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[Cartoon showing elevator crashing through top of large bldg.]
Summary
Repro. of drawing by Gelett Burgess in his Lively city o'Ligg, 1899, p. 53.
Reference copy may be available in LOT 4249.
This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions.
Caption card tracings: Skyscrapers; Elevators; Cartoons, US; Artist, Publ. I.; Shelf.
Date
01/01/1899
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
