IMAGE
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:'For Pete's sake hurry up and drag 'em in! There's a big guy in there asking for his money back already!' 1973
- Date
- 1973
- By
- Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Sports post (Newspaper)
- Reference
- B-134-441
- Description
This cartoon features the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Christchurch. In the style of a circus side show a man is trying to get the people passing by to buy tickets. Behind you can see three people waiting for a show and one very grumpy one is labelled 'Costs'. The man in the ticket booth is urging the compere to get more people in as the grumpy man is already asking for his money back.
Published in the Sports Post
Other Titles - See the Biggest! The Brightest! The Best! Collection of Commonwealth Athletes Ever Seen in N.Z. Battle it out in Christchurch!
Extended Title - With less than four months remaining before the Commonwealth Games open in Christchurch there are still more than 175,000 tickets available for sale.
Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink, newspaper clipping, letratone and crayon, 416 x 340 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988] / Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Cartoons for the Evening Post, 1973]
- Format
- 1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Caricatures, Ink, newspaper clipping, letratone and crayon, 416 x 340 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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