Camera-ready drawing, entitled "The Sirens of the Sky".
date: label: date made
content: 10/17/1910
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, a blimp with three passengers and a cat is flying above a ship on the sea, which is wishing the blimp passengers luck. At bottom, written in ink, "If he succeeds, the world will call it a stupendous feat in the history of aeronautics. If he fails, they will call it a stupendous folly. We hope he succeeds." Dated "Oct 17-1910" on reverse and bottom left corner.
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: Popular Entertainment
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content: Cultures & Communities
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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.24184
label: catalog number
content: 24184
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: 44 cm x 35.6 cm; 17 5/16 in x 14 in