Pacific Meets Atlantic: Panama Canal, October 10th, 1913: Cartoons Magazine Centennial
One hundred years ago today, on October 10th, 1913, the final barrier separating waters from the Pacific and Atlantic sides of the Panama Canal, was removed, functionally completing it construction. Above, a cartoon by artist Harry Murphy, scanned here from the April 1913 issue of Cartoons Magazine, anticipates this event. Below, by Elmer Donnell, from [...]
Immigration Fight of 1913: Cartoons Magazine Centennial
A week-and-a-half ago, after much debate, the U.S. Senate passed an Immigration Reform Bill which is pleasing to no one. This week, the House of Representatives — controlled by Republicans not, many of whom are opposed to the legislation, partially because it would bring in as voting citizens, mostly individuals who likely will not vote [...]
Winter Heating: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, December 1912
From the December 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, we have a few cartoons on the change in the weather, starting with above, by Elmer Donnell. Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons in detail, and read their captions. Below, from Ralph Everett Wilder, and others. Next, by Paul A. Plaschke. Doug [...]
Changing Weather: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1912
Being that time of the year for a change in the weather, we look today at cartoons on that subject, from the October & November 1912 issues of Cartoons Magazine. Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons in detail, and read their captions. Above, we have art by Herbert H. Perry, [...]
Latin America & Pacific Territories: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1912
WARNING: The below posting includes racially offensive cartoons. Tonight’s Presidential Debate being on Foreign Policy, and, today being the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, together make this a good day to look back at U.S. foreign policy, in 1912, via that year’s Cartoons Magazine. Decisions made today, can have lasting impact far into [...]
Good Ol’ Days: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, October 1912
Welcome back again to another round of nostalgia for those Good Ol’ Days of one century ago, which we all so fondly remember from our youth (if you’re Methuselah, with selective amnesia). Courtesy of the October 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine. And what would be the paradise of the Good Ol’ Days, without a snake [...]
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 [...]
