Unemployed & Disabled WW I Veterans’ Pamphlets
Following W.W. I, both before & during the First Great Depression, unemployed & disabled veterans sold pamphlets on the street, as a means of asking for money while retaining their pride that they were not begging. Many of these pamphlets did not have a set price, but instead asked people to “Pay What You Please.” [...]
Health Care
Today being the Supreme Court’s ruling on Health Care, I’ve quick thrown together a few related cartoons. Above, artist Syd Hoff‘s take on the Supreme Court, from his 1935 Great Depression I era book, The Ruling Clawss, collecting samples of his cartoons previously published in The Daily Worker. Click on the above & below cartoons, [...]
Veteran’s Day
For Veteran’s Day, more extracts from the Great Depression I-era pamphlets sold on the streets by unemployed WW I veterans, that we’ve sampled from in prior posts (found here). First, below, an Out Our Way cartoon by cartoonist J.R. Williams. Click on any picture, to open an enlarged version. Below left, from veteran Dan Napoli, [...]
Memorial Week, Day 5: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 29
Day 5 of our week-long exploration of pamphlets sold on the streets by unemployed WW I veterans, during the first Great Depression. Below, cover art by J.J. O’Neill. Click on any picture, to see an enlarged version. Below are two cartoons from inside the pamphlets. Left, by Dan Napoli. Right, by Art Young. Click here to find prior [...]
