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Commentary on the Commute: A Century of The New Yorker’s Transportation Cartoons
The New Yorker was founded in 1925 by Harold Ross and Jane Grant as a sophisticated humor magazine. From the outset, its pages featured journalism, criticism, fiction, and poetry of the highest quality. That same year, New York’s transportation system was growing—and growing in popularity. Mass transportation and the city it served became inextricably linked, as well as shorthand for one another, making it a natural subject for not only cartoons, but the colorful covers of the publication.
In celebration of the magazine’s 100th anniversary, the New York Transit Museum is proud to present Commentary on the Commute: A Century of The New Yorker’s Transportation Cartoons. Showcasing work from 57 artists, the exhibit includes a selection of cartoons and covers from The New Yorker whose subjects should be familiar to anyone who has ever taken public transportation: the uniqueness of New Yorkers, the challenges of the commute, the daily sea of humanity (and critters) that move through the region, and the grittiness and the grandeur that is New York.
Transit Museum in Downtown Brooklyn
The New York Transit Museum is located in a decommissioned subway station at 99 Schermerhorn Street. Advance tickets and masks are recommended but not required.