About This Item


  • Call NumberEAGL_0402
  • TitleHog-tie that menace
  • SummaryCartoon by Brooklyn Eagle cartoonist, Vincent Svoboda, depicting figure of death being tied to post by young man; on figure: "Holiday accident deaths;" on rope: "Care, vigilance, caution."
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On recto: "Svoboda" written in lower right corner. On verso: date inscribed: January 30, 1944; "Svoboda." Title from typeset caption on recto.
  • CreatorSvoboda, Vincent [artist]
  • SubjectBrooklyn eagle ; Caricatures and cartoons ; Cartoons (Commentary) [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Eagle: Employees: Vincent Svoboda