In Memoriam - Chair City, Joseph Carr Cartoon, 1982
Item Information
- Title:
- In Memoriam - Chair City, Joseph Carr Cartoon, 1982
- Description:
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A political cartoon entitled, "In Memoriam - Chair City, Gardner Massachusetts" drawn by W. Joseph Carr and dated March 9, 1982. The cartoon shows a hazardous waste drum in an overgrown field with a chair on top. The drum's waste is leaking and drips down the side to the ground below. Joseph Carr was a noted furniture designer, artist, cartoonist and sculptor from Gardner, Massachusetts. He worked for the Heywood-Wakefield Company as a furniture designer from 1936 till the company closed its doors in 1979. He also did freelance furniture designs for a variety of furniture companies including S. Bent & Brothers, Inc.
- Creator:
- Carr, William Joseph, 1910-1999
- Date:
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March 9, 1982
- Format:
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Prints
- Location:
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Mount Wachusett Community College
LaChance Library - Collection (local):
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W. Joseph Carr Collection
- Subjects:
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Gardner (Mass.)--History--Caricatures and cartoons
Furniture industry and trade--Caricatures and cartoons
Furniture industry and trade--Hazardous wastes
Furniture industry and trade--Massachusetts--Gardner
- Places:
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Massachusetts > Worcester (county) > Gardner
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/bk129175q
- Terms of Use:
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- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project website, http://www.mwcc.edu/gardnerfurniture/default.html.
- Identifier:
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CARR-001
in_memoriam_chair_city_joseph_carr_cartoon_1982
