Picture No | 10837385 |
Date | 1918 |
Description | Gas powered cars, WW1 cartoon |
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Sammy (seeing gas-driven car for first time): "Say - some kit bag!"
Cartoon showing an American soldier confused by a gas-powered car (where the gas was stored in a large bag on the roof of the car), a comment on the growing popularity of gas-powered cars as an alternative to petrol fuel during the First World War.
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Source | Illustration by Leonard P. Dowd in The Bystander, 6 February 1918 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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