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Karl Kae Knecht Cartoon

Description: A fine marble statue marks grave, an Indian bead with 510 on it, a ruffle maker machine, a mowing machine tangled in a tree, and a Roosevelt voting sign.
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This odd machine found hidden away in Evansville State Hospital was a mystery until an aged man patient said to was a ruffle maker. A female patient drew the above sketch. From Dr. J.H. Hare Supt. Alberta Yaggi, Record Clerk. James Hein Griffin Ind. found this Indian bead with a 510 on it. One inch long. This stature of fine marble marks a grave in a Fort Branch Ind. cemetery From Dr. C. Lomax Dale Ind. Edward Laubscher RFD. 5 - Evansville. Discarded a mowing machine 35 years ago and a catolpa tree grow around and into it - From Rev. Carl Allinger, Kratzville Petrified Fern This nigger head rock found 15 feet underground had a perfect fern leaf raise in relief - John C. Herschelman, RFD. Evansville. I will vote for Roosevelt Have you forgotten 4 years ago A farmer between Eddyville and Princeton KY. built and painted this sign on his farm - From Lloyd Wirth Furniture Bldg. Evansville.
Origin: 2013
Created By: Karl Kae Knecht
Source: http://digital.evpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/karlknecht/id/275
Collection: Karl K. Knecht Collection
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Subjects: Oddities
Evansville (Ind.) -- History -- Caricatures and cartoons
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures and cartoons -- United States

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