Jump to content

File:OctopusTheVerdict1899.jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (1,344 × 832 pixels, file size: 332 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Description
English: Cartoon, "The Menace of the Hour." The menace illustrated is the "Traction Monster" (i.e., the new electric subway system in New York City), depicted as an octopus.
Date
Source

The Verdict (magazine), 1899-01-30. http://www.ctrl.org/boodleboys/TheMenaceofthe%20hour.html

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/gilded/power/text1/octopusimages.pdf
Author
George Luks  (1867–1933)  wikidata:Q337733
 
George Luks
Alternative names
George Benjamin Luks; George B. Luks; Luks
Description American painter and illustrator

portrait and Genre works
label QS:Lit,"Pittura di genere"
label QS:Lhu,"Életkép"
label QS:Lhr,"Žanr-scena"
label QS:Lca,"Pintura de gènere"
label QS:Lde,"Genremalerei"
label QS:Lpt,"Pintura de gênero"
label QS:Llv,"Sadzīves žanrs"
label QS:Lbg,"Битова живопис"
label QS:Lda,"Genrebillede"
label QS:Ltr,"Tür resmi"
label QS:Lja,"風俗画"
label QS:Les,"Escena de género"
label QS:Lno,"Sjangermaleri"
label QS:Lpl,"Malarstwo rodzajowe"
label QS:Lth,"ภาพชีวิตประจำวัน"
label QS:Lnl,"Genrestuk"
label QS:Lsv,"Genremåleri"
label QS:Lru,"Жанровая живопись"
label QS:Lfi,"Laatukuva"
label QS:Len,"Genre works"
label QS:Lfr,"Scène de genre"
label QS:Lcs,"Žánrová malba"
label QS:Lmk,"Битово сликарство"
Date of birth/death 13 August 1867 Edit this at Wikidata 29 October 1933 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Williamsport Edit this at Wikidata New York Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
New York Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q337733
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Public domain works must be out of copyright in both the United States and in the source country of the work in order to be hosted on the Commons. If the work is not a U.S. work, the file must have an additional copyright tag indicating the copyright status in the source country.
Note: This tag should not be used for sound recordings.PD-1923Public domain in the United States//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OctopusTheVerdict1899.jpg

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

media type

image/jpeg

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current12:38, 8 June 2010Thumbnail for version as of 12:38, 8 June 20101,344 × 832 (332 KB)Trycatchhigher resolution from the PDF, rotated/flipped in BetterJpeg
16:01, 7 June 2010Thumbnail for version as of 16:01, 7 June 2010720 × 435 (41 KB)Pieter Kuiper{{Information |Description={{en|1=The Menace of the Hour}} |Source=http://www.ctrl.org/boodleboys/TheMenaceofthe%20hour.html |Author=George B. Luks |Date=1899-01-30 |Permission={{PD-1923}} |other_versions= }} Category:New York City in the 1890s

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OctopusTheVerdict1899.jpg"