Jake had forgotten that he was broke
Date1934
Artist
Harry Burne
American illustrator (dates unknown, active 1920–1940)
Illustration Citation"Mister Simmons Good Lord!" Redbook Magazine, June 1934
MediumWatercolor and graphite on board
Dimensionscomposition: 18 1/16 × 27 1/4 in. (45.9 × 69.2 cm)
sheet: 21 7/8 × 29 7/8 in. (55.6 × 75.9 cm)
sheet: 21 7/8 × 29 7/8 in. (55.6 × 75.9 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2025
Object number2025-30
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis illustration accompanied a story typical of the Depression Era, when romance and finance came together in popular fiction. Our dancing protagonist Jake meets a pretty girl at a nightclub and they dance. When it comes time to stop for a drink, he remembers that he’s broke and goes to ask a friend for money, but while he’s gone, the young woman buys the drinks in thanks for him buying her a drink and being kind to her years ago when she first arrived in the city.
Harry Everett Townsend
1914
