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Displayed Title
Why?
Date Created
1941-05
Date Published
1941-05-21
Publishing Note
Cartoon was published in the Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia) on May 21, 1941.
Contained Text
Coal cheaters; House politics; Common honesty; Turner-Kilroy Bill
Original Item Medium
Ink and crayon on coquille board.
Original Item Size
52.5 cm. x 35.5 cm.
Individuals Depicted
Lewis, John Llewellyn, 1880-1969
Topical Subject
Coal trade -- Pennsylvania; Coal trade -- Corrupt practices -- Pennsylvania; Fraud -- Pennsylvania; Coal trade -- Law and legislation -- Pennsylvania
Corporate Name Subject
Pennsylvania. General Assembly
Geographic Subject
Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
Language
Twentieth century; Nineteen forties
Genre
comic art
Local Genre
comic art
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Rights Statement URL
Rights
The copyright and related rights status of this material is unknown. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Sykes Editorial Cartoon Collection
Source
Original Cartoon: Why, Charles Henry Sykes Cartoon Collection, Accession #M 169, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
syk268_why.jpg