso.,"Mr. Hammer 314 Tribune Bldg"--Handwritten on verso. Following line of text illegible.,Pencil and ink on board.,Original in University of Missouri Special Collections, John Tinney McCutcheon Collection.,Digitized on September 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)

Canals--Rates and tolls

Subject (Temporal)

Geographic (Subject)

Identifier

mu:419233