Karl Kae Knecht Cartoon
| Description: |
Aftermath of a fire at a circus in Hartford, Connecticut. In the foreground, a clown holds a girl who is either unconscious or dead and a boy clings to the clowns waist. The clown is crying. The ground is covered with wreckage from burned tents; smoke rises from the wreckage. Two tents are visible in the background, still standing and apparently undamaged. Knechts elephant says that this fire was the worst in circus history. Image Access WideTEK 25 Ringling Barnum Circus. Worst in circus history. [in margins: Where Tragedy Is the More Tragic----. Fire Hartford, Connecticut, July 6, 1944. Courier 7/8/44. 7-8-1944.] |
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| Origin: | 2014 |
| Created By: |
Karl Kae Knecht |
| Source: |
http://digital.evpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/karlknecht/id/3576 |
| 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: |
National Affairs Disasters Circuses 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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