The Butler Book, Yale, 1913
Week Three of this year’s Back-to-School College Comics brings us to a few sample extracts from The Butler Book, by (at the time of its June 16th, 1913 publication) graduating Yale senior Alban Bernard Butler. This collection of Butler cartoons first saw print in the Yale Record. Butler later served in the military during World [...]
Veteran’s Day
For Veteran’s Day, more extracts from the Great Depression I-era pamphlets sold on the streets by unemployed WW I veterans, that we’ve sampled from in prior posts (found here). First, below, an Out Our Way cartoon by cartoonist J.R. Williams. Click on any picture, to open an enlarged version. Below left, from veteran Dan Napoli, [...]
‘Erbie and ‘Is Playmates
In 1932, three years after the start of Great Depression I — the GOP, whose policies helped destroy the world economy, were seeking to re-elect Republican President Herbert Hoover. Hoover had been in office less than a year when the Stock Market collapsed — so to blame him would not be exactly fair — it would be more [...]
Memorial Week, Day 7: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 31
Concluding (for now) our exploration of pamphlets sold on the street during the first Great Depression, by unemployed WW I veterans. Some of these booklets carried prices, while others, such as the example below, stated simply, “Price — Pay What You Please.” Similar in concept to the more recent Street News, sold by homeless people [...]
Memorial Week, Day 6: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 30
Day 6 of our week-long exploration of pamphlets sold on the streets by unemployed WW I veterans, during the first Great Depression. Below, another example cover, and interior cartoon. Click on either picture, to see an enlarged version. Click here to find prior posts on the unemployed WW I veteran pamphlets. And, Click here, to find [...]
Memorial Week, Day 5: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 29
Day 5 of our week-long exploration of pamphlets sold on the streets by unemployed WW I veterans, during the first Great Depression. Below, cover art by J.J. O’Neill. Click on any picture, to see an enlarged version. Below are two cartoons from inside the pamphlets. Left, by Dan Napoli. Right, by Art Young. Click here to find prior [...]
Memorial Week, Day 4: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 28
Continuing our week-long exploration of the pamphlets sold on the streets by unemployed WW I veterans during Great Depression I. Below are some more examples. Click on any picture, to see an enlarged version. Two examples of cartoons from inside the pamphlets. Below right is by John McCutcheon. Click here to find prior posts on the [...]
Memorial Weekend, Day 3
First, for Memorial Day itself, we have If the Living and the Dead Were to March Together by Harrison Cady, from a 1916 issue of Life magazine, during World War I. Click on any cartoon, to see an enlarged version. During Great Depression I, unemployed WW I veterans sold pamphlets, to raise small amounts of [...]
Memorial Weekend, Day 2: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 26
During Great Depression I, unemployed WW I veterans sold pamphlets, to raise small amounts of cash. Similar in concept to the modern Street News sold by the homeless in New York City, this activity lent these veterans more dignity, than outright begging. Some of the pamphlets had prices on them, while others simply asked people [...]
Memorial Weekend, Day 1: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 25
During Great Depression I, unemployed WW I veterans sold pamphlets, to raise small amounts of cash. Similar in concept to the modern Street News sold by the homeless in New York City, this activity lent these veterans more dignity, than outright begging. Some of the pamphlets had prices on them, but many simply asked people to pay what they pleased. [...]
