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 [...]
The Brandt Affair: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 14
I’ve been attempting to dig out specifically what “The Brandt Affair” was, and why artist Zuni Maud and the New York City Yiddish newspaper The Kibitzer, labeled it “anti-semitism”. (P.S., yes, I realize that Cartoons Magazine claims the title is spelled “Kibetzer”, but all other sources I’ve found disagree, and Cartoons also previously named Zuni [...]
Sinking of the Titanic, Day Two, April 15, 1912: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, June 1912, Part 0
Yesterday, we presented a group of cartoons on the centennial of the Titanic striking an iceberg, from the May issue of Cartoons Magazine (click here to see those). Today — the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s early morning slipping beneath the waves — we have a second grouping, extracted this time from the June 1912 [...]
