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This item is a 11 by 14-inch color political cartoon published in Puck , captioned "For the Sunny South. An Airship with a Jim Crow Trailer," depicts an airplane with three well-dressed white passengers towing a "Jim Crow trailer," crowded with African American passengers which is held aloft by a blimp.

Identifier

NASM.2023.0007

Date

1913-02-26

Provenance

Barbara Fahs Charles, Gift, 2022, NASM.2023.0007

Extent

0.01 Cubic feet (One 11 by 14 inch folder)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This item is a 11 by 14-inch color political cartoon published in  Puck , a New York-based political humor magazine, on February 26, 1913. The caricature, captioned "For the Sunny South. An Airship with a Jim Crow Trailer," depicts an airplane with three well-dressed white passengers towing a "Jim Crow trailer," crowded with African American passengers which is held aloft by a blimp. The caption was lampooning Jim Crow laws by satirizing the cramped conditions of Jim Crow railroad cars.

Arrangement note

Only one item.

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Citation

"For the Sunny South. An Airship with a Jim Crow Trailer," Puck , Political Cartoon, NASM.2023.0007, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Aeronautics

African Americans -- Segregation

Political cartoons

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials