The Condition of Laboring men at Pullman

The Condition of Laboring men at Pullman

One of the most memorable events of the American Labor Movement occurred in 1894—the Pullman Strike—a major confrontation between labor and the Railroad Management that ultimately drew federal intervention [1]. An unknown political cartoonist wrote and illustrated...
An Analysis of The Bonds of Liberty

An Analysis of The Bonds of Liberty

During World War I, the US government set up an extensive propaganda campaign to persuade American citizens to buy Liberty Bonds. These bonds were a major source of money for military operations abroad. The poster “Keep These Off the U.S.A.” plays on the...
Uncle Sam’s Lodging House

Uncle Sam’s Lodging House

Joseph Keppler’s “Uncle Sam’s Lodging-House,” published as the centerfold of Puck on June 7, 1882, is a revealing commentary on late-nineteenth-century American anxieties surrounding immigration, urban housing, and political disorder. It was created by Keppler, an...
The Chain Gang

The Chain Gang

The American chain gang is a haunting symbol of the nation’s failure to fulfill the promise of freedom after the Civil War. It represents a line between slavery and incarceration, a system that was built to punish crime but to reassert racial hierarchy under the...