Can't find the bottom

Editorial cartoon "Can't Find the Bottom" condemns spending of the Tennessee Valley Authority. A kneeling Uncle Sam holds "the yardstick to determine fair electric power rates" into a pool of coins and currency labeled "T.V.A. costs." that is overflowing a dam. In the background is the U.S. Capitol dome.

Publication date: 1938-07-24

Copyright date: 1938

Size: 18.5 x 15.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Coins--American--United States--1930-1940
• Money--United States--1930-1940
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Measuring sticks--1930-1940
• Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1930-1940
• Corruption--United States--1930-1940
• Public utility companies--United States--1930-1940
• Dams--United States--1930-1940
• United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)

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 Sunday Tribune (July 24, 1938), Part One, p. 14

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Parrish, Joseph Lee, 1905-1989