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On June 6, 1917, the San Salvador volcano erupted in El Salvador. One day later, the British Royal Engineers detonated nineteen deep mines at the Battle of Messines, destroying the German ridge defenses and leading them to believe it was an…

Political cartoonist John T. McCutcheon illustrates paradoxes emerging during World War I in this six panel political cartoon. In the first panel German leaders celebrate the German bombing of London and condemning the Allied bombing of Germany in…

General Red Tape, Delay, and Swivel sit in a war room as battles rage outside, debating how to handle a mistaken burglary. Captions: "Under one: Gen. Tape - 'A burglar is Trying to break in!' Under two: Gen. Swivel - 'What kind of a gun shall we have…

The top panels show a crowd yelling "What's th' matter with Wilson!!". The middle panel shows a family attempting to eat from bowls labeled "prosperity" while three men in dark clothing line up with bills for payment. The bottom panels show a man…

Seven men stand in an arena in front of a gentleman labeled "Mr. Larkin." The crowd looks to Mr. Larkin who gives the men the "thumbs down" gesture and signals for them to leave while a policeman rushes forward with a large hook.Political cartoonist…

Billboards advertising cigars, medicines, and bars line the street with figures pointing at pedestrians in an attempt to get their attention. A man wearing a hat reading "Olde" chases a second man down the street while a cart driver stops to watch. A…

A man attends a speech fest at North Side Hall featuring popular Republican reformist Graeme Stewart. Each panel illustrates the man's frustration as the event goes later into the night and Stewart does not appear. The final panel shows the man the…

Interested parties watch and wait for the 1916 election results. President William Taft sits in the audience reading a book on fishing. Taft was not a candidate in the 1916 presidential election.

This cartoon parodies the number of speechesDemocratic presidential nomineeWilliam Jennings Bryan made during his November 1, 1900, visit to Chicago. Chairman of the 1900Democratic National Convention, Arkansas Senator James K. Jones, hurries William…

A minister preaches to his congregation and passes the collection plate but has difficulty getting his congregation to follow his messages.

This three-panel cartoon demonstrates rising financial support for World War I in the United States through the Liberty Loan program as the political atmosphere in Austria-Hungary deteriorates. The top panel shows a man dropping coins into a bucket…

President William Taft portrays Mahomet, attempting to attract the mountain of sentiment in favor of further reducing the tariff downward to come to him using a speech on the progress of tariff reduction he gave in Winona, Minnesota. As the mountain…

The top panel shows soldiers on the battlefield firing cannons in rapid succession. The bottom panel shows business men celebrating a business boom in front of an operational factory and mill. A sign on the left side of the lower panel shows a…

Hawaii, in the form of an ethnic charicature, walks with Uncle Sam while holding his hand. A newspaper boy runs up to the pair with a newspaper reading "Extra- All about the epidemic of lynchings! RaceWar! Blacks driven out of town!", shocking…

Senator Joseph L. ALdrich yells "Robber!" at Senator Nelson W. Aldrich who sits contentedly in his seat. The man thinks of another way to attack Aldrich, finally yelling "Rubber!" which shocks Aldrich.Kansas Senator Joseph L. Bristow locks his sights…

The Illinois Senate President elections of Walter I. Manny on January 22, 1913, and Stephen D. Canady on January 6, 1915, gave the Democrats control of the Senate for the first time since 1893. Political cartoonist John T. McCutcheon hints towards…

In the top two panels, a man representing the World War Adjusted Compensation Act, also known as the Bonus Bill, sits in the waiting room of "Dr. Congress" for several years. In the bottom panel, a man rushes in carrying papers labeled "Tariff Bill"…

Two men walk through a cemetery adding names from the headstones to the Philadelphia voting list while an angry mob protests outside the cemetery wall.Republican machine politics drove the city of Philadelphia during the early twentieth century under…

A man appears in two panels with his family, the first at rest and the second washing clothes. The bottom two panels depict him traveling the city on a street car and walking.

Crowds of people lean out of every window in a building straining to see an oncoming parade of American flags and a marching band.

A man stands in the lower left corner gesturing to a hot air balloon labeled "Hearst Balloon" carrying political candidates Hopkins and Burke in the top panel. The center panel shows the balloon falling quickly with the two men clutching at its…

A man sits before an audience talking about his dangerous experiences and injuries in the top three panels. In the fourth panel, the group ushers him to the Cook County Home for Incurable Microbes where he refuses to enter. The Cool County Home for…

James Harahan and Edward Harriman kick Suyvesant Fish out a window only to have him return in the second panel. They throw him out an adjacent window in the third panel but he returns through a transem window in the fourth panel.Stuyvesant Fish,…

The top panel shows men watching Lady Justice attempt to walk while her legs are bound by wrapping labeled "Governor's veto of funds." The second panel shows a train approaching a man tied to the railroad tracks. The final panel features a couple…

Political cartoonist John T. McCutcheon criticizes the Chicago Police Department's ability to fight crime in the city. In the top panel a detective holds two guns and stops three crooks. In the lower panel, two pairs of legs jump out a window with a…