by Baylor Franz | Apr 28, 2025
Political Cartoon: How to Escape the Draft https://gettysburg.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4016coll2/id/16/ The political cartoon How to Escape the Draft was created in the midst of one of the most volatile moments of the Civil War, the 1863 New York City...
by Ella Sawal | Apr 27, 2025
The historical source “A downright gabbler or a goose that deserves to be hissed,” 1 is a cartoon that was created in 1829 by James Akin. The cartoon is a satirical cartoon, which targets Frances “Franny” Wright, who was an activist and outspoken critic of...
by Steven Geiger | Dec 7, 2024
Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maison was among Claude Debussy’s last works and was written as Christmas was around the corner. The song was created both as a lament of the poor children’s situation as well as a vessel with which to criticize the war. At...
by Colin Licciardi-Pena | Dec 7, 2024
The image, “Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California,” was taken in 1936 by the American photographer Dorothea Lange. During the Great Depression, Lange and other photographers were assigned to work for...
by Gabriella Dellosa | Apr 27, 2023
Christopher Columbus is a well-known Italian explorer who worked for the Spanish crown to find a path from the west to Asia. On August 3, 1492, he sailed away from Spain on three ships that were named, the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina. In the years that...