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Killing an Idea—A Great Drama

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Title

Killing an Idea—A Great Drama

Subject

Attorneys general--United States
Socialism--United States

Description

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.

Creator

Young, Art, 1866-1943

Source

From the collection of Anthony J. Mourek

Publisher

Loyola University Chicago Archives & Special Collections

Date

1920 February 13

Format

jpg

Language

Yiddish

Type

Political cartoon

Identifier

2010.02140

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Original Format

Political cartoon

Physical Dimensions

17.5 x 13 in