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"Move On!"
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| Title: | "Move On!" |
| Subtitle: | Has the Native American no Rights that the Naturalized American is Bound to Respect? |
| Artist: | Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly |
| Created: | April 22, 1871 |
| Caption: | While a diverse group of "naturalized" Americans vote, a Native American is turned away from the polls. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to "Blow Over"
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| Title: | A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to "Blow Over" |
| Subtitle: | "Let Us Prey" |
| Artist: | Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly |
| Created: | September 23, 1871 |
| Caption: | "Boss" Tweed and his Tammany Hall ring wait for a storm to blow over to continue preying on the picked-over remains of New York City. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Another Voice for Cleveland
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| Title: | Another Voice for Cleveland |
| Artist: | Frank Beard |
| Created: | September 27, 1884 |
| Caption: | This cartoon, printed on the cover of Judge magazine, comments on the scandal that Grover Cleveland had an illegitimate child. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Church & State
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| Title: | Church & State |
| Artist: | Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly |
| Created: | February 19, 1870 |
| Caption: | Cartoonist Thomas Nast was critical of the influence Irish Catholics played in American politics. In this cartoon, her compares Europe to the United States. In Europe, the heads of state have seized power from the Vatican, enforcing the separation of church and state. But in the United States, he depicts Irish-Americans using political influence and fraud to mend the separation. |
| Source: | Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization, Volume 14 (New York: Harper & Brothers) |
Next!
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| Title: | Next! |
| Artist: | Udo J Keppler |
| Created: | 1904 |
| Caption: | Standard Oil storage tank with its many tentacles wrapped around the steel, copper, and shipping industries, as well as the U.S. Capitol, a state house and even the White House. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
The "Brains"
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| Title: | The "Brains" |
| Subtitle: | That Achieved the Tammany Victory at the Rochester Democratic Convention |
| Artist: | Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly |
| Created: | October 21, 1871 |
| Caption: | Nast's caricature of William "Boss" Tweed |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
The American River Ganges
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| Title: | The American River Ganges |
| Artist: | Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly |
| Created: | September 23, 1871 |
| Caption: | Critical of the threat of Roman Catholicism to the public school system, Nast depicts Roman Catholic clergy as crocodiles invading the United States and attacking American school children. In the background, a public school is under siege and political thugs, more concerned with the votes of Irish Catholic immigrants, lead Columbia to the gallows. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
The Chinese Question
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| Title: | The Chinese Question |
| Artist: | Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly |
| Created: | February 18, 1871 |
| Caption: | In this cartoon, Columbia protects a Chinese immigrant from an angry mob. In an accompanying caption, she warns: "Hands Off Gentlemen! America Means Fair Play for All Men." |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
The Helping Hand
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| Title: | The Helping Hand |
| Artist: | Udo J. Keppler, Emilie Renouf |
| Created: | April 26, 1911 |
| Caption: | This cartoon, printed in Puck magazine, depicts Uncle Sam being helped in a rowboat by J.P. Morgan. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
The Ignorant Vote
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| Title: | The Ignorant Vote |
| Subtitle: | Honors are Easy |
| Artist: | Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly |
| Created: | December 9, 1876 |
| Caption: | In this cartoon, Nast equates the inferiority of African Americans in the South to Irish-American Catholics in the North. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
The Only One Barred Out
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| Title: | The Only One Barred Out |
| Created: | April 1, 1882 |
| Caption: | This cartoon appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. The accompanying caption reads: Enlightened American States. - "We must draw the line somewhere, you know." |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
The Sacrilegious Candidate
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| Title: | The Sacrilegious Candidate |
| Artist: | Grant Hamilton |
| Created: | September 14, 1896 |
| Caption: | This cartoon appeared on the cover of the September 19, 1896 issue of Judge magazine. The cartoonist is critical of Bryan's use of religious imagery in his recent "Cross of Gold" speech. Bryan stands with a crown of thorns and a cross of gold resting on a torn-up Bible. In his pockets are speeches labelled "Plagiarized from the Bible." In the background are a vandalized church and a supporter waving an "anarchy" flag. The original caption reads "No man who drags into the dust the most sacred symbols of the Christian world is fit to be president of the United States." |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
