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Political cartoons

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Puck political cartoons

 Collection — Folder B076
Identifier: B076
Scope and Contents This collection contains two political cartoons published in Puck in 1880. One was created by J. A. Wales and the other by F. Opper.
Dates: 1880

"Remember Maine!" collage

 Collection — Folder B088
Identifier: B088
Scope and Contents This collection contains one collage of reproductions of a political cartoon surrounded by newspaper articles. It is entitled "Remember Maine!" and is about the state of Maine receiving federal recovery funding during the Great Depression around 1934.
Dates: circa 1934

Rube Goldberg "Locked!" cartoon

 Collection — Folder OBC145
Identifier: OBC145
Scope and Contents This collection includes one original cartoon entitled "Locked!" from Rube Goldberg to John C. Rugenstein that possibly appeared in the Indianapolis News. The cartoon is dated February 3, 1943 and April 1943. It depicts Adolph Hitler trying to open a door marked "Exit to Turkey" which is locked by the "Churchill Agreement".
Dates: 1943

"Snow White and the Seven Politicians" political cartoon

 Collection — Folder OBC221
Identifier: OBC221
Scope and Contents This collection contains one photostat copy of a political cartoon created by Harry E. Larimer in 1938 and sent to Joe Suelzer. It depicts Paul V. McNutt as Snow White and the "Indiana State Democratic Machine" as the seven dwarves.
Dates: 1938

"The presidential sweepstakes of 1844" political cartoon

 Collection — Folder OBC214
Identifier: OBC214
Scope and Contents This is a political cartoon created in 1844 depicting presidential candidates as horses in a race. It was created in New York by H. R. Robinson.
Dates: 1844

Thomas Riley Marshall papers

 Collection
Identifier: L100
Scope and Contents The collection includes materials from Thomas Riley Marhsall ranging from 1863 to 1934, although the bulk of the materials date from 1868 to 1925. Materials include Marshall's speeches on Democratic politics and state and national affairs (1880s-1925); speeches to Masons and other fraternal organizations; speeches on law, schools, and history; and a manuscript draft of his Recollections. The correspondence covers his political affairs (1908-1925); letters of...
Dates: 1863-1934

Wendell Willkie's One World fellowship cartoon

 Collection — Folder B086
Identifier: B086
Scope and Contents This collection contains a political cartoon entitled "Courageous public service without reward". It is signed by the illustrator and was created sometime in the 1940s. It shows Wendell Willkie atop a globe with a throng of people looking up at him. Around him, pages are scattered that include phrases such as "Wendell Willkie's One World fellowship", "World peace", "Liberty", and "Justice".
Dates: circa 1940s