Will the government take him seriously?

Chicago Mayor William Thompson is seen dressed in a polka-dot clown costume (Big Bill's political clowning) and holding an umbrella, a trumpet (ballyhoo), and a suitcase (the serious problem of flood control), several papers (request for gov't help) stick out from the suitcase as he walks down a road "to Washington." Watching Thompson walk away are a lion with a book (British history farce) next to him on the ground, and a man (Mid-West) behind a fence who comments, "I hope he doesn't make a joke out of that, too!"

Publication date: 1927-11-07

Copyright date: 1927

Size: 18.4 x 15.8 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Thompson, William Hale, 1869-1944
• Flood control--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930
• Politics & government--Illinois--Chicago--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 (November 7, 1927), Section One, p. 10

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Orr, 1890-