CARTOON - CROWD AROUND CAR

Ben Strange was a prominent political cartoonist in Western Australia who worked for the Western Mail from 1900 to 1930. This is a drawing by Ben Strange collected by Ivor T Birtwistle who worked at the Western Mail.
For many years Ben's political cartoons were a prominent feature in the newspaper. In the late 1920s his popularity had declined but he was still the key political cartoonist for the paper. Instead of two full page cartoons in the late 1920s Ben would still produce a weekly political cartoon and contribute cartoons to the papers 'A Page of Fun' that features amusing cartoons, stories and jokes.