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US ILfC SC/019-id4381 · Item · 1945
Part of Carey Orr Editorial Cartoons 1926-1960

Black ink drawing on white paper board, 15 inches (37 cm.) by 13.25 inches (33 cm.) wide. Signed "Orr" lower right, with label printed "Copyright, 1945, by the Chicago Tribune". A portly gentleman labeled "J.B." (John Bull, for England) contemplating the globe is tapped on the shoulder by Father Time, who warns him of the dangers of further territorial "grabs" and possibility of war based on the outcomes after 1914-18 and 1939- events as expressed by a bleeding book held in his hands.

US ILfC SC/019-id4382 · Item · 1945
Part of Carey Orr Editorial Cartoons 1926-1960

Hand-colored black ink drawing on tan parchment paper, 12 inches (30 cm.) by 11 inches (25 cm.) wide. Signed "Orr" lower right, with label printed "Copyright, 1945, by The Chicago Tribune". Two colonial-dressed men lined up, labeled "Tariff Isolationism" and "Immigration Isolationism" stand next to a sign labeled "U.S. Workingman's Best Friends," before a chopping block, labeled "Purge of American Isolationism" with an small executioner labeled "Busy Little One World Schemers" and holding an axe labeled "Internationalism." The Capitol in Washington appears on the left, behind the two men. Various handwritten notes present.

The bribe is proffered
US ILfC SC/019-id4383 · Item · 1954
Part of Carey Orr Editorial Cartoons 1926-1960

Black ink drawing on white paper board, 16 inches (40 cm.) by 14.5 inches (36 cm.) wide. Signed "Orr" lower right, with label printed "Copyright: 1954: By The Chicago Tribune". On back, stamped "Engraving Dept 1954 Apr 13 PM 2 41". A peasant, carrying a whip, with a hammer and sickle (symbol of the then Soviet Union) on his chest holds a bag of god labeled "Trade with Russia." He also points with his other hand to a hill in the distance with a cross with a body hanging, under it the words "Betrayal of civilization." The reference is to Judas's betrayal of Jesus for his crucifixion.

Give 'em both barrels!
US ILfC SC/019-id4385 · Item · 1957
Part of Carey Orr Editorial Cartoons 1926-1960

Black ink drawing, 12.25 inches (41 cm.) tall by 14.5 inches (36.8 cm.) wide. Signed "Orr" lower right corner; label printed "(c) 1957 by The Chicago Tribune." Received Engraving Dept. "1957 Sep 27 PM 5 40." Lower left, two barrels of money, with a sign-sized check form in front, made out to "Community fund-Red Cross, CAP;" above, a shotgun blasting at two retreating figures "Want" and "Misery."

The cupboard is bare...
US ILfC SC/019-id4386 · Item · 1958
Part of Carey Orr Editorial Cartoons 1926-1960

Black ink drawing on white board paper; 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm.) tall by 14.5 inches (36.8 cm.) wide. Signed "Orr" lower right; label printed "(c) 1958 by The Chicago Tribune." Stamped "Engraving Dept. 1958 Jul 28 PM 2 32." 1955-elected Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley as Mother Hubbard finds the "tax cupboard" bare after the high federal taxes have taken so much of citizens' income. Demonstrating the difference between Local Needs and Federal Government's control.

US ILfC SC/040-B01/F02-id5365 · Item · Feb. 6, 1973
Part of R. H. Middleton's Thomas Bewick Wood Block and Collection 1799-1985 1799, 1985

One page autograph letter signed "Bob M." The stationery is a simple sheet of onionskin with the name and address upper left. Addressed "Dear Everett," it implies an earlier conversation to which this a follow-up in writing detailing an offer of a block and related work by him for a sum of $100 (this was he year the U.S. devalued the dollar by going off the gold standard, and this price reflects the earlier exchange rate of $32 per ounce of gold). He details what he is offering. the box and lid are "made form binders board covered with cloth an[d] gold stamped." there will be fifty prints from the block. The letter is signed "cordially." Sentman, who lived on Illinois Road near the College in the 1970s, was editor at United Educators, Lake Bluff. This was purchased after his retirement.

US ILfC SC/040-B01/F02-id5369 · Item · n.d.
Part of R. H. Middleton's Thomas Bewick Wood Block and Collection 1799-1985 1799, 1985

A cardboard binding, 5 1/2" by 4 1/2" and with a taped spine, light olive color. Inside are five pieces of print paper imprinted with the block, but cut out in narrowing irregular circular patterns to allow for more impact on the paper from the inner parts of he engraved block. One complete print also present.