Surveying reflected in Cartoons

snoopycartoon.jpg (484048 bytes)   snoopy2.jpg (26174 bytes)   golfcartoon.jpg (60707 bytes)   swamp.JPG (167653 bytes)   motorcycle.jpg (29721 bytes)   valentine.jpg (73535 bytes)   valentine-b.jpg (64764 bytes)
Snoopy Cartoon   Snoopy   Golf   Survey Swamp   Surveyor Field Motorcycle   Valentine   Valentine
                         
                     
Old Cartoon   Hagar The Horrible                    
 

The following group of cartoons are not necessarily humorous, but are interesting nonetheless because they depict tidbits of history surrounding the surveying and establishment of Washington, D.C.  Such notable people as Benjamin Banneker, Andrew Ellicott, David Rittenhouse, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson are mentioned.

 
cover-cartoon.jpg (303546 bytes)   banneker1-cartoon.jpg (442123 bytes)   banneker2-cartoon.jpg (373449 bytes)   ellicott1-cartoon.jpg (442307 bytes)   ellicott2-cartoon.jpg (561649 bytes)   ellicott3-cartoon.jpg (452594 bytes)   ellicott4-cartoon.jpg (371324 bytes)
    Benjamin Banneker   Banneker's Observatory   Ellicotts   Geographer General   Ellicott's Survey Party   Cornerstone
                         
banneker3-cartoon.jpg (391990 bytes)   ellicott6-cartoon.JPG (459484 bytes)   sabatoge-cartoon.jpg (377968 bytes)   figures-cartoon.jpg (426425 bytes)   ellicott7-cartoon.jpg (381220 bytes)   ellicott8-cartoon.jpg (348733 bytes)   lawyer-cartoon.jpg (527165 bytes)
Banneker's Almanac   Additional Duties   Sabotage!   Figures Wrong!   Speculators   Ellicott's Career   Lawyers were Illegal
Excerpted from Flashbacks Volume One, "A Cartoon History of DC" by Patrick M. Reynolds; Published by The Red Rose Studio, Willow Street, Pennsylvania. 1995

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