From 1896: Nobody wants a war but the press.
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Fishing For Votes
Who’s voting makes a big difference for what gets done.
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The Great Melting Pot
A manufactured immigration crisis, 1903.
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Wanted: Alive or Dead or Alive
This cover for The Masses by Art Young was first published in 1913. It is reproduced here with the assistance of The Bernard Athenaeum.
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Noxious Growths
From 1885: A publication stuck up a tree.
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Creeping Catholicism
In 1899, they weren’t concern-trolling about “Sharia Law.”
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Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner
Something for everyone. From 1869.
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What Long Claws You Have!
To better start a trade war with, my dear!
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Times Haven’t Changed
The bigotry of 122 years ago looks a lot like now. ‘The Stranger at Our Gate’ by Frank Beard, was first published in the weekly Chicago Paper The Ram’s Horn on April 25, 1896. It is reproduced here with the assistance of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.
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The Woman Voters Are Coming For You
Not so docile! from the 1910’s.
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