Henry Clark 'Hank' Barrow (American, 1905-1985)

Henry Clark 'Hank' Barrow (American, 1905-1985) and John Chase (American, 1906-1979) And Don't Spare the Salt!, The Associated Press newspaper cartoon and Yesterday...And Today!, New Orleans States-Item newspaper cartoon (two works), August 1942; 1943 India ink, blue pencil, and lithographic crayon on board 17-1/4 x 14 inches (43.8 x 35.6 cm) (And Don't Spare the Salt!, image) 15 x 12 inches (38.1 x 30.5 cm) (Yesterday...And Today!, image) Each signed in lower region: Chase; Barrow Hank Barrow began his career with The Times-Picayune newspaper of New Orleans, and in the mid-1930s he took over the comic panel The Gay Thirties that had been created by Milton Caniff. At the Associated Press in the 1930s and 1940s he created editorial cartoons that were syndicated to newspapers throughout the United States. In 1949 he joined the staff of the Omaha World Herald (Nebraska) as editorial cartoonist and remained in that position to retirement in 1971. Currency inflation had been encouraged under the New Deal as a method of stimulating the American economy in the Great Depression; more and cheaper dollars meant Americans had more money to spend so demand would rise as would production to meet it. However, during the war years price inflation became a major problem as goods were needed for the war effort, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved to bring it under control. And Don't Spare the Salt! depicts FDR chasing the "High Cost of Living" with a "Farm Prices and Wage Stabilization Plan" in hand. It was created while Mr. Barrow was at the Associated Press and appeared in many newspapers across the United States in August, 1942. From the late-1920s to the early-1960s the editorial cartoons of John Churchill Chase appeared in New Orleans, Louisiana newspapers. After study at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts he initially worked at the Chicago Tribune, yet by 1927 he returned to his native New Orleans where his work was published in several newspapers. He was the creator of syndicated U.S. history-themed comic strips and a local historian. Mr. Chase spent many years with the States-Item, and this original was published in that newspaper in early 1943. "Yesterday" Germany's Adolf Hitler made plans with Italy's Benito Mussolini and the world quaked, "and Today" the men in command were President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British P.M. Winston Churchill and the two fascist leaders, along with Japan's Tojo, had reason to fret. (image size: 15" x 12") Yesterday...And Today! is inscribed and signed "with Best Wishes John Chase — New Orleans Item • Feb. 1943" in the bottom margin. The name of the person to whom it was dedicated has been scratched out. Quantity: (2) HID03101062020 © 2026 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice

Condition
Very faint stain to lower left margin of Yesterday; minor surface abrasions in lower left area of margin into image of Yesterday. Pin points of surface dirt in areas of negative space to Don't Spare The Salt. Very light handling smudges along extreme edges of each; wear and markings to margins of pages in keeping with illustration and publishing process. Each not framed. Each sheet overall: 20 x 15 inches and 18.25 x 15.25 inches
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