Karl Kae Knecht Cartoon
| Description: |
A crowd of figures stands with their backs to the viewer as they look at a globe tilted so that the North Pole faces them. The route of the first nonstop flight around the world is marked and there is a drawing of the Lucky Lady, the plane that made the flight. The crowd of spectators is made up of Father Time, Nellie Bly, Knechts Public character, two little boys, a soldier, a sailor, and Uncle Sam. In the top margin, there are rough sketches of the Earth and the plane. Father Time (Symbolic Character); Uncle Sam (Symbolic Character); Bly, Nellie, 1864-1922 Image Access WideTEK 25 Lucky Lady. Philippines. 94 hour first nonstop 23,452 miles. Saudi Arabia. Shows our flag to the whole world. North Pole. Hawaii. U.S.A. Fort Worth. Azores. What with such and atomics and rockets and jets theyre going faster than I am. Time. Our navy did a nonstop Australia to U.S.A. 1946. In 1883 via train and boat I did it in 72 days. Nellie Bly. Fact. Around World 80 Days Verne 1872. Fiction. Can carry an atom bomb to anyplace on earth. 1938 Howard Hughes 3 days 19 hour 8 minutes. 25 years ago our army boys did it--175 days of which actual flying time was 14 days 15 hours. Takes gas on while flying--four times. Ive been following them all since 1903 Wrights--1908 Curtis, and Local 1911. [in margins: Non-stop flight Tuesday 3-8. Flag--can drop a bomb any place in South. (illegible) Saudi Arabia. Azores. Took. 3-7-49] |
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| Origin: | 2014 |
| Created By: |
Karl Kae Knecht |
| Source: |
http://digital.evpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/karlknecht/id/2928 |
| 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: |
Aviation Geography Evansville (Ind.) -- History -- Caricatures and cartoons United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Caricatures and cartoons Caricatures and cartoons -- United States Aeronautics Airplanes |
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