A Plugged Nickel!--Murderer's Row cartoon

Date1936

DescriptionA cartoon done by Burris Jenkins, Jr. of eight hands holding revolvers (Murderer's Row) and shooting simultaneously into a nickel (5 Cents Series). The cartoon was created for 1936 World Series when New York Yankees defeated the New York Giants in 6 games getting 43 runs and 65 hits. The portion in the lower left corner shows the carnage at the Polo Grounds.

Object numberB-1956-0525-003

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

Subject Dickey, Bill, 1907-1993

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Subject Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941

Attributes

Classificationsmanuscripts (documents)

Collection NumberBA MSS 132

Dimensions24.5 x 20.25 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

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