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 [...]
Summer Heat: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, August 1912, Part 13 + October 1912
From the August 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, proof that 100 years ago, it got warm in the Summer! Take that, believers in Global Warming! (P.S. — no need to compare the temperatures involved — these cartoons are “fact” enough! It got hot back then, okay? What do NASA and climate scientists know about planet-wide [...]
Good Ol’ Days: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, July 1912, Part 11
We close the July 1912 review of Cartoons Magazine‘s Centennial Year, with a potpourri of Old Time Toons. Above, Fontaine Fox making fun of the Ice Delivery Man — from a time when daily delivered blocks of ice, was how ice boxes (home refrigerators) “worked”. Below, James H. Donahey and others, on modern romance… Click [...]
Taft Political Machine, 1912 Republican National Convention, Part 2: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, July 1912, Part 0.2
The 1912 Republican National Convention opened with sitting President, William Howard Taft, firmly in control of the Party Machine and Bosses, at a time when it was the Bosses who chose most of the delegates to Conventions. 1912 was also the year that a handful of states had reformed that process, for the first time [...]
R.I.P. Wilbur Wright, May 30th, 1912: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, July 1912, Part 0
Today, on the centennial of the death of aviation pioneer and inventor, Wilbur Wright, we present the cartoons gathered in the July 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine — collected from various newspapers paying tribute to Wright. Amongst the cartoonists seen here honoring Wilbur Wright, are Cy Hungerford, Billy DeBeck, and William Charles Morris, plus, Raymond [...]
General Politics: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 10
1912 was one of the most volatile Presidential election years for the G.O.P. The drum beat was as intense as it could sans radio or television. The above group of cartoons — from the April 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine — was already looking towards the end, under the group title of “Seven Months More”. [...]
General Politics: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, March 1912, Part 8
While the 1912 Presidential Election naturally dominated the first year run of Cartoons Magazine, there was plenty of other political foolishness & scandals happening at that same time. Today’s posting of extracts from its March 1912 third issue, involves these other activities. Above, several never-had-a-chance aspirants to the Presidency, including William Randolph Hearst (newspaper tycoon, [...]
Women’s History Month: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, March 1912, Part 6 / April 1912, Part 0
For today’s extract from Cartoons Magazine, and Women’s History Month, we examine how the March 1912 issue looked at women. Over half of Cartoons Magazine issues have a page or two of Women’s Suffrage cartoons. Naturally, since I wanted a few pages worth, the March 1912 issue doesn’t follow this pattern. March 1912 contains only [...]
Old Skool! University of California 1924 Yearbook
Many amateur cartoonists got their first taste of being in print by illustrating their school yearbooks from Boody Rogers to Milton Caniff. But here’s a switch: I imagine William Randolph Hearst was a big donor to the University of California and that it was he who drafted his A-List cartoonists to cartoon what have to [...]
