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Thu Jan-06-05 12:29 AM
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Thu Jan-06-05 12:31 AM
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It's looks interesting, but I can't read the captions. Please explain.
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Thu Jan-06-05 12:33 AM
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It's one of the earliest political cartoons. I'll find more in a minute.
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Thu Jan-06-05 12:34 AM
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5. by Thomas Nast, I seen it in a textbook before |
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Thu Jan-06-05 12:36 AM
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6. Here's a little blurb I found on a website |
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A Thomas Nast cartoon lampoons New York City political boss William Marcy Tweed and his cronies as vultures. In the 1870s Nast's cartoons in Harper's Weekly often attacked the corruption of the Tammany Society, the Democratic Party political machine run by Tweed.
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Thu Jan-06-05 12:37 AM
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7. I know what I know about Tweed mostly from Gangs of New York |
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Thu Jan-06-05 02:07 AM
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10. Thanks, Little Clarkie |
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Thu Jan-06-05 12:32 AM
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2. Why what do you know its that dude Tweed |
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Thu Jan-06-05 12:43 AM
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9. I prey on steaks, and racks of lamb, and other such delicious things. |
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