The Automatic Life is the Next Big Thing, and Foolish Questions-No. 2,468,368
date: label: Date made
content: Wednesday September 18, 1912
label: date made
content: Wednesday, September 18, 1912
label: date made
content: September 18, 1912
name: label: original artist
content: Goldberg, Rube
notes: label: Description
content: Camera-ready pen and ink drawings by Rube Goldberg for single cell cartoon <I>The Automatic Life is the Next Big Thing,</I> and cartoon series <I>Foolish Question,</I> dated Wednesday September 18, 1912. Goldberg drew for the <I>Foolish Questions</I> series between 1909-1934.
label: Description
content: The artist pokes fun at the idea of a variety of new automatic inventions.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Rueben L. Goldberg
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.23495
label: catalog number
content: 23495
label: accession number
content: 1972.299186
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Object Type
content: drawing
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: 29.5 cm x 58.5 cm; 11 5/8 in x 23 1/16 in