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Reference code
US ILfC SC/019-id4379
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Item
Title
It would be strange if it didn't Rise
Date(s)
- 1937 (Creation)
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Scope and content
This black-ink, pencil-shaded drawing on white board has two dates, it appears that the cartoon depicts the events of 1933, but as a whole was drawn in 1937. It was painted in white over black background upper left (1933) and lower right (1937). 16.75 inches tall (41.5 cm.) by 14.75 inches (36 cm.). Stamped on the rear, "Received Tribune Engraving Room 1937 Apr 23 PM 4 40". Signed "Orr," lower right, with label printed "copyright, 1937, by Chicago Tribune". The upper and lower frames show caricatures of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) putting yeast into bowl of "America's Economic Problems" and then after four inputs leading down to lower right, he holds a bowl labled "Cost of Living" ballooned up, labeled "Increase in Prices".