Securely nailed

Uncle Sam looks up at a United States flag nailed to a pole (North Pole). The nails securing the flag read "Peary," "Byrd," and "Ellsworth," referring to American explorers Robert Peary, Richard Byrd, and Lincoln Ellsworth.

Publication date: 1926-05-13

Copyright date: 1926

Size: 18.4 x 15.6 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1920-1930
• Discovery & exploration--American--North Pole--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 (May 13, 1926), Section One, p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Orr, 1890-