Camera-ready drawing, entitled "The Lorelei, or The Sirens of the Sky".
date: label: date made
content: 01/02/1911
name: label: original artist
content: McCutcheon, John T.
label: publisher
content: Tribune Printing Company
notes: label: Description
content: John T. McCutcheon (1870-1949) was a Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist, known for his political cartoons and fascination with technology, particularly aviation. In this drawing, the Grim Reaper shows a pilot the "sirens" of the sky, holding money, fame, glory, etc.--if the pilot can make the flight, he will attain them, otherwise there will be certain death. On reverse, written in pencil, "Mr. Hammer, 314 Tribune Building" and "Wood to Murphy". Also has the date Jan 2-1911 written on back.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Air Travel
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. John T. McCutcheon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.24185
label: catalog number
content: 24185
label: accession number
content: 1976.320859
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Object Type
content: Drawings
label: Other Terms
content: Drawing; Pen and Ink
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 42 cm x 36.3 cm; 16 9/16 in x 14 5/16 in