Baseball cartoon
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Description
Detroit Free Press newspaper cartoon depicting pirate dressed as a woman riding on back of tiger; pirate holds "Pittsburgh" and "4-1 score" flags. Smiling tiger, with Pittsburgh pennant in mouth, returns from Pittsburgh. Artwork is signed "Schroeder '09. Thanks to P.J.R." Captions on cartoon: "He who laughs last laughs best. There was a young lady of Niger, who smiled as she rode on a tiger. They came back from the ride with the lady inside, and a smile on the face of the tiger." Handwritten on front: "Free Press, Oct. 11th, 1909."
Details
- Creator:
- Schroeder
- Resource ID:
- hr002030
- Subject:
- Baseball--Caricatures and cartoons
- Detroit Tigers (Baseball team)--Caricatures and cartoons
- Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team)--Caricatures and cartoons
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Source:
- Detroit Free Press
- Date:
- 1909-10-11
- Format:
- 1 clipping mounted on stock ; image 7.75 x 6.25 in.
- Department:
- Ernie Harwell Sports Collection
- Location:
- Oversize SB/Baseball-Detroit Baseball Co., 1907-1909
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.