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 [...]
International Affairs: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 23
Closing out our run of the fourth issue of Cartoons Magazine — April 1912 — we have a collection of cartoons covering various foreign affair subjects. Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons in detail, and read their captions. Above, a set concerning the Panama Canal, which was still under construction, [...]
Broad Brush: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 22
From the April 1912 fourth issue of Cartoons Magazine, we present a few pages of miscellaneous topics. Above, Absolutely the Worst Yet by Fontaine Fox, on the difficulties of dealing with the modern day phone switch operator… Beneath, two problems actually little changed from 1912, one illustrated by H.T. Webster, and the other by Vie [...]
Teddy Roosevelt, Part 2: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 21
Today’s round of Teddy Roosevelt cartoons — the second set this month from the April 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine — all deal with T.R.’s going back on his earlier words, that he wouldn’t run for a third term. Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons in detail, and read their [...]
Focus on European Cartoons, Part 2: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 20
Today, a second set of cartoons from Europe, extracted by and from the April 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine. Click on the above & below cartoons, to view them in larger detail. Cartoons involving alcohol are popular everywhere, as shown above and below, in cartoons from England and Denmark. Above & below, more from France, [...]
The Court Room Killing of Judge Massie: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 19
If ever there was a poster case for why it’s not always a good idea to allow individuals to carry guns into every single place on Earth they feel entitled to, it is the March 13th, 1912 trial of Virginian hothead, Floyd Allen. The details of why Allen was on trial can be found by [...]
F.D.A.: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons # 88 / Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 18
The Food & Drug Administration is amongst several government agencies which extremists within the G.O.P. are calling to be eliminated. On March 15th, 1912, Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley — who both headed & helped create the agency — resigned in the face of continuing opposition orchestrated by moneyed interests who would have preferred to continue [...]
G.O.P. vs. G.O.P. (1912): Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 17
Looks like we won’t be gettin a centennial re-enactment of what was probably the U.S.’s worst intra-party battle for the Presidential nomination — the 1912 fight that split the Republican Party in two. It would have been fun to watch (for Democrats), but we’ll have to be satisfied to re-live the 1912 Election, via Cartoons [...]
Sports: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 16
Sports, which in the April 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, basically boils down to baseball (above), and boxing (below). Amongst the artists of note to be found in the above baseball section, are Clare Briggs and W.A. Ireland. While below, a typically racist depiction of boxing champion Jack Johnson, who whites resented for disproving their [...]
