My big powerful boys!" / Winsor McCay." – Antique Print
(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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This rare historic drawing captures My big powerful boys!" / Winsor McCay." in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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My big powerful boys!" / Winsor McCay."
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The title, "My big powerful boys!", casts Uncle Sam as a proud father to American industry and big business. Winsor McCay, best known for the *Little Nemo* comic strip and the animated film *Gertie the Dinosaur*, made the drawing around the 1920s, a decade when factories, railroads and large corporations expanded quickly and drew both praise and suspicion. The affectionate tone of the title hints at that ambivalence about concentrated economic power. The drawing is in ink and blue pencil over a graphite underdrawing on layered paper, so McCay's preparatory sketching is still visible beneath the finished lines.
| Medium | 1 drawing on layered paper : ink and blue pencil over graphite underdrawing ; 30.7 x 59 cm (sheet) |
|---|---|
| Notes | [192-] |
| Subjects | Industry--United States--1920-1930. Big business--United States--1920-1930. Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,516 × 4,623 px · prints to 18 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226154 |
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