Farewell to Taft: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1913
March 4th, 1913 — President Wilson’s Inauguration Day — was also farewell day to the exiting President, William Howard Taft. Above, from the April 1913 edition of Cartoons Magazine, are cartoons on that subject, by artists Harold Heaton, Oscar Cesare, James H. Donahey, William Kemp Starrett, Charles Bowers, and Matthew Caine. Click on the above [...]
Farewell to Taft: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1913
Above, with President-Elect Wilson about to be inaugurated (in March 1913, when inaugurations were scheduled later), cartoonists Oscar Cesare, Harold Heaton, James H. Donahey, William Kemp Starrett, Hunter, Matthew Caine, and Charles Bowers, say farewell to President William Howard Taft. From the April 1913 edition of Cartoons Magazine. Click on the above pages, to view [...]
Good Ol’ Days: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, December 1912
From the December 1912 issue, we finish our coverage of the first year of Cartoons Magazine, with (appropriately enough) an assortment of cartoons on the humors of contemporary life. Above, a few Winter “Indoor Sports”, by H.T. Webster and Gaar Williams. Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons in detail, and [...]
Three-Way Partying 3!: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1912
Back yet again with our up-to-the-century election coverage, via the October and November 1912 issues of Cartoons Magazine, from back in the days when insurgent forces inside the Republican Party split it in two, giving us a major three-way race, plus hope to minor parties that their day might finally be arriving. Above, cartoons involving [...]
Three-Way Partying 2!: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, September 1912
Welcome back again, to a look at the days when Mr. & Mrs. America decided to flirt with threeways! Above, voters and Uncle Sam alike, find themselves tangled and rope bound with major Party Animals, the Democratic Donkey, Republican Elephant, and Progressive Party Bull Moose. Art by Bronstrup, Doc Hirer Finch, Harry J. Westerman, and [...]
Women’s Suffrage, Loves, and Life: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, September 1912
From the September 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, above, a set of Women’s Suffrage cartoons, by Fontaine Fox, J.E. Murphy, and Oscar Cesare. Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons in detail, and read their captions. Below, Teddy Roosevelt shown courting the women’s vote (women could vote in the Presidential election [...]
Post-Nomination Politics: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, September 1912
Cartoons Magazine‘s close-up on cartoonists for September 1912, focused on Herbert Johnson and Alfred West Brewerton. Click on the above picture, to read their bios, plus to see in detail their Bull Moose and Teddy Roosevelt cartoons they are shown with. Above, sitting President William Howard Taft, depicted by cartoonists Luther D. Bradley, Charles Lewis [...]
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) [...]
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 [...]
Passing of Party Bosses (yeah, right): Cartoons Magazine Centennial, July 1912, Part 10
From the July 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine — optimistic exhuberance about how, in 1912, the introduction of direct voting for candidates in primary, would lead to the elimination of Party Bosses ignoring the voters, and nominating who the establishment wanted. Of course, we still have Party Operatives, who influence results, albeit slightly more subtly. [...]
