(Late) Arrival of Spring: Cartoons Magazine Centennial May 1913
With Summer officially arriving in another month, the time will soon be past for these Arrival of Spring cartoons, all from the May 1913 issue of Cartoons Magazine. Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons in detail, and read their captions. Above, Fred Morgan‘s cartoon, “Waking Him Up”, serves as the [...]
Ohio River Flood: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1913
From Cartoons Magazine, we have coverage of the Ohio River Flood of 1913. Last Year’s Earth Day posting, however, included the Ohio River Flood of 1883, so doing so on that day would have been repetitious. Above, from the March 1913 issue, we have cartoons by Charles “Doc” Winner, Stinson, and Billy DeBeck Click on [...]
Castro Seeks Asylum in the U.S.!: Cartoons Magazine Centennial February 1913
Ousted Venezuelan President Cipriano Castro, that is. Cipriano Castro militarily seized the Presidency of Venezuela in 1899, reigning until, in 1908, he travelled to France to be treated for VD. (And why was France the place to go for this???). He left his fellow military coup compatriot & Vice-President, Juan Vicente Gomez in charge in [...]
Woodrow Wilson: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1912
From Cartoons Magazine issues of 1912, we have Presidential candidate Woodrow Wilson, depicted as either fighting monopolies (in the page from November 1912, below), or, slyly aligned with them (the above page, from October 1912). Art by Billy DeBeck, Robert Carter, Alfred West Brewerton, and Harry Osborn (above); and Jack Wilson, W.A. Ireland, Phil Porter [...]
Panama Canal: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, September 1912
From the September 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, we have another round of cartoons revealing America’s 1912 view of its “ownership” of the Panama Canal. Cartoonists hopping on this jingoistic boat, include Fred Morgan, Charles Lewis Bartholomew (“Bart”) (above), and others. Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons in detail, and [...]
To Hell With Politics!: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1912
Yeah, that’s right. I waited until September to show the cover of August’s Cartoons Magazine. Reason being that the theme in this posting’s collection, works best after the two Party Conventions. Thus, you’ve still been seeing cartoons from the August 1912 issue, a full week into September. The front cover’s inset cartoon by John Campbell [...]
1912 Olympics: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, August 1912, Part 8
For Olympics Closing Day, we have another set from the August 1912 edition of Cartoons Magazine. Cartoonists include Pedro M. Llanuza, Alfred West Brewerton, Fred Morgan, A.B. Chapin, W.A. Ireland, Russ Westover, and Clifford K. Berryman. Click on the above pages, to view the cartoons in detail, and read their captions. Doug Wheeler Billy Ireland
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, [...]
Cartoonists at the Republican National Convention: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, July 1912, Part 1
Above, with art by cartoonist Fred Morgan, the cover of the July 1912 edition of Cartoons Magazine, depicting a pair of demons emphasizing the discord of the 1912 Republican National Convention in Chicago, giving the Earth a pounding headache. Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons in detail, and read their [...]
General Politics: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, June 1912, Part 2
About mid-month, we’ll reach the 100th Anniversary of the big political event of 1912 — the splintering of the Republican Party in two. So for this month’s coverage, I’m compressing all of Cartoons Magazine‘s pre-split political cartoons for June 1912 issue, into the first half of the month, beginning here with the overview of non-Presidential [...]
