William Howard Taft Aviation Cartoon
William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was the 27th President of the United States.
Edward Winsor (E. W.) Kemble (1861-1933) was a prominent illustrator who contributed to numerous periodicals during his career and served as a staff political cartoonist at
This collection consists of a cartoon of William Howard Taft, wearing checkered cap, at the controls of an aircraft in the style of a Wright (Co) Model B dropping speeches from large bags to the ground below. The cartoon, by Edward Winsor (E. W.) Kemble, is from the September 23, 1911 issue of
Collection is in original order.
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Tom Day Crouch, Gift, 2018, NASM.2019.0003
William Howard Taft Aviation Cartoon, NASM.2019.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Arranged, described, and encoded by Jessamyn Lloyd, 2020.