Karl Kae Knecht Cartoon

Description:	Scenes from Knechts trip to the northwestern United States and western Canada, December 1946. Top left: Knecht prepares to step down off of a train in Williston, North Dakota. He asks a man at the train station how cold it is, saying that the newspaper reported it was 22 degrees below zero, the lowest in the country. The man replies that he hasnt looked at a thermometer in 4 months. Top right: A porter pushes a baggage sled instead of a cart on wheels. Huge grain elevators are a common sight in this region. A train passes through the Rocky Mountains at night during a full moon; the trains lights are dimmed so that passengers can see the landscape. Bottom left: An Australian soldier in Canada. Meat, butter, and other items are still rationed. A man wearing a kilt and other traditional Scottish items plays a bagpipe. Bottom right: Policemen in Victoria, Canada, resemble English bobbies. There is a view of seagulls flying over Vancouver. Knecht, Karl Kae, 1883-1972 Image Access WideTEK 25 How cold here? Paper said Williston, North Dakota, coldest in nation 22 below--Miami, Florida 39 above, Evansville 5 above. Dont know buddy, havent looked at a thermometer in 4 months. Williston, North Dakota. Change to Mountain Time. Baggage sleds in place of trucks on wheels. Huge grain elevators mark the Northwest U.S. states and Canadian prairies--even at the crossroads. Change to Pacific Time. Yellow Grass Pool No. 97. Extra storage bins. The beauty of winter in the Rockies--viewed in a full moon from a darkened club car. Ever mindful one is not in the States. You always see some kilts and hear bagpipes in Canada. Its our first trip to Canada! Weve been over in the States with a mission--shipping home from Nanaimo, near Victoria, day before Christmas. An Australian soldier. Australia. Rationed. Tuesday Meatless days Friday. A yes--meat, butter, preserves, sugar, liquor, and beer. Victoria a bit of England it is. English Bobby type Victoria Canada police. We are always intrigued by seagulls. Vancouver. [in margins: From a Cartoonists Travel Sketch Book--1946 December. The Northwest and Western Canada-- --by Karl Kae Knecht.]
Origin:	2014
Created By:	Karl Kae Knecht
Source:	http://digital.evpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/karlknecht/id/3023
Collection:	Karl K. Knecht Collection
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Subjects:	Vacation Weather 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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