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Cartoon Collection

Background imageCartoon Collection: Thomas Nast cartoon about Boss Tweed corruption

Thomas Nast cartoon about Boss Tweed corruption
" Who stole the peoples money? Twas him" cartoon about Tammany Hall scandal, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a Thomas Nast cartoon

Background imageCartoon Collection: Police Commissioner Roosevelt and NY Governor Cleveland, 1884

Police Commissioner Roosevelt and NY Governor Cleveland, 1884
NY Governor Grover Cleveland and Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt signing reform bill, 1884. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCartoon Collection: President Tafts antitrust policies cartooned, 1911

President Tafts antitrust policies cartooned, 1911
Cartoon about antitrust actions of Attorney General Wickersham and President Taft, 1911. Digitally colored woodcut

Background imageCartoon Collection: Deacon Giless Distillery temperance cartoon, 1830s

Deacon Giless Distillery temperance cartoon, 1830s
" Bringing back the rum, " temperance cartoon showing liquor barrels labeled with forms of death, Salem, Massachusetts. Hand-colored woodcut from an 1830s temperance pamphlet

Background imageCartoon Collection: Reconstruction upholding equal rights, 1868

Reconstruction upholding equal rights, 1868
Reconstruction depicted as equal rights reform, 1868. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon

Background imageCartoon Collection: Cartoon protesting Jeffersons trade embargo, 1807

Cartoon protesting Jeffersons trade embargo, 1807
Cartoon protesting the Embargo Act passed by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCartoon Collection: PPRE2A-00147

PPRE2A-00147
Cartoon of President Theodore Roosevelt as a muckraker cleaning up the meat scandal. Hand-colored halftone of a 20th-century illustration

Background imageCartoon Collection: Cartoon about literacy tests in the South, 1870s

Cartoon about literacy tests in the South, 1870s
" The blakman orter be eddikated afore he kin vote with us wites" - cartoon about literacy tests, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon

Background imageCartoon Collection: Thomas Nast cartoon about government corruption, 1877

Thomas Nast cartoon about government corruption, 1877
To the victor belong the spoils, a satire on civil service, showing Andrew Jackson statue riding a hog, 1877. Hand-colored woodcut of a Thomas Nast cartoon

Background imageCartoon Collection: PPRE2A-00146

PPRE2A-00146
Cartoon showing President Andrew Jackson as King Andrew the First. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCartoon Collection: President Taft and Senator La Follette cartoon, 1911

President Taft and Senator La Follette cartoon, 1911
Cartoon of President Taft sharing the stage with Senator La Follette, 1911. Hand-colored woodcut of a 1911 illustration

Background imageCartoon Collection: Cuba becoming a market for US goods, 1903

Cuba becoming a market for US goods, 1903
Cuba addressing Uncle Sam, " I come to buy, not beg, sir, " 1903. Hand-colored woodcut of a W.A. Rogers cartoon

Background imageCartoon Collection: EVRV2A-00083

EVRV2A-00083
" Unite or Die" snake cartoon, a plea for American colonies opposition to British policies, 1750s. Hand-colored woodcut of an 18th century illustration

Background imageCartoon Collection: PART2A-00045

PART2A-00045
" To the victor belong the spoils" - Thomas Nast cartoon about Boss Tweed, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCartoon Collection: PPRE2A-00091

PPRE2A-00091
President Theodore Roosevelt refusing to pay Colombia millions for Panama Canal rights, 1903. Hand-colored 1903 W.A. Rogers cartoon

Background imageCartoon Collection: Credit Mobilier cartoon during the Grant Administration, 1873

Credit Mobilier cartoon during the Grant Administration, 1873
" Injured innocents" cartoon about participants in the Credit Mobilier scandal. 1873. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCartoon Collection: Star Route scandal cartoon, 1881

Star Route scandal cartoon, 1881
Cartoon of a postmaster in the Star Route mail fraud scheme, 1881. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon

Background imageCartoon Collection: Judge Lynch burning justice, cartoon of 1901

Judge Lynch burning justice, cartoon of 1901
Justice burned, entitled " Judge Lynchs Latest Victim, " 1901. Hand-colored woodcut of a 1901 W.A. Rogers cartoon

Background imageCartoon Collection: Progressive Movement cartoon, early 1900s

Progressive Movement cartoon, early 1900s
Progressive Republicans join old-fashioned Democrats to suprise Uncle Sam, early 1900s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 20th-century iluustration

Background imageCartoon Collection: GATL2A-00009

GATL2A-00009
Uncle Sam leading Cuba away from the Old World, saying, " That wicked man is going to gobble you up, my child, " 1901. Hand-colored woodcut of a 1901 illustration

Background imageCartoon Collection: Presidential candidate James Garfield defending former slaves

Presidential candidate James Garfield defending former slaves
Presidential candidate James Garfield as " the friend of the freedman, " 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCartoon Collection: Cartoon of Benjamin Harrisons presidential candidacy

Cartoon of Benjamin Harrisons presidential candidacy
Benjamin Harrison as a Republican elephant breaking away with the nomination, 1888. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century W.A. Rogers illustration

Background imageCartoon Collection: Blacks crushed by prejudice and violence after emancipation

Blacks crushed by prejudice and violence after emancipation
Immigrant, a southerner, and a businessman combine to declare the US to be " a white mans government, " 1868. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon

Background imageCartoon Collection: Voting rights cut away from a black Sampson, 1868

Voting rights cut away from a black Sampson, 1868
Southern Delilah cutting voting rights from a black Samson, 1868. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon

Background imageCartoon Collection: PVPR2A-00009

PVPR2A-00009
The original Gerrymander - Massachusetts towns formed into a salamander-shaped district. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCartoon Collection: EVNT2A-00281

EVNT2A-00281
Dragon of Heresy, from Guidius " Dialogy" printed in Switzerland, 1521. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century reproduction of the illustration

Background imageCartoon Collection: PBUS2A-00011

PBUS2A-00011
Joseph Pulitzer holding a press printing the New York " World" newspaper 1901. Hand-colored halftone of an illustration

Background imageCartoon Collection: PBUS2A-00003

PBUS2A-00003
Cartoon of Andrew Carnegie playing with blocks that spell LIBRARY, 1903. Hand-colored halftone

Background imageCartoon Collection: BUSN2A-00165

BUSN2A-00165
Uncle Sam applying a steel cinch on the globe, a cartoon symbolizing the dominance of the American steel industry, 1901. Hand-colored woodcut of a 1901 illustration

Background imageCartoon Collection: PUSA2A-00126

PUSA2A-00126
Vice-Presidential possibility Henry Cabot Lodge, 1900. Printed color lithograph reproduction of a W.A. Rogers illustration

Background imageCartoon Collection: PUSA2A-00127

PUSA2A-00127
James Hogg of Texas, " A lone star performer, " 1900. Printed color lithograph reproduction of an illustration by W. A. Rogers


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