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The Prodigal Son

September 7, 1926

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The Prodigal Son
  • Title
  • The Prodigal Son
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • September 7, 1926
  • Identifier
  • 715.272901.CP
  • Description
  • A political cartoon by Cy Hungerford in the September 7, 1926 edition of the Pittsburgh Sun newspaper depicting "Pa Pitt," a personification of the City of Pittsburgh, welcoming back Mayor Charles H. Kline (1926-1933). The cartoon captures the event in which Mayor Kline took a summer vacation to a resort in Ohio. Duties, such as work on the 1927 Budget for Pittsburgh were put off during the vacation to the disgruntlement of citizens. Copy photograph was created on January 20, 1927.
  • Extent
  • 7.75 x 9.75 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Editorial cartoons
    Hungerford, Cy, 1889-1983
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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