Original 1947 AP Wire Photo showing Legionnaire Harry L. Sawyer of Walliston, Massachusetts, demonstrating his music-making, horn-blowing, water-squirting novelty cane during the American Legion convention in New York City. A passerby trying the cane receives an unexpected soot-blackening surprise. The original AP caption is printed directly on the photo. The reverse bears an AP stamp. Photo measures approximately 9 x 6 inches. Light wear consistent with age. From the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
