Karl Kae Knecht Cartoon

Description:	A line of US Mail airplanes spelling out Evansville fly across the foreground of the cartoon. Below, highway 41 and a patchwork of farms are visible. Public stands on a platform next to an American flag and looks up at the planes. Bottom right: Knecht tells the Republican elephant and Democratic donkey that he will continue to wear his circus and elephant-themed accessories even though he is running for state legislature as a democrat. Knecht, Karl Kae, 1883-1972 Image Access WideTEK 25 [in margin: Whereby We Take our Plane in the Air. First official regular air mail October 19, 1928. Knecht candidate for state legislature.] EVANSVILLE. U.S. Mail. North. U.S. 41. South. U.S. Mail. I was telling him I thought it a good idea, as a Democratic candidate, to just keep on wearing my circus fan emblem and elephant head--and my elephant necktie.
Origin:	2014
Created By:	Karl Kae Knecht
Source:	http://digital.evpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/karlknecht/id/1845
Collection:	Karl K. Knecht Collection
Copyright:	Digital Image Copyright 2014 University of Evansville Libraries. All rights reserved. All other material is open to the public without restrictions. Copyright laws of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) govern the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
Subjects:	Politics Elections Regional Affairs Aviation Evansville (Ind.) -- History -- Caricatures and cartoons United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Caricatures and cartoons Caricatures and cartoons -- United States Air mail service -- United States -- History

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