Clare Briggs

Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.

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3 Responses

  1. Jaybird says:

    Mama mia!

    New York Tribune, again. Which means that *THIS* is the building he’s talking about.

    At the time of this cartoon, the tallest building in the world.Report

  2. North says:

    I just love these, and yeah, I have an acquaintance who did window washing on modern buildings and he saw a LOT of “funny business” going on as he went by.Report

  3. fillyjonk says:

    An apartment building I used to live in would warn tenants when the window washers were coming so “you aren’t surprised walking around in your birthday suit.”

    I’m guessing, people being what they are, at least a few *planned* to be walking around in their birthday suits on window washer dayReport