Tag: Cartoons
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Kleiner’s Korner: Part 4 - Vanderbilt Cup Race Illustrations of “The NY World” - “DANGER”
The "New York World" portrayed the dangers of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race course through illustrations based on actual mishaps that occurred during practice runs and the American Elimination Trial on Sept. 22.
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Kleiner’s Korner: Part 3 - Vanderbilt Cup Race Illustrations of “The NY World” - Louis Wagner
Artist Robert Edgren and "The NY World" many times portrayed the drivers of the 1906 race in a humorous manner - here is their portrayal of winning driver Louis Wagner.
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Kleiner’s Korner: 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Illustrations
As he had done in 1906, Robert Edgren again portrayed the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race through his illustrations in the "New York Evening World". As sports editor, he was able to convey his view of the race (many times not very positive) through pictures and his own words.
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Kleiner’s Korner: Part 1 - Illustrations of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Participants
An earlier post provided an artist's view of the Vanderbilt Cup Races. Additional illustrations here include caricatures of the 1906 race and leading drivers. International interest in the race is very clearly expressed through the illustrations.
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Kleiner’s Korner: Part 2 - Vanderbilt Cup Race Illustrations of “The NY World” - The Dangers of Curves and Speed
Illustrations in Part 2 of this series feature "The World's" view of the danger of the course due to its curves and speed to be traveled.
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Kleiner’s Korner: Part 1 - Vanderbilt Cup Race Illustrations of “The NY World” - The Impact on Farmers
"The New York (Evening) World" employed artists to tell its stories in pictures and captions. In this new series of posts, illustrations will portray the World's view of the Vanderbilt Cup Races and automobiling in general. Note that some of the graphics are not the best quality due to the…
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Kleiner’s Korner Part I: Illustrating the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race and the Motor Parkway
In addition to magazines using photographs to graphically enhance a story, illustrations were also often times used. One illustrator employed by "The Motor Way" magazine was Henry Thiede whose drawings in 1906 portrayed anecdotes of the Vanderbilt Cup Race and the building of the Motor Parkway.
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A Series of Vanderbilt Cup Race Exaggerations by Malcolm Strauss
In 1904 and 1905 Automobile Topics magazine hired cartoonist Malcolm A. Strauss to create five "exaggerations of men who manage motors" for their issues featuring the Vanderbilt Cup Races: Jr.:
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Life Magazine Automobile Cartoon Series #2: 1903 to 1928
From 1883 to 1936, Life was a humor and general interest magazine of drawings capturing the American scene. As a major phenomenon in the early 1900s, the automobile came in for its fair share of Life's fun, satire and sentiment. This portfolio of seven cartoons from 1903 to 1928…
Really think the couple up on Jericho Tpke are the same couple that officially toured the LIMP 1958 - 1967. Could also…