John Tinney McCutcheon Collection

Original Pen and Ink Drawings with Watercolor

MU Ellis Special Collections Comic Collection 7

ID	Y	Size	Subject	Caption	Description
W1		8x10	Politics	none	Elephant stands for U.S. first; donkey has reds, New Dealism on his back
W2		6.5x2.5	Pre-WWII	none	Uncle Sam chides Easterners for taunting Midwest to get into the war
W3	1918	10x12		Great Lakes as it was/now	Annapolis used to look down on Great Lakes, now is overshadowed by it
W4	1941	8x10.5	Society	none	Chicagoans feel good about giving to the coummunity fund
W5	1942	11x14.5		We're getting... astronomical figures	Man writes and figures huge numbers on blackboard while other man watches
W6	1942	11x12	WWII	U.S. Flag Day in every continent...	FDR points to world map with U.S. men and supplies everywhere
W7	1942	12x9	WWII	They all belong to the same union	"Women", "Labor", "Capital", "Fighting Men" reach up to American flag
W8	1942	7.2x8.7	WWII	The onward march of civilization	"War" totals up battles/men engaged/losses from Waterloo to Nazi battles
W9	1942		Pre-WWII	none	Uncle Sam chides Easterners for taunting Midwest to get into the war
W10	1942	6.5x7.7	WWII	King Solomon... never dreamed of it	Man tells Solomon about war over islands bearing his name in future
W11	1942	6.5x8	WWII	Before and after; you hate to see them go...	Parents worry about idle son; are proud when he enlists
W12	1942	10x12	WWII	Trying to sign... international unity...	Men try to sell woman federal union and world union, soldier approaches
W13	1942	7.2x8.7	WWII	"Say! Is this the old U.S.A.?"	Soldiers look at hotel lobby scene, includes Laguardia, band plays
W14	1942	12x10	WWII	[has been covered up]	10 Santas salute, family (dad in uniform) stand by Christmas tree
W15	1943	8x5		none	At international food conference, press is not admitted to much
W16	1943	8x10	Economics	none	Morgenthau and International Food Conference clouds float over Fort Knox
W17	1943	8x10	Economics	I'll have to tighten your belt, Uncle	"New Deal" in mortarboard squeezes protesting Uncle Sam's belt
W18	1943	8x10	Economics	none	Uncle Sam works feverishly at desk with math books
W19	1943	8.5x11	Politics	"I had 'em eating out o' my hand... "	FDR speaks to Churchill on phone while sweating out "Independence" folks
W20	1943	8x9	Politics	Why not cut out the "un"... "written law"	Uncle Sam points to "corner stone" against more than 2 terms for President
W21	1943	8x10	WWII	The flying v's down where... spring...	Soldiers march by southern scene, pants on clothesline spell V
W22	1943	8x10	WWII	After you, my dear Air Force	Uncle Sam looks at map, Italian islands where soldier is stepping
W23	1943	8x10	WWII	none	H. Ford gets news that they have produced the 120,000th bomber, all happy
W24	1943		WWII	In the Allied camp [above top panel]	Churchill, FDR look at map; Hitler, Togo, Mussolini worry about U.S.
W25	1943	8x10	WWII	The straws show... wind is blowing...	Hitler, 2 others watch as Berlin monument falls