"Coffee still 20 cents. Coffee still 30 cents" : cartoon for The New Yorker [drawing].

Record ID: 
277802
Accession number: 
MA 11864.1-3
Author: 
Booth, George, 1926-
Published: 
1975.
Credit: 
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Gift of Janine Luke in honor of William M. Griswold and in memory of Melvin R. Seiden, 2011.
Description: 
3 drawings.
Notes: 

Original drawing for a cartoon published in The New Yorker, Feb. 17, 1975.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

"Idea: Israel Shenker"--in ink on top left verso of first sheet.

Summary: 

Man in front of restaurant reads sign in window "Coffee still 20 cents", diner waiter comes and replaces sign with one reading "Coffee still 30 cents".

Medium: 
Black ballpoint pen and porous pointed pen with correction fluid, on paper.
Dimensions: 
160 x 200 mm (each)
Provenance: 
Melvin R. Seiden; Janine Luke.
Classification: