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Do you fellows have any more bright ideas on how to help the war effort by tearing up park areas?
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States Washington (D.C.) |
| Description | World War II cartoon shows Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes asking Secretary of War Henry Stimson and Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox if they "have any more bright ideas on how to help the war effort by tearing up park areas"? Behind them stretches an almost empty parking lot containing a sign reading "War and Navy Dept. Parking Lot. Formerly the Polo Grounds. Cost of Converting Park Land to Parking Lot -- $115,353.73. Capacity -- 2,606 Autos. Daily Use -- About 610 Automobiles." In July 1942, it was reported that due to gasoline and tire rationing, the parking lots on the old Polo Field in Potomac Park were little used. Ickes, an ardent conservationist, was determined to leave the National Park system bigger and better than he found it. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Parks--Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Stimson, Henry Lewis,--1867-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Knox, Frank,--1874-1944. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Ickes, Harold L.--(Harold LeClair),--1874-1952. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Parking lots--Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
