JM-017: Three scenes pertaining to a political convention

Creators and Contributors

Artist: McCutcheon, John T.‏ ‎(John Tinney),‏ ‎1870-1949

Corporate Name

Ku Klux Klan (1915- )

Extent

1 sheet : b&w ; 38 x 46 cm

Description

Editorial cartoon depicting three different scenes revolving around a political convention. In the first panel, men cheer and remark how they have been cheering for thirty-five minutes for someone and are trying to reach forty. In the middle panel, a man receives his bill at a restaurant and says that he will have to either go home or go hungry when he next goes to a political roll call. In the third panel, a KKK member appears to a platform maker while he is in bed warning about mentioning the group.

Note

Published in the Chicago Tribune, date not known.,"17"--Handwritten on verso.,"Office of the Managing Editor 4th Floor Tribune Plant"--Handwritten on verso.,Pencil and ink on board.,Original in University of Missouri Special Collections, John Tinney McCutcheon Collection.,Digitized on January 2018. Equipment: Indus Color Book Scanner. Scanning software: bcs-2 version 3.4.9. Image specifications: 400 dpi, color. Access copies: tiffs with LZW compression, rotated and cropped.,Title supplied by cataloger.

Resource Type

Still Image

Subject (Topic)

Political conventions

Roll calls

Political parties--Platforms

Geographic (Subject)

United States

Identifier

mu:419597

Member of

McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)