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 [...]
Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons #91: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, June 1912, Part 3
Above, from the June 1912 edition of Cartoons Magazine, cartoonist W.A. Ireland satirizes the surprise to everyone, that breaking apart monopolistic trusts, would actually make Wall Street brokers more wealthy. Here he shows a choir of stock owners, singing hymns of praise to their enemy who has made them even wealthier — Attorney General George [...]
Baseball: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, May 1912, Part 13
For our Lucky Thirteenth posting this month, from the May 1912 outing of Cartoons Magazine, we get to the topic of the nation’s favorite pastime — from back in the days it truly was — Baseball. Above, the King of Sports, as depicted by Boardman Robinson. Below, cartoonists from local papers, depicting their hometown teams: [...]
Focus on Cartoonists: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 5
Issue four of Cartoons Magazine once again included a focus on the cartoonists whose work they were collecting and reprinting. April 1912 placed its spotlight upon two of the better known cartoonists of the day. Above, a photo and brief biography of Robert Minor, Jr., cartoonist of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, known for his concentration [...]
Focus on Cartoonists: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, March 1912, Part 5
Issue three of Cartoons Magazine, continued the focus on specific cartoonists, begun in issue two. For March 1912, the artist featured was Charles Lewis Bartholomew (pictured above, right), best known as “Bart“. Above left, Bart puts on display his patronizing & superior attitude of Latin Americans as children to be protected by the United States [...]
Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 79: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, February 1912, Part 4
Cartoons Magazine‘s centennial year, continues with further extracts from the February 1912 issue. As I doubt any issue does not contain at least a few cartoons involving monopolies, corporate corruption, and/or Wall street stock or bank dirty dealings, you can anticipate that once a month, the Cartoons Magazine celebration, will cross paths with our ongoing, [...]
Woodrow Wilson: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, February 1912, Part 3
We continue our coverage of Cartoons Magazine‘s Centennial, with another set of extracts from the February 1912 second issue. Last month — i.e., January 1912 — saw pages of cartoons about not-yet-declared Presidential candidate T. Roosevelt, but only a single cartoon focused on eventual winner, Woodrow Wilson. A month later, Wilson received the four above [...]
