The crows and the corn

Through a fence, Unle Sam speaks to a man (Canada) who points to a heavely stacked storage (liquor dispensed without profit) refered to as a "corn crib." Behind Uncle Sam there is a mountain fo bottles with the sign: "tremendous profit in liquor," the mountain is surrounded by crows (new liquor troubles, lawlessness, graft, and old saloon troubles) hushed by a man in police uniform (prohibition law).

Publication date: 1925-08-27

Copyright date: 1925

Size: 18.4 x 15.8 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Prohibition--United States--1920-1930
• Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1920-1930
• Politics & government--United States--1920-1930

Genre(s):

• Editorial cartoons
• Political cartoons

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Daily Tribune (August 27, 1925), Section One, p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Orr, 1890-