Political Toon from 1921. The more things change...

[n2doc]

LLOYD DANGLE :
My friend Warren Bernard, who works at the Library of Congress, sent me this Art Young cartoon from 1921. It works just as well today. Notice the heavy use of labels...there's one on every damn thing in the drawing!

[Solly Mack]

1. k/r

[Octafish]

2. The head of the GOP elephant is very small.

Symbolism rich, just like in real life.

Thank you, n2doc. Cartoons are truth in picture form.

[jwirr]

10. And notice the Dems slinking away in the background. We must have

been here before.

[lunatica]

3. Teddy Roosevelt was the one who put an end to that

[NoPasaran]

14. If so, it would have been from beyond the grave

Roosevelt died in 1919.

[lunatica]

15. I should have said he broke up corporate monopolies which helped

end the Gilded Age.

[lunatica]

16. duplicate

[mrcheerful]

4. What strikes me most is how the donkey is hiding under a blanket at the door

of the tent cowering. Just goes to show those who ignore the past are doomed to repeat the past mistakes. D's had the same image problem in 1921 as they do today.

[meow mix]

5. keeper there ty

poor little donkey lol

[SoCalDem]

6. donkey/beast of burden

elephant..big, bold, fearless

[liberal N proud]

7. That could have been printed today

[stevedeshazer]

8. Spot on and still relevant 90 years later.

+1

[DemoTex]

9. And the band plays on (the press).

Excellent cartoon.

K&R

[jwirr]

11. You mentioned the symbolism: can anyone read the words on the

smaller objects? Wonder if they are as relevant today as then?

[RC]

12. On the left, from the top down

The press (Looks like an orchestra up there playing, with the conductor and tubas, etc.)
For Jobs
For Militarism
For graft (I think)
For the benefit of big business

Uncle Sam is labeled 'The People'


Well, they are conservative and conservatives don't like change.

[jwirr]

13. Thank you. Perfect cartoon for today.