Editor and Cartoonist Review the Army of Contributors
Cartoonists--United States
Periodicals--United States
Ink drawing published in Good Morning (New York). Young and Ellis Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine, founded Good Morning, a socialist humor magazine, in 1919. Jones and Young ran the magazine on a “shoe string” budget, and probably would not have been able to pay the armies contributors shown in this cartoon. The magazine lasted for less than two years, and often repeated cartoons used in earlier editions and reused cartoons that first appeared in other publications.
Young, Art, 1866-1943
From the collection of Anthony J. Mourek
Loyola University Chicago Archives & Special Collections
1919 May
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English
Political cartoon
2010.02063
The Man Who Opposes the Sale of Dope
Drugs of abuse--United States
Journalism--United States
Ink drawing. This cartoon depicts William Randolph Hearst, a powerful publisher who, at the peak of his success, owned sixteen newspapers. The reporting in Hearst’s newspapers was often sensationalistic, a style which was eventually termed “yellow journalism.” Hearst’s newspapers launched the famous “reefer madness” campaign about the dangers of marijuana, and Young has taken the opportunity to liken Hearst to a peddler of a different kind of drug. A sign next to Hearst advertises “escape truth and reality… hypocrisy and sophistry for every occasion… Editorials to produce paralysis of thought,” and a smaller sign offers “Venom and hatred to kill labor unions.”
Young, Art, 1866-1943
From the collection of Anthony J. Mourek
Loyola University Chicago Archives & Special Collections
Undated
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English
Political cartoon
2010.01405
[Two-Faced Woodrow Wilson]
Presidents--United States
Ink drawing published in Good Morning (New York). Today, President Woodrow Wilson is largely remembered as an advocate for peace. In this cartoon, however, Young shows another side of Wilson. While the left side depicts the peace-loving, progressive Wilson, the right side shows him as a tyrannical ruler. Young refers to several pieces of unpopular legislation passed under Wilson, including the Selective Service Act of 1917, the Espionage Act of 1917, and the Sedition Act of 1918. Young also comments on Wilson’s foreign policy in Latin America.
Young, Art, 1866-1943
From the collection of Anthony J. Mourek
Loyola University Chicago Archives & Special Collections
c. 1919
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English
Political cartoon
2010.01616
[Lincoln and Wilson]
Presidents--United States
Ink drawing with linen covering Yiddish text published in Der Groyser Kundes. This cartoon contrasts Wilson’s imprisonment of Socialist leader Eugene Debs for anti-war activity with Lincoln’s freeing of the slaves. Woodrow Wilson had a series of strokes that left him incapacitated in late 1919 and his wife, Edith, controlled which issues came to his attention. Attorney General Palmer recommended to Wilson that Debs be pardoned on Lincoln’s Birthday. The answer passed on by Edith Wilson was “Never.” Whether this was his answer or Edith’s we may never know. Although she denied making decisions herself, many have called her the first female president. Soon after taking office, Republican president Warren Harding pardoned Debs.
Young, Art, 1866-1943
From the collection of Anthony J. Mourek
Loyola University Chicago Archives & Special Collections
1921 February 11
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Yiddish
English
Political cartoon
2010.00282
Look Out for the Proletarian ‘Steam Roller’
Capitalism--Europe
Labor--Europe
Crayon Drawing published in Good Morning (New York). World War I destroyed four empires, changed borders, created new nation states, and led to multiple revolutions between 1917 and 1923. Many on the left believed the Russian Bolshevik Revolution would lead to the victory of Bolshevik revolutions throughout the world. In the end, only in the former Russian Empire did their dreams of proletarian revolutions succeed.
Young, Art, 1866-1943
From the collection of Anthony J. Mourek
Loyola University Chicago Archives & Special Collections
c. 1919-1921
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English
Political cartoon
2010.02087
Russia: ‘Hey Bill—Try a Little of This!'
Capitalism--United States
Socialism--Soviet Union
Crayon Drawing. A Russian worker offers “workers’ control” as a remedy to American workers oppressed by “strike breaker[s]”, “landlord[s]” and "politician[s].” The dream of the American left soon turned into state controlled unions, no strikes, and state control of housing and industry in the Soviet Union.
Young, Art, 1866-1943
From the collection of Anthony J. Mourek
Loyola University Chicago Archives & Special Collections
Unknown
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English
Political cartoon
2010.02089
Killing an Idea—A Great Drama
Attorneys general--United States
Socialism--United States
Ink drawing published in Der Groyser Kundes (New York). Two actors preform for two ladies in a box marked “Capitalism.” The lady on the left controls the “Presidential Nomination” while the lady on the right controls the “Gubernatorial Nomination.” The actor on the left, Attorney General Mitchell Palmer, is stabbing “Radicalism” while the actor on the right, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Edwin Sweet, is stamping on “Socialism.” It was a time of fear of foreigners, anarchists, and Bolsheviks. The fear was exaggerated but not totally unfounded, as Palmer discovered when a bomb went off on his front porch in 1919.
Young, Art, 1866-1943
From the collection of Anthony J. Mourek
Loyola University Chicago Archives & Special Collections
1920 February 13
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Yiddish
Political cartoon
2010.02140
The Sacred Bench
Political corruption--United States
United States. Supreme Court
Ink drawing. While William Howard Taft is primarily remembered as the twenty-seventh president of the United States (1909–1913), he actually served longer as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1921–1930). Young’s cartoon refers to this later period of Taft’s career. Specifically, this cartoon is a reference to the $10,000 in interest Taft received annually for bonds he held in the United States Steel Corporation.
Young, Art, 1866-1943
From the collection of Anthony J. Mourek
Loyola University Chicago Archives & Special Collections
c. 1923
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English
Political cartoon
2010.01260
The Republican Party Down to Date—
Presidents--United States
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Ink drawing published in Art Young and Heywood Broun’s The Best of Art Young (New York: Vanguard Press, 1936). In this cartoon, Young criticizes Republican president Calvin Coolidge by comparing him to Lincoln. Lincoln is depicted as a tall, classical bust, while Coolidge is comically small and dressed in a business suit. This suggests that the leaders of the Republican Party have deteriorated from heroes like Lincoln to unremarkable men like Coolidge.
Young, Art, 1866-1943
From the collection of Anthony J. Mourek
Loyola University Chicago Archives & Special Collections
1924
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English
Political cartoon
2010.01631
The Cabinet of Doctor Cali-Coolidge
Cabinet officers--United States
Presidents--United States
Ink drawing published in New Masses (New York). This cartoon refers to the 1920 German film Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari). Young has dressed President Coolidge as the sinister Dr. Caligari, echoed the cubist aesthetics of the film, and covered the cabinet with references to aspects of Coolidge’s presidency that Young found problematic. These include Coolidge’s dealings with organized labor, the Sacco and Vanzetti case, and his foreign policy towards Latin America.
Young, Art, 1866-1943
From the collection of Anthony J. Mourek
Loyola University Chicago Archives & Special Collections
1927 December
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English
Political cartoon
2010.00229