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US ILfC SC/019 · Collection

The collection features one folder of correspondence (photocopied) and eleven original editorial cartoons by artist Carey Cassius Orr (1890-1967). As a Pulitizer Prize winning cartoonist, Orr produced much of his witty and pointed work, including all of the pieces in this collection, during his time drawing with the Chicago Tribune from 1917 to 1963. The collection features both black and white and color drawings of various sizes. Many handwritten notes by Orr and Tribune newspaper staff are visible and show the behind-the-scenes work of cartooning for a national newspaper.

Orr, Carey 1890-1967, 1890-1967
US ILfC SC/019-id20529 · File · January of 1917
Part of Carey Orr Editorial Cartoons 1926-1960

These photocopied set of letters from Orr to the Chicago Tribune-or more specifically Mr. J.M. Patterson- shows the back and forth negotiation and job offer to become a cartoonist for the newspaper. The letters are not all complete, or always clear, but these papers ultimately do give insight into Orr's character and relationship with Tribune overall. Also of note, several of the letters show the letterhead of Orr's 1917 employer Nashville Tennessean Newspaper that again highlights his career as a politlical cartoonist.

Old Fisherman is Back
US ILfC SC/019-id4374 · Item · 1960
Part of Carey Orr Editorial Cartoons 1926-1960

Hand-colored ink drawing, 12.75 inches by 15.5 inches; 32 cm. by 38 cm. Signed lower right "Orr" and a printed, pasted down label: "(c) 1960 by the Chicago Tribune." Stamped on rear, "Engraving Dept. 1960 Apr 11 PM 3 25." Shows a row boat with a fisherman, a caricature of Adlai Stevenson, with a sign in front of him in the boat, "I am not a candidate -- Adlai." Below the boat, the lake shows a large frowning sturgeon labeled "Dem. Nomination" and several hooks with worms labeled ""Stay Away," "do not nibble," etc.

US ILfC SC/019-id4376 · Item · n.d.
Part of Carey Orr Editorial Cartoons 1926-1960

Signed "Orr" lower right and a printed, pasted down label: "by Chicago Tribune." In four sub frames, top to bottom, shows three examples of man as hunter showing his superiority over big game from pre-historic to modern times. The last frame shows a modern man being chased indoors by a cloud of mosquitos. The word "Superiority" is ripped put slightly, but the meaning is still clear for the cartoon's title overall.

US ILfC SC/019-id4377 · Item · 1926
Part of Carey Orr Editorial Cartoons 1926-1960

Black ink drawing white board, 19 inches (47 cm.) tall by 15 inches (38 cm.) wide, with 7 or 8 small pencil sketches (preliminary to designs on front) on he back. Signed "Orr" lower right; printed label: "S. Pat. Off.: copyright 1926, by the Chicago Tribune." Six mature male figures, clothed according to their callings, each think they are the main contributors to prosperity: farmer, city man, railroads, banker, worker, and business man. All stand around a tree with roots and branches, with money bags for fruit.

Time to Move It Forward
US ILfC SC/019-id4378 · Item · 1931
Part of Carey Orr Editorial Cartoons 1926-1960

Black ink drawing on white paper board, 16.5 inches (40 cm.) tall by 14.5 inches (35.5 cm.) wide. Signed "Orr" in lower right; printed label reads: "Copyright 1931, by Chicago Tribune." The Depression-era cartoon shows a round clock dial with "Bad Times' on the left and "Good Times" on the right, with two groups of men trying to push the dial in the other direction. Namely, on the left titles like "Business Optimist," etc. and on the right, "Industrial Coward."

US ILfC SC/019-id4379 · Item · 1937
Part of Carey Orr Editorial Cartoons 1926-1960

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".

Reversing the menu.
US ILfC SC/019-id4380 · Item · 1943
Part of Carey Orr Editorial Cartoons 1926-1960

Black ink drawing on white board, 13.75 inches (34 cm.) tall by 13.25 inches (33 cm.) wide. Signed "Orr" in the lower right corner; with label "Copyright, 1943, by The Chicago Tribune." On back Chicago Tribune Engraving Room 1943 Nov 19 PM 4 47 Lower center is a chopping block labeled "Nazi plans" holding an axe covered with a swastika. The globe, labeled "World" appears as a turkey, with wings and a long neck and beak, chasing a tiny chef, with a mustache, who is a clearly a representation of Adolf Hitler and the total fall of the Third Reich.

History's lesson
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.