The Iron Horse cartoon

Date1936

DescriptionA cartoon drawn by Burris Jenkins Jr. showing a horse pulling a cannon (Yankees of '36) behind it. The road sign says "1800th Straight Game Tomorrow" and below are three smaller drawings of Lou Gehrig swinging a bat. The text discusses games played streak, 48 home runs in 1936, .340 career batting average, .422 batting average in World Series.

Object numberB-1956-0525-002

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer Jenkins, Burris, Jr., 1896-1966

Subject Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941

Subject New York Yankees (Baseball team)

Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationsmanuscripts (documents)

Collection NumberBA MSS 132

Dimensions21 x 24 in.

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