America’s Cup: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1913
When billionaires aren’t engaged in the sport of placing bets on how far an injured worker without health care can hop before he falls, they get in boats. (See our cartoons regarding the Titanic!) It’s appropriate that this year’s America’s Cup was held in San Francisco, on the centennial losing effort of a wet rich [...]
Binghamton Clothing Factory Fire: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons #118
This week is the 100th Anniversary of the July 22nd, 1913 Binghamton Clothing Factory Fire, in which 31 lost their lives. Not nearly as famous as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire two years earlier, it nevertheless emphasized that safety reforms, not yet passed because of resistance by factory owners that worker safety was too much [...]
Dreaming of the Summer Escape: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1913
Last week was kids out of school for the Summer. This week, we have adults stuck in offices, and dreaming back to when they could get out for the Summer. Above, by artist W.A. Ireland, “A Ninety-in-the-Shade Dream”. From the August 1913 edition of Cartoons Magazine. Below, from the June 1913 issue, more cartoons of [...]
Kids & Summer: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1913
Kids, End of School, Summer. Above, from the September 1913 issue of Cartoons Magazine, a cartoon from Clare Briggs‘ series, The Days of Real Sport. The welcoming of Summer, by Jay Norwood “Ding” Darling, in “When the Sun Came Out Again”, below. From August 1913. Click on the above & below pictures, to view the [...]
