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Physical Object: War Cartoons

Cover of book with large white lettering, white stars, and red and blue background
Two cartoons; the leftmost of Uncle Sam removing the helmet from a suit of armor, a fighting crowd, and a large man with an army uniform and a sword looming in the background; the rightmost of a military pilot pulling on gloves, Uncle Sam and the American flag, and a plane flying overhead
Two cartoons; the leftmost with two panels of Uncle Sam, one with him behind a booth with the American flag and a soldier, one with Uncle Sam in a prison uniform behind bars with the Nazi flag; the rightmost with multiple panels of a bomb falling on one side of the globe
Two cartoons; The leftmost of Hitler with one hand in his coat and his other in the air, Napoleon Bonaparte and Kaiser Wilhelm II in the background on a mountain of skulls, and the Nazi army in the foreground; the rightmost of Uncle Sam sitting at a window and a man approaching, reaching into his pocket
Two cartoons; the leftmost of a man sitting in a military tank and dropping bombs with money symbols on a man in Ancient Roman armor with Hitler's mustache and buckteeth, the rightmost of a large man with another man pulling a tape measure around his waist, a dog barking, and Uncle Same and other men in the background

Information About This Item

Creator

Chicago Tribune

Title

War Cartoons

Date

1942

Description

Collection of Political Cartoons published in the Chicago Tribune during the first nine months of World War II.

Relation

Comic Arts Collection

Identifier

MU Ellis Special Collections Rare - XL D745.2 .C5 1942

Subject

World War, 1939-1945 > Caricatures and cartoons.

Contributor

McCutcheon, John T. (Cartoonist)
Orr, Carey (Cartoonist)
Parrish, Joe (Cartoonist)
Somdal, Carl (Cartoonist)

Rights

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Format

Book

Language

English

Type

Physical Object/Book

Collection

Comic Art Collection

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