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RIT ARCHIVE COLLECTIONS
Record
Filename:
ac_ritspec002_clubb_cartoons_jsc0057.tif
Identifier:
ac_ritspec002_clubb_cartoons_jsc0057.tif
Creator:
John Scott Clubb
Title:
Baited and Set.
Subject:
Political Cartoon
Subject:
Rochester
Subject:
Bell Telephone Monopoly
Summary:
Drawing signed "Clubb" at the bottom right corner. Depicts a man, labeled "Father Rochester," who looks on to a huge bell labeled "Bell Telephone Monopoly" propped up percariously on a stick that has been cut in the middle and tied to a string. The string is held by a hand off to the left of the scene, labeled "Rochester Telephone Corporation." Inside the bell, attached to a hook lying in place of the knocker, there is a parcel labeled "Independent Co. Bait," with papers attached to it reading "The People be Pleased," "Exorbitant Rates," and "Metered System."
Date of Original:
n.d. [c. 1921?]
Date of Digitization:
2019-08
Broad Type:
still image
Specific Type:
drawing
Digital File Format:
tiff
Physical Format:
ink on paper
Language:
English
Library Collection:
RITSpec-002_John Scott Clubb drawings, 1904-1934, 1975
Rights:
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Baited and Set.

     
Baited and Set.