Giving us an idea of how Chicago will be in a few years, when we have another million population

A man (our politicians) sits on a chair looking out the window and into a crowded street scene (our million visitors) with several trains passing by. Around him, several documents lay discarded (discarded subway plans, 25 years subway delay, and unsolved traffic problems), while Father Dearborn standing behind him comments, "we'd better start that subway, now!"

Publication date: 1926-06-22

Copyright date: 1926

Size: 17.5 x 15.6 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Father Dearborn (Symbolic character)--1920-1930
• Politics & government--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930
• Mass transit--Illinois--Chicago--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 (June 22, 1926), Section One, p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Orr, 1890-