Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2010.15.006
Accession#:
2010.15
Credit Line:
Purchase of this artwork has been made possible through the generous support of the Rasmuson Foundation
Object Name:
Drawing
Title:
Cruise ships protest "Passenger Fees"
Artist — Creator:
Newman, Tony
Artist — Creator Role:
Illustrator
Date:
September 27, 2009
Description:
Ink illustration published in the Juneau Empire by the artist Tony Newman. The cartoon shows a city waterfront with seven cruiseships moored in the harbor. The cruiseships do not have enough room to all dock along a wharf so they are seen as the letters N and O.
The cartoon includes two information squares. The one in upper proper right reads: "SEVERAL CRUISE SHIPS RECENTLY ARRANGED TO FORM THE WORD "NO" IN THE JUNEAU HARBOR——IN PROTEST, IT WAS THOUGHT AGAINST PASSENGER FEES." The other square reads: "...BUT IT TURNED OUT THIS WAS JUST THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD ALL FIT AT THE SAME TIME."
The cartoon includes two information squares. The one in upper proper right reads: "SEVERAL CRUISE SHIPS RECENTLY ARRANGED TO FORM THE WORD "NO" IN THE JUNEAU HARBOR——IN PROTEST, IT WAS THOUGHT AGAINST PASSENGER FEES." The other square reads: "...BUT IT TURNED OUT THIS WAS JUST THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD ALL FIT AT THE SAME TIME."
Notes:
The legislature under Governor Sean Parnell decided to decrease the passenger tax on cruise ship tourists to encourage more visitors after the world economic crisis decreased cruise ship passenger bookings.
The tax was decreased. Total number of visitors to Juneau decreased by around 100,000 during this period.
The tax was decreased. Total number of visitors to Juneau decreased by around 100,000 during this period.
People:
Newman, Tony
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Cruise ships protest "Passenger Fees TOE 9-27-09
Cruise ships protest "Passenger Fees TOE 9-27-09