Each week american artifacts takes americans through history. Its bar, off the record, is decoraorated with political ca n cartoo cartoons. Even the coasters are updated with opportunity political characatures. The hotel was built in 1928 on the sight of the residence itself. And after relinquished their rights to the sight, a warden who is the Development Built this hotel along with the hotel which today is the st. Regis. It has been in existence since 1928. With my arrival in 1999, this bar was already known as off the record, a place to be seen but not heard. It was not in this color and format, but it was pretty similar, and it is like the speak easy place and it is becoming public over the years. The decorations displayed from various artists dating back to a collecti collection. From what iz know the previous ownership in the 80s and the 90s decided to bring in some art work after having a few beers in the bar. And that is how it really established, but we built up on this now. W
To us about his influence and legacy and showed us many of his exhibits in the herblock gallery. Herb block was a midwestern born cartoonist. He began his career in 1929, six months before the Great Depression. He was a moderate conservative in his start. And he was radicalized, not leftleft, put pushed him further towards the center but a Great Depression and then the injustice of world war ii. In 1933, he joined the Scripps Howard company, the Newspaper Enterprise Association which was situated in cleveland, ohio. And then 1946, right after the second world war, he joining the Washington Post where he spent the rest of his career, and he died about six weeks after his last cartoon appeared in the Washington Post. His last cartoon appeared on august 26th, 2001. And he died just a week shy of his 92nd birthday in october. The library of congress has the herbblock collection. We had about 16,000 of his editorial cartoons, but we have nearly all of the work he produced for the Washington
Meet joe, the king of the workers of the world. Hi, folks. Joes the king because he can buy more with hiwages than any other worker on the globe. Now, what makes it possible for joe to earn such a good living . Hes no smarter than workers in other countries. Are you kidding . Hes no stronger than workers in others lands. Oh, yeah . Well, just watch me. Just because joes an american doesnt mean yeah . Well being an american is the best thing in the ow, my back. Sure, being an american is great. But how could you be superior to any foreigner when you or your folks might be any one of a dozen different races or religions . So if youre no superman, it must be the american way of doing things that makes you the luckiest guy in the world. I dont think im so lucky. You dont . Well, let me show you. Hey, whats that gadget . Television . No, its a time machine. Just pull that lever. Youll see how people worked 100 years ago. Hey. This i like. Thats too far back. Try again. We want to stop at 18
Hey, joe, joe. Yeah, sam. Take a look at todays timetable. Only one of these trains can get through to washington. 44 is a single track, you know. Yeah, but, sam, arent the American People on board the win the war special . Well, followed by a few wreckers. Do you see that switch, joe . Youve got to sidetrack. Im just the guy that can do it, sam. Look, joe, you can, if you dont fall asleep at the switch like you did in november of 1942. I see. Dont worry about me. Hell have to knock me out. Dream awaken to me waiting for me rise all rise who are you . Not at all. Not at all. Glad you dropped in, my boy. I see uncle sam has been overworking you. High production. Sams been overworking you. Relax. Have a cigar. Lets talk this over, my boy. According to the papers, yao you are on the wrong track. It says here that the win the war special isnt going through. And they are on strike. Thats a lie. Were out to win the war. War, war. Way up high to the pie in the sky when you die we stand tall.
In this room in one sense by the presence of pat oliphant. So please greet pat. But even more by the work of pat which yowull see on the screen. The culture he reptde esreprese highly specific. Daily perspective over the course of more than 60 years as a cartoonist, producing more than 10,000 individual cartoons, five days a week for the denver post, for several years, for the washington star for several years, and then along the way, pat oliphant became the first 20th century cartoonist to work independently of any newspaper. Thats how popular his work was, and it was syndicated through newspapers all across the country, out of his studio. So a specific daily comments on events as they were occurring, far from being balanced, they were opinion atded. That was part of their virtue. And obviously, not so much in words, although there are words, but especially in pictures and the work of the art of pat oliphant not just confined to cartoons but also to paintings and sculpture. Before i i