Born in Germany, Henry (Hy) Mayer worked as an illustrator in London and Paris before eventually settling in NYC. He was a political cartoonist for the New York Times and then chief cartoonist for Puck.
This vignette cartoon depicting scenes from travel, clockwise from top center ...
A shocked stylish woman confronted by a "U.S. Customs" scarecrow.
A distorted view of Pisa aided by "a wonderful quality of chianti."
A woman sitting on a lonely beach populated with signs for the many different "seas" she has encountered while traveling.
A Dutch woman exchanging her traditional costume for the latest Parisian fashions after the tourists have gone home.
What may be a self-portrait of the artist sending postcards from places around the world, while never leaving home.
Ruins that remind the traveler of construction projects back home.
A composite of images from "one of those hurried tours around the world", compressing sites from many places into a single image/impression
Here’s “The Awakening” one of Hy Mayer’s most powerful political works
Here’s a more lighthearted work by Mayer
Title: Travel impressions / Hy Mayer
Names: Henry Mayer, 1868-1954, artist
Created / Published: New York : Published by Puck Publishing Corporation, 295-309 Lafayette Street
Date: August 29, 1914
Library of Congress: LC-DIG-ppmsca-28081
I suppose the song "Over There" could be interpreted as a rallying cry to pack your suitcase not a gun.