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A Hallowe'en Party. Nearly Time to Unmask, Willie political cartoon, 1908
Illustration depicts William Jennings Bryan, the 1908 Democractic candidate for president, behind a mask of his own face. The mask shows text such as “The Conservative Bryan” and “The New Bryan”. Signs on Bryan's pants depict common themes of his campaign such as the gove...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania cartoons and caricatures collection (#3133) |
| Date: | 1908-10-31 |
| Box Number: | Box 2 |
| Folder Number: | Folder 9 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/12240 |
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Illustration depicts William Jennings Bryan, the 1908 Democractic candidate for president, behind a mask of his own face. The mask shows text such as “The Conservative Bryan” and “The New Bryan”. Signs on Bryan's pants depict common themes of his campaign such as the government ownership of railroads, the free silver movement, populism, and anti-imperialism. A toy donkey peers beneath the mask at the real Bryan saying “I know who it is.” The toy donkey is being held on a string by Miss Democracy who is dressed like Little Bo Beep and carrying a staff. Miss Democracy questions Bryan “Are you sincere? You gay deceiver.” As the title, “A HALLOWE’EN PARTY. NEARLY TIME TO UNMASK, WILLIE” suggests, at the time the 1908 presidental election was just days away. The artist of the cartoon is Fred Morgan and it was printed in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 10-31-1908. |
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