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Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives
Description: This cartoon by Wes Brown depicts four men: "MR. GAS MAN", "MR. ELECTRIC POWER", "MR. COAL MAN", and "MR. OIL BURNER" watching people in a circle holding ribbons. Two people are labeled: "MRS. YOUNGSTOWN" and "MR. YOUNGSTOWN". The ribbons are labeled "ESSAY CONTEST", "GOOD FELLOWSHIP", "HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST", "GENERAL COOPERATION", "HARMONY", "GOOD CITIZENSHIP", "SPIRIT OF HELPFULNESS", "SMOKE NUISANCE CAMPAIGN", and "GET TOGETHER SPIRIT". "MR. GAS MAN" says, "WELL BOYS, THEY'VE CLEANED UP THE OLD TOWN - IT'S NOW UP TO US FOUR TO KEEP THEM HAPPY WITH CLEAN HEAT". "MR. ELECTRIC POWER" says, "I'M TICKLED TO DEATH - I DON'T HAVE TO HANDLE ANY MORE DIRTY COAL - THEY DEMAND COKE". "MR. OIL BURNER" says, "-AND EVERYBODY'S HAPPY!" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B04F58_006
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Cartoon & Satire; Pollution
Places: Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives