The Democratic Funeral of 1848

The Democratic Funeral of 1848

The Democratic Funeral of 1848 is a political cartoon that captures American politics really well in the late 1840s. This image was created in 1848 and preserved by the Library of Congress and shows the Democratic Party as a corpse being mourned and buried. This was a...
A Downright Gabber or a Goose That Deserves to Be Hissed

A Downright Gabber or a Goose That Deserves to Be Hissed

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...
He Can’t Let Go

He Can’t Let Go

He Can’t Let Go             The image, “He Can’t Let Go,” by Louis Dalrymple is a symbolic representation of the American perspective on the Philippine-American War, which occurred from 1899 to 1902. The Philippine-American War emerged after the Spanish-American War,...