Karl Kae Knecht Cartoon

Description:	Cartoon about the history of human interest in and exploration of space. Top right: Humans study astronomy, especially eclipses, and weather. Eclipses of both the sun and moon are depicted. Top right: History of hot air balloons. Several drawings of balloons, including the first successful hot air balloon, and a man parachuting to the ground. Center: history of airships. Drawing of an airship exhibited in Evansville in 1908 and of a 1910 German passenger service zeppelin. Below this is a row about airplanes. An airplane exhibited in 1911 at Evansvilles fairgrounds is depicted, along with a small plane from 1919 and a passenger airplane from 1957. Bottom left: The tri-states first view of a dirigible in use. A navy airship flies over the Vanderburgh County Courthouse. Bottom right: Man-made satellites. Two Russian satellites, Sputnik 1 and 2, fly over a city skyline. A man with a telescope holds up a map showing what time the satellites will be visible in locations all over the United States. Image Access WideTEK 25 Mans gaze skyward. Stars, eclipses, and all astronomy plus weather. Balloons. 1783 France. America first Philadelphia 1793. From Civil War days locally and everywhere. Then the parachute. Dirigibles-airships. For exhibitions Roy Knabenshue, Evansvilles Tri-State Fair 1908--. 1910 first of the huge German zeppelins. In passenger service 1930s. $450 fare New York to Germany. 70 passengers. All such ended with death of 36 in explosion May 7, 1937. First airplanes. Local, 1911 fairgrounds. A Courier promotion with aviators Beachey & Witmer. Z-R-1. First local view of practical dirigible, two blocks long U.S. Navy Z-R-1 over Evansville October 1, 1923. 1919. By 1930s extensive passenger planes. Jets by 1959. Seats 125. Now 1957. Now manmade satellites. Where-when: might see Russian Sputnik no. 1, no.2. 5:22. 8:07. 8:16. 8:19. 12:32 p. 2:35 p. 2:36. 6:31. 1:18. 3:38. Evansville. [in margins: What Next--!! 11-6-1957. Evansville, Indiana, Courier.]
Origin:	2014
Created By:	Karl Kae Knecht
Source:	http://digital.evpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/karlknecht/id/3677
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 World Affairs 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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