Thomas Nast
It Cost Us Thousands And Thousands Of Dollars To Find This Out

It Cost Us Thousands And Thousands Of Dollars To Find This Out

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It Cost Us Thousands And Thousands Of Dollars To Find This Out
ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • It Cost Us Thousands And Thousands Of Dollars To Find This Out
  • from Harpers Weekly Magazine
DateMarch 22, 1879
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsSheet: 16 1/16 × 11 1/8 in. (40.8 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey
Object number91.1429.18
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One of the huge logistics compounds at Camp Leatherneck. A modern, technologized army needs hundreds of thousands of different kinds of objects in order to keep it working. A $100m warplane can be grounded for the want of a $1 part. Supplying these things is a huge drain on an army’s resources and its greatest vulnerability.
Simon Norfolk
One of the huge logistics compounds at Camp Leatherneck. A modern, technologized army needs hundreds of thousands of different kinds of objects in order to keep it working. A $100m warplane can be grounded for the want of a $1 part. Supplying these things is a huge drain on an army’s resources and its greatest vulnerability.
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Chromogenic print
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With everything and a rickety bike packed on a cart, refugees seek a new home in a safe part of Kabul. Thousands of people have been fighting the war for years.
James Nachtwey
With everything and a rickety bike packed on a cart, refugees seek a new home in a safe part of Kabul. Thousands of people have been fighting the war for years.
1996
Gelatin silver print
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Image Not Available for "Our New Dear Dollar"
Thomas Nast
"Our New Dear Dollar"
1878
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.686.3.A,.B
Image Not Available for "That Dollar"
Thomas Nast
"That Dollar"
1878
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.682.2.A,.B
What You Wish Us Is One Thing ; What You Will give Us Is Another
Thomas Nast
What You Wish Us Is One Thing ; What You Will give Us Is Another
January 2, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.80
Image Not Available for H. G. "Let Us Clasp Hands over the Bloody Chasm"
Thomas Nast
H. G. "Let Us Clasp Hands over the Bloody Chasm"
1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.586.1
Image Not Available for "Let Us Clasp Hands Over (What Might Have Been) a Bloody Chasm"
Thomas Nast
"Let Us Clasp Hands Over (What Might Have Been) a Bloody Chasm"
1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.584.3
Let Us Clasp Hands over the Bloody Chasm
Thomas Nast
Let Us Clasp Hands over the Bloody Chasm
September 21, 1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.582.2
Let Us Clasp Hands over the Bloody Chasm
Thomas Nast
Let Us Clasp Hands over the Bloody Chasm
August 3, 1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.575.1
Image Not Available for "Let Us Have Complete Restoration, While You Are about It"
Thomas Nast
"Let Us Have Complete Restoration, While You Are about It"
1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.596.2
There Is Nothing Mean about Us
Thomas Nast
There Is Nothing Mean about Us
May 30, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.637.1.2
There Is Nothing Mean about Us
Thomas Nast
There Is Nothing Mean about Us
May 30, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.637.1.3