The Bull Moose Party vs. the Black Vote: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, September 1912
WARNING: The below posting contains racist cartoons. We’ve shown a few racist cartoons in our chronological presentation of the material that ran in Cartoons Magazine, but this is the largest & worst group of such cartoons thus far. Some people would simply not show them, afraid that giving them wide visibility might perpetuate the attitudes [...]
1912 Democratic National Convention, Part 3: Cartoons Magazine Centennial
Above, held until now, from the January 1912 issue One of Cartoons Magazine, a page on the effort of cities trying to get the Democratic National Convention (and its business) to be held in their city. At this point, the Republicans has already decided upon Chicago. The cartoons from the Chicago Daily News (top left) [...]
New Fangled Speed Machines: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, August 1912, Part 14 + September thru November 1912
Today’s posting is New Fangled Speed Machines, starting with the motorcycle daredevil above, in “One of Them”, by Ole May. Below, by John T. McCutcheon and others, aviation was frequently targeted along with the other new means of travel (automobiles, motorcycles) as vehicles of death. Both the above and below cartoons are extracted from the [...]
Woodrow Wilson: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, August 1912, Part 11
It’s taken awhile, what with Teddy being the far more charismatic and fun candidate for cartoonists to depict, but, at last, with the August 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, we finally get a large round of Woodrow Wilson cartoons. Cartoonists include Frank Michael Spangler, John Campbell Cory, Richard Keith Culver, Ole May, Camillus Kessler… Click [...]
Good Ol’ Days: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, June 1912, Part 12
For today, a potpourri from the June 1912 edition of Cartoons Magazine, on the wonders of our modern age! (Minus, roughly, a century…) Above, by John T. McCutcheon, The New Neighbors, having their belongings transported by a modern moving van with spoke-wheeled tires, rather than the traditional horse-and-wagon. Note also, the very latest in musical [...]
Baseball: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, June 1912, Part 11
From June 1912 — back in the days when baseball actually was “America’s Favorite Pastime”, and a favorite topic of America’s cartoonists — come the following Cartoons Magazine extracts. My usual “and others” for contributions by lesser cartoonists not being tracked, does not even appear today, as all the contributors are stars. Above left, kids [...]
Death of the G.O.P., 1912 Republican National Convention, Part 4: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, July 1912, Part 0.4
Below & above, the aftermath of the 1912 Republican National Convention, as seen by various cartoonists including William Charles Morris, Oscar Cesare, and Frank Michael Spangler. Having chosen the lesser popular of their candidates (but the one preferable to Wall Street), the G.O.P. Machine is showen marching to “Rule or Ruin”. The full aftermath of [...]
U.S. & Neighbors: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, June 1912, Part 9
We take a brief political break (sort of) to look at the U.S.’s international relationships, circa 1912, all from the June 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine. Above, a set of cartoons regarding the ongoing Mexican Revolution, by Frank Michael Spangler and others. Below, Boardman Robinson, Loeb, and the New York Yiddish newspaper The Kibitzer, on [...]
Broad Brush: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, May 1912, Part 14
We close up our coverage of the May 1912 fifth issue of Cartoons Magazine, with a hodge-podge of topics. Above, two cartoons concerning the Post Office using the Interstate Commerce Commission, to limit private carriers of packages, out of fear that such competition would drive the Post Office itself out of business. Much, much later, [...]
