Thus did the Great Squab Syndicate soar – Antique 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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Thus did the Great Squab Syndicate soar comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Thus did the Great Squab Syndicate soar
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The title turns a squab, a young pigeon, into the name of a business venture, and "syndicate" borrows the financial jargon of the day. Around 1907, when trusts and syndicates were a favorite target of American satire, humorists often set such terms against everyday life, and a children's enterprise made a natural joke. Published in Harper's magazine and dated only tentatively, the crayon drawing shows how illustrators of the period used playful scenes of childhood to comment on big business.
| Medium | 1 drawing : crayon. |
|---|---|
| Genre | Harper's magazine |
| Notes | [1907?] |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,168 × 1,473 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218506 |
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