JM-105: Scene in St. Louis yesterday

Creators and Contributors
Artist: McCutcheon, John T.‏ ‎(John Tinney),‏ ‎1870-1949
Original Date Issued
1904
Extent
1 sheet : b&w ; 37 x 53 cm
Description
Editorial cartoon depicting David Francis, the President of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, which was more commonly referred to as the St. Louis World's Fair. Francis is shown being showered with bouquets of flowers shot out of a cannon by a figure labeled St. Louis.
Note
Published in the Chicago Tribune on December 2, 1904.,"105"--Handwritten on verso.,"Dec. 2, 1904"--Handwritten three times on verso.,"Francis, President of St. Louis Fair"--Handwritten twice 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)
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Subject (Temporal)
1900-1909
Geographic (Subject)
Missouri -- Saint Louis
Identifier
mu:419685
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)