[Visit to the Zoo]
Dublin Core
Title
[Visit to the Zoo]
Creator
McCay, Winsor, 1867?-1934
Date
1909-3-9
Source
New York Evening Telegram
Publisher
New York Herald Co.
Description
Visits the zoo and gives valise to an elephant who hits him on the head with it.
Contributor
Kirsten A. McKinney
New York State Library
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Coverage
1900s(1905-1909)
Still Image Item Type Metadata
ImageNo.
195
Series Title
A Pilgrim's Progress By Mister Bunion
PublicationDate
1909-3-9
Publication
New York Evening Telegram
Transcription
Mr. Bunion: I know where I"ll go, I'll go visit the zoo. I can rest there I"m sure among those caged brutes!
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Mr. Bunion: Poor old prisoner! How he must crave to be free once more.
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Mr. Bunion: Haven't you got a peanut sonny to give him? No?
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Mr. Bunion: I have nothing to give to you!
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Mr. Bunion: What! Do you want my old valise?
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Mr. Bunion: He wants to play see? Trunk and valise?
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Zookeeper: What did you do to that big elephant, sir, eh?
Mr. Bunion: Is that just plain sarcasm or do you mean it? Huh!
Original Format
newspaper comic strip
Physical Dimensions
11.8" X 8.5"
NYSL Microfilm Citation
NY 01 New York 93-31968, FEB-APR 15 1909 Reel 114
Reprinted
Winsor McCay, "A Pilgrim's Progress," Winsor McCay Early Works, ed. Mark Thompson (West Carrollton, OH: Checker Book Publishing Group, 2003), pg.195
Files
Collection
Citation
McCay, Winsor, 1867?-1934, “[Visit to the Zoo],” Pilgrim's Progress, accessed September 21, 2020, http://pilgrims-progress.richmond.edu/items/show/196.