[Steel Factory]

Dublin Core

Title

[Steel Factory]

Creator

McCay, Winsor, 1867?-1934

Date

1906-12-25

Source

New York Evening Telegram

Publisher

New York Herald Co.

Description

Goes into a steel factory to try and destroy the valise.

Contributor

Kirsten A. McKinney
New York State Library

Language

English

Type

comic strip

Coverage

1900s(1905-1909)

Still Image Item Type Metadata

ImageNo.

83

Series Title

A Pilgrim's Progress By Mister Bunion

PublicationDate

1906-12-25

Publication

New York Evening Telegram

Transcription

Mr. Bunion: Oh! But I'm so tired! Hum! Um! There's a hive of industry! Droves of men and boys are in that place paying the penalty for being alive. I'll go in and visit--
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Mr. Bunion: Do you allow people inside? Can a fellow visit the factory? I'd like to go through the plant if I may
Man: If you do not try and steal any steel rails, you may go in.
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Man #2: Yes, our blast furnace is the largest in the world. Why do you ask? Do you want to see it?
Mr. Bunion: I would like to drop this valise into your furnace if I could arrange it with you.
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Man #3: Your valise would not last a second if thrown in to our furnace, but it would spoil our steel so we can not do it.
Mr. Bunion: Yes, I suppose it would spoil the steel. It spoils everything it goes against.
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Man #2: There's a trip hammer with which we flatten out the hardest of steel. Strikes a blow of a thousand tons, 500 a second.
Mr. Bunion: Well, eh. Why can't I put this valise under it and see it work. What do you say?
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Man #2: Sure! Ill put it right here.
Mr. Bunion: If that trip hammer will flatten out steel it ought to do something with that box.
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Man #2: There she goes. Isn't it powerful?
Mr. Bunion: Um
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Man #2: Oh! I broke it! Now I'll get fired!

Original Format

newspaper comic strip

Physical Dimensions

11.8" X 8.5"

NYSL Microfilm Citation

NY 01 New York 93-31968, DEC 1906 -FEB 15 1907 Reel 104

Reprinted

Winsor McCay, "A Pilgrim's Progress," Winsor McCay Early Works III, ed. Mark Thompson (West Carrollton, OH: Checker Book Publishing Group, 2004), pg.157

Tags

fatigue

Files

83-1906-12-25.jpg

Tags

Citation

McCay, Winsor, 1867?-1934, “[Steel Factory],” Pilgrim's Progress, accessed June 7, 2023, https://pilgrims-progress.richmond.edu/items/show/83.