Theatrical Cartoons: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1913
As shown in these cartoons, 1913 was a year in which puritanical America looked at all forms of theater — Vaudeville and silent cinema — as sources of sin, moral decay, and danger. Above, from when America had a patchwork of local censor boards, controlling movies, books, publications, and shows could be shown or sold [...]
William Jennings Bryan — Secretary of State: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1913
Amongst the many positions which newly elected President Woodrow Wilson had to pick, was Secretary of State. Wilson, elected in November 1912, would not assume the Presidency until March 1913, and so had plenty of time to make his decisions — and took his time in announcing them. William Jennings Bryan, who had been the [...]
General Politics: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1912
As we approach Election’s end, I’m bringing in pages from the November as well as the October 1912 issues of Cartoons Magazine, so post-Election, we’ll be free of politics for awhile. Today, pages addressing mostly the non-Presidential level of the 1912 Election. Above, from October 1912, art by William Kemp Starrett, Robert Satterfield, and Cy [...]
NYPD Becker Scandal, 1912: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, August 1912, Part 10 + September 1912 thru January 1913
Above, from the August 1912 edition of Cartoons Magazine, are cartoons by Charles Bowers and others — concerning corruption in the New York City Police Department in general, inspired by the case of police officer/criminal/convicted murderer Charles Becker (click on his name, to read about his case). Click on the above & below pictures, to [...]
Waiter’s Strike: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, July 1912, Part 9
Above, the largest crisis to hit the world in 1912, was apparently the New York City Waiter’s Strike! Or at least, the cartoons gathered together in the two pages above — from the July 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine — are simply too interesting to skip over… Amongst the cartoonists traumatized at the thought of [...]
Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons #94: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, July 1912, Part 7
Nearly every monthly issue of Cartoons Magazine featured pages on the abuses, and battles against, unfettered, monopolistic corporate power. In 1912 U.S., regulations to attempt to reign in the abuses which the people well knew, had only recently been passed. Politicians and officials who want to implement those regulations, struggled with other politicians and officials, [...]
Women’s Suffrage: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, July 1912, Part 4 + Themes Revue
Above & below, from the July 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, are a couple pages of cartoons on the subject of Women’s Suffrage. Above, American cartoons, including one by Robert Satterfield; beneath, two views from the Italian comic publication, Turin Fischietto. Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons in detail, and [...]
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 [...]
Teddy Roosevelt Approaching Chicago, 1912 Republican National Convention, Part 1: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, July 1912, Part 0.1
All this week, our Election Year coverage will focus on the 100th anniversary of the historic 1912 Republican National Convention, requiring a week-long raid into the July 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine. Today features the heralded approach of Teddy Roosevelt, to the 1912 Chicago Convention. Above, on his way to Chicago, Roosevelt decided to give [...]
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 [...]
