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Dream of the Rarebit Fiend. "What the government wants is a census of the flies"

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Date Copyrighted
  • 1907
Date
  • July 26, 1907
Version
  • original art
Summary
  • The government wants a census of the flies. He asks the man sitting next to him if he is interested in counting all the flies in the United States. The man tells him he is out of a job so he will tackle it. He starts counting them. He wakes up from the dream he was having saying the cheese he ate and the flies aren't helping his naps.
Description
  • Date taken from Judith O'Sullivan's 'The Art of Winsor Z. McCay.'
  • Ten panel monochrome comic strip.
  • Copyright, 1907, by the New York evening telegram (New York Herald Co.).
  • Signed: "Silas"
Item Identifier
  • Digital ID: d_826
  • Finding Number: CGA.AC.H2.031
Collection Identifier
  • SPEC.CGA.WG
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Extent
  • 49.2 x 35.5 cm
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  • ink
  • paper
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  • New York Herald Tribune
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  • This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.
Credit line: Woody Gelman Collection, The Ohio State University, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

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