The shakedown

Two barefoot boys use logs (crime and political graft) to batter an apple tree (American prosperity) and collect apples ($) in two baskets (crime costs to the community - hundreds of millions every year; millions of graft gathered from us yearly). In the background, an older woman (public) and a police officer (the law) argue over the boys destroying the woman's orchard.

Publication date: 1927-09-06

Copyright date: 1927

Size: 18.4 x 15.8 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Politics & government--United States--1920-1930
• Law enforcement--United States--1920-1930
• Criminals--United States--1920-1930

Genre(s):

• Editorial cartoons
• Political cartoons

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 Daily Tribune (September 6, 1927), Section One, p. 10

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Orr, 1890-