blown up. Whatever it was, it probably blew out the side of the boat and caused the ship to sink in 18 minutes (not quite the 15 minutes McCay mentions in the cartoon). It was meant for war propaganda - part of President Wilson's propaganda campaign under newspaperman George Creel, ...
The Maine Monument in Columbus Circle. Read about its dedication here. (Image courtesy Museum of the City of New York) The Pulitzer Memorial Fountain in Manhattan’s Grand Army Plaza, 1921. (Courtesy Museum of the City of New York)