The rectangle : Solving the problem - supplies for our allies

Several panels depicting suggestions on how to send supplies to allies during World War I. Includes a whale-like submarine, wireless shipping, trained seals and birds, torpedoes filled with edibles instead of explosives, converting automobiles into boats, a ship built of cheese, supplies disguised as mines and set adrift the Gulf towards England.

Publication date: 1917-05-27

Size: 25 x 39 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• World War, 1914-1918--Equipment & supplies

Genre(s):

• Comic strips

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 (May 27, 1917), Part 8/Editorials, p. 1

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• King, Frank, 1883-1969