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This is a vertically split panel that compares two situations. On the left, workmen are looking into a safe that contains only “debts” labeled, “N. Y. Treasury.’ On the right, William Tweed and his cronies are feasting at a lavish dinner. The…

William Magear Tweed stands in jail while another inmate is held with his feet in stocks. On Tweed’s prison uniform are the words, “Ring Master.” Behind the prisoners is a sign saying “Our Court.” Under the sign is the question, “What are you…

Cartoon drawing of Thomas Lawson pictured on a horse called “Publicity: Frenzied Finance.” He is on Wall Street, shooting two revolvers in the air, while “Amalgamated Copper” has fallen under the horse, “Steel,” who is shielding itself, and “Stocks”…

Cartoon drawing of five suffragettes battling grippe, pneumonia, “anti-suffs,” and colds while walking in the winter. A winged ballot box eludes the quintet. The women hold a sign that says, “Gen. Jones’ Army of Suffragets.” A sign points toward…

This cartoon, based on the 1915 sculpture “End of the Trail” by James Earle Fraser, depicts “John Barleycorn” holding a spear and slumped over while riding a horse called “Whisky” in a strong tailwind.

Cartoon drawing depicting political runners-up reminiscing about their glory days. William Jennings Bryan is speaking. Appearing clockwise around the table are Alton B. Parker, Charles E. Hughes and William Howard Taft. Walking into the room is…

A split-panel cartoon, presented as a newsreel, depicting a judge scolding potential jurors for shirking their duties. He says, “Don’t you know that it is the duty of every citizen to give his time and energies to the urgent affairs of the…

Cartoon drawing of Josef Stalin, depicted as a Soviet herder, preparing to capture a lamb, labeled “Iran,” standing on a barrel. Oil derricks are in the foreground and the Kremlin is in the background.

President Dwight D. [Ike] Eisenhower, clad in a dark trench coat, peers warily around the side of a church as a fierce bulldog [Senator Matthew Neely of West Virginia] stands guard at the entrance.

Richard Nixon performs a clumsy dance with a woman, labeled “Civil Rights.” Lyndon Johnson taps Nixon on the shoulder and asks, “May ah cut in?”