Hanging by threads"" – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Hanging by threads"", a historic drawing rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Vaughn Shoemaker's cartoon, "Hanging by threads," appeared in the *Chicago Daily News* on December 29, 1937, and takes as its subject the sinking of the U.S. gunboat *Panay* on the Yangtze River on December 12. Japanese aircraft attacked the vessel, which had been escorting American diplomats and oil company employees out of the Chinese interior, and the attack killed several people. Tokyo's formal apology and its pledge that Japan would not further harm Americans in China were widely doubted at the time, and the title suggests how fragile Shoemaker thought those assurances were. The drawing is in the Caroline and Erwin Swann collection of caricature and cartoon at the Library of Congress.
| Medium | 1 drawing : India ink, pencil, and opaque white on off-white grained drawing stock ; 43.7 x 36.8 cm. (sheet) |
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| Genre | on the Yangtze River by Japanese aircraft. Shoemaker's cartoon comments on the December 12, 1937 incident and its aftermath. The image refers to the Japanese government's official apology for the sinking, and its assurances that there would be no further aggression toward Americans in China. Forms part of: Caroline and Erwin Swann collection of caricature and cartoon (Library of Congress). Published in: The Chicago Daily News, December 29, 1937. |
| Notes | 1937 Dec. 29 [publication date] |
| Subjects | Panay (Ship)--1930-1940. International relations--Japan--1930-1940. International relations--United States--1930-1940. Soldiers--Japanese--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,289 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156060 |
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