Campaign speeches are useful, at that
date: label: date made
content: 1924-10-31
name: label: original artist
content: Goldberg, Rube
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This pen-and-ink comic art drawing by Rube Goldberg from 1924 features the concept of using “windy” political speeches as free energy.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Rube Goldberg (1883-1970) was an engineer before he was a comic artist. After receiving an engineering degree, he started his career designing sewers for the City of San Francisco, but then followed his other interest and took a job as a sports cartoonist for the <i>San Francisco Chronicle.</i> After moving to New York in 1907 Goldberg worked for several newspapers, producing a number of short-lived strips and panels—many of which were inspired by his engineering background, including his renowned invention cartoons. In the late 1930s and 1940s he switched his focus to editorial and political cartoons and in 1945 founded the National Cartoonists Society. The Reuben, comic art’s most prestigious award, is named after him.
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: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Newspaper Comics Council, Inc., New York, NY
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.23492
label: catalog number
content: 23492
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content: 299186
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Other Terms
content: drawing; Pen and Ink
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.2 cm x 53.8 cm; 6 3/4 in x 21 3/16 in