A Good Strong Plank Should be Ready for Him

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Title

A Good Strong Plank Should be Ready for Him

Subject

McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949
Political cartoons
Republican National Convention
Presidents--Election
Political parties--Platforms
Republican elephant (Symbolic character)
Political conventions
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Political candidates
Political campaigns
Presidential candidates

Description

The Republican elephant walks across the 1928 Republican Convention floor on a plank labeled "Platform plank opposing debt cancellation" while holding a newspaper declaring "$535,000,000 in Gold has left the U.S. for foreign shores in the last eight months; Pound sterling now at premium in U. S.- Dollar at discount in London." A lone supporter of debt cancellation stands on one side of the floor while a large vocal group of tax payers and small liberty bond holders stands on the other.

Creator

McCutcheon, John T.

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

1928-XX-XX

Format

jpg

Language

eng

Identifier

403036
John T. McCutcheon Collection

Original Format

political cartoon
b&w
1

Physical Dimensions

52 x 37 cm