The Year in Review: 1912
So okay, I’m running one hundred years late. At least it’s not 101! Below, click on any cover from Cartoons Magazine‘s first year of publication — 1912 — to find postings from that particular month’s edition. January 1912, Volume One, Number One… February 1912, Volume One, Number Two… March 1912, Volume One, Number Three… April [...]
William Jennings Bryan: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, July 1912, Part 3 + Cartoons Magazine Revue
In 1912, neither the Republican nor Democratic parties entered their conventions with their Presidential nominees decided. As we’ve already seen, this resulted in the Republican Party tearing itself in two. At this point, the 1912 Democratic Convention is yet to come, and cartoonists were still speculating on whether William Jennings Bryan — three times the [...]
William Howard Taft: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, March 1912, Part 9
We round out our extracts from the March 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, with everybody’s favorite fat President – Howard Taft! His rotundness may have inspired Taft’s depiction as a dirigible in the 2nd cartoon, on the above left-hand page. Next to it, same page, T.R. watches from a distance in the Fontaine Fox cartoon, [...]
General Politics: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, March 1912, Part 8
While the 1912 Presidential Election naturally dominated the first year run of Cartoons Magazine, there was plenty of other political foolishness & scandals happening at that same time. Today’s posting of extracts from its March 1912 third issue, involves these other activities. Above, several never-had-a-chance aspirants to the Presidency, including William Randolph Hearst (newspaper tycoon, [...]
Woodrow Wilson: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, March 1912, Part 7
Just a quickie Cartoons Magazine extract today, as the March 1912 issue had only one page concerning Presidential Candidate Woodrow Wilson, and I swiped the top half of that page for this past Tuesday’s posting. Both of the above cartoons focus on a comment Wilson made concerning U.S. history, that was unappreciated at the time [...]
Women’s History Month: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, March 1912, Part 6 / April 1912, Part 0
For today’s extract from Cartoons Magazine, and Women’s History Month, we examine how the March 1912 issue looked at women. Over half of Cartoons Magazine issues have a page or two of Women’s Suffrage cartoons. Naturally, since I wanted a few pages worth, the March 1912 issue doesn’t follow this pattern. March 1912 contains only [...]
Focus on Cartoonists: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, March 1912, Part 5
Issue three of Cartoons Magazine, continued the focus on specific cartoonists, begun in issue two. For March 1912, the artist featured was Charles Lewis Bartholomew (pictured above, right), best known as “Bart“. Above left, Bart puts on display his patronizing & superior attitude of Latin Americans as children to be protected by the United States [...]
Teddy Roosevelt: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, March 1912, Part 4
Presidential Election 1912 is heating up, as Teddy Roosevelt starts to more seriously consider running for a third term (after following the not-yet-legally-required tradition, established by George Washington, of leaving the White House after serving two terms). Our continuing coverage of this important election, is provided via extracts from the March 1912 issue of Cartoons [...]
Broad Brush: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, March 1912, Part 3
The Centennial of Cartoons Magazine marches on, with our third installment of extracts from its March 1912 issue #3. Today’s sampling involves cartoons whose subjects are all over the map, but which I found too interesting to just skip over. Above, a variety of topics, from French, German, and British sources (the latter featuring W.K. [...]
Cartoons Magazine Centennial, March 1912, Part 2: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons #82
For our second March 1912 installment, we are back again with a combination Cartoons Magazine Centennial and Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons combo. First, above, we have four cartoons concerning Congressional Investigations of “Money Trusts” (a group of Wall Street bankers accused of controlling/manipulating America’s finances). Click here if you wish to pour through [...]
