Uncle Samuel: The most I can do seems like such a very little for a big fellow like me.

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Title	Uncle Samuel: The most I can do seems like such a very little for a big fellow like me.
Creator	Darling, Jay N. (Jay Norwood), 1876-1962
Date Original	1909-01-05
Contained Text	Red Cross supplies; gold; food; congressional appropriations
Note	On December 28, 1908 at 5:21 am an earthquake hit Messina, a town in Sicily, Italy as well as Reggio Calabria located on the mainland. The earthquake's magnitude was a 7.5 according to today's Richter scale. It lasted approximately 30 to 40 seconds and the destruction was felt within a 300 km radius. Moments after the earthquake hit a tsunami struck many of the coastal cities with forty foot waves causing even more destruction. This would be the fourth largest tsunami that ever occurred[3]. Coming with no warning, and killing over 100,000 people in Messina alone, this earthquake and tsunami left the town completely destroyed, with 91% of its buildings down and weeks of searching for missing people. Considering the population of Messina was only 150,000 the death toll was devastating. This would be the strongest earthquake to ever hit Messina, and Europe.
Subject - Topics	Humanitarian aid Generosity United States -- Foreign relations -- Italy
Subject - Places	Italy
Subject - Depictions	Uncle Sam--giant Baggage and bundles
Chronological Subject	1900-1910
Type (DCMIType)	Still image
Type (AAT)	Editorial cartoons Clippings
Digital Collection	Des Moines Register Cartoonists Editorial Cartoons of J.N. "Ding" Darling
Contributing Institution	University of Iowa Libraries. Special Collections Dept. J.N. "Ding" Darling Foundation
Archival Collection	Jay N. Darling papers
Collection Identifier	MSC0170
Collection Guide	http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?MSC0170
Original Publication Source	Des Moines Register
Rights Management	Copyright is owned by the "Ding" Darling Wildlife Society; it is administered on behalf of the Society by The University of Iowa. While use within the classroom is encouraged without specific authorization, publishing this cartoon in any format requires written permission. See policy and permissions procedure at: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/services/dingdarling_fees.html
Contact Information	Contact the Special Collections Department at The University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/contact
Identifier	090105-I
Language	English
Digital Format	jpeg

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