CARTOON - REPAIRING HOUSE
1929Scene of three men repairing a floor and the pipes underneath it. Wooden wall in background and another house over fence.
Ben Strange signature bottom middle
The cartoon was published in the Western Mail's 'A Page of Fun' on 1 August 1929 . It came with the caption:
Angry foreman: That man over there works twice as hard as you do. Indolent Labourer: Yes I have told him about it, but he don't care.
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The Ben Strange cartoons are historically significant as they depict many key figures linked to the history and development of both Western Australia and Australia. Political figures who regularly appeared in his cartoon’s included John ‘Happy Jack’
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City of Armadale - History House
City of Armadale - History House
Other items by Ben Strange
- CARTOON - BEAR WITH CAP SITTING ON MAN
- CARTOON - KING COAL'S GROWL
- CARTOON - TEMPTING GOOD - A BERLIN SHOWCASE
- CARTOON - WHEN CONSTABULARY DUTYS TO BE DONE - A POLICEMANS LOT IS NOT A HAPPY ONE
- CARTOON - SILENCE IS NOT ALWAYS GOLDEN - AND THE LAW MAKES A POOR CUPID
- CARTOON - EXCUSE ME I HAVE A DEPUTATION TO MEET
- CARTOON - THE SAME OLD COW ON THE LINE
- CARTOON - THAT MALIGNANT GROWTH
- CARTOON - THE PREMIERS CONFERENCE BOVRILISED: BUT THE STATES LIVES IN HOPE
- CARTOON - HIS TROUBLE
- CARTOON - THE SIMPLE LIFE
- CARTOON - SANTA CLAUSE AND THE SILVER LINK
Other items from City of Armadale - History House
- CARTOON - CROWD AROUND CAR
- CARTOON - THREE GOLFERS ON A GOLF COURSE
- CARTOON - EMPIRE PREFERENCE
- CARTOON - UNDER WHICH SCALE
- PENCIL - AT FERGUSON ADVERT
- CARTOON - IN TROUBLED WATERS
- CARTOON - LABOUR PARTY I MUST DISOWN ALL KNOWLEDGE OF THE OBSTRUCTIVE ASS
- CARTOON - INDUSTRIAL WRECKERS
- CARTOON - THE CRUCIFICTION OF REASON
- CARTOON - THE LAW OF THE SUSPECT CALUMNY
- CARTOON - THE WAITS CHRISTMAS 1916
- CARTOON - LABOUR REFORM