Cartoon of Sheriff Renear Leaning Against Flivver


Caption: "Sheriff Renear; How the Sheriff looks when he leans up against an ordinary flivver; Easy, Sheriff Easy; Ordinary-sized citizen; Ribe '21"


"['Ribe' was] the cartoonist for a Boston Newspaper. ... A flivver was a derogatory name for a Model 'T'." [WHR 1999]


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Date: 1921
Location: Vineyard Haven - -

People: Renear, Sheriff
Keywords: caricatures; cartoons; art; parodies; hats; police; cars