MU Logo

Digital Library University of Missouri

Main navigation

  • About
  • Collections
  1. Home

1940-1949

JM-W005: We're getting close to astronomical figures

Image
mu_419769-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Editorial cartoon depicting one man writing on a chalkboard while another man sits and watches. The numbers keep increasing in number. In the third panel, the seated man appears to be asleep.
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

JM-W012: Trying to sign her up for international unity, financed by Congress

Image
mu_419776-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Editorial cartoon depicting two men trying to sell books with titles about International Unity with Britain and a better League of Nations to a woman dressed in the colors of the American Flag. The men also claim to have already asked Congress for a billion dollars as a starter fund.
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

JM-322: These signs would save the President a lot of embarrassment

Image
mu_419807-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Editorial cartoon depicts a painter showing Mr. Early signs nixing 4th term questions in oval office.
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

JM-W022: After you, my dear Air Force

Image
mu_419786-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam staring at a map of Italian islands where a U.S. soldier is stepping. He says to wait for the bombers to "soften it up."
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

JM-W024: In the Allied camp

Image
mu_419788-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Editorial cartoon depicting Churchill and FDR looking at a map of Europe in the top panel. In the bottom panel, Hitler, Togo, and Mussolini worry about the plane production in the U.S. as the "unpredictable" factor compared to their U-boats.
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

JM-W017: "I'll have to tighten your belt, Uncle"

Image
mu_419781-Thumbnail Image.jpg
A figure labeled "New Deal" severely tightens Uncle Sam's belt, while Uncle Sam protests. A portrait of the "New Deal" on the wall behind the two figures has the label: "God's Gift to Britain."
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

JM-W014: Ten Santas appear at home on Christmas during war-time

Image
mu_419778-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Editorial cartoon depicting the living room, which is decorated for Christmas. Ten Santa figures are crowded on one end of the room. The boy and girl stare wide eyed at the Santa figures while the older woman and man, who is in a military uniform, both have a hand over their mouths as though yawning.
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

JM-W018: Uncle Sam does the math of war

Image
mu_419782-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam sitting at a table with many sheets of paper, as well as Calculus and Algebra books in front of him. Boxes above his head show the "problems" of troops and demands that he is trying to figure out.
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

JM-318: Our east front and our west front

Image
mu_419803-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Editorial cartoon depicting government strategists looking out windows to Stalingrad and Guadalcanal.
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

JM-W020: Why not cut out the "un" and make it the "written law"?

Image
mu_419784-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam holding a marker and pointing to the cornerstone stating that one should only run for president two terms. Behind him, a group of people from different states wave a banner asking for it to be allowed that a person can run for a third term.
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

JM-312: The changing world

Image
mu_419797-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Editorial cartoon depicting three scenes of U.S. military and problems caused by foreign states.
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

JM-W010: King Solomon, with all his wisdom, never dreamed of it

Image
mu_419774-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Editorial cartoon depicting a man telling King Solomon about the war over the islands bearing his name in the future while courtiers look on.
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

JM-W006: U.S. Flag Day in every continent and on every ocean

Image
mu_419770-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Editorial cartoon depicting Franklin D. Roosevelt sitting in front of a map and pointing to all of the United States flags positioned displayed. Uncle Sam is also with him.
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

JM-319: Cartoons of the day

Image
mu_419810-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Editorial cartoon in three panels: taxpayer complains; Senate votes on draftees; war action.
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

JM-W004: Give to Chicago's community fund

Image
mu_419768-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Editorial cartoon depicting a man donating to Chicago's community fund. He then receives a feather for his hat and joins a parade of other people walking with happy expressions and feathers in their hats.
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

JM-W023: News of the 120,000th bomber plane from the Ford assembly line

Image
mu_419787-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Editorial cartoon depicting Henry Ford at a table surrounded by women and men holding sheets of paper. A man from the assembly line comes in and shares the news that the 120,000th bomber has just been produced.
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

JM-307: The anti-war Americans, being in the great majority, have a right to be heard

Image
mu_419757-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Uncle Sam and majority oppose war, peace rally is held at Soldier Field.
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

JM-323: The bonds of matrimony and government war bonds

Image
mu_419808-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Editorial cartoon depicts people rushing to get married. They are unsure whether to invest in war bonds.
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

JM-W016: The money question clouds over Fort Knox

Image
mu_419780-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Editorial cartoon depicting Morgenthau of the Department of Treasury and the International Food Conference both demanding money. Fort Knox is shown heavily guarded, with large question marks floating over the top of the building.
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

JM-W008: The onward march of civilization

Image
mu_419772-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Editorial cartoon depicting a man labeled "War" tallying the "Men Engaged" and the losses on a giant blackboard.
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

Pagination

  • « First First page
  • ‹‹ Previous page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • …
  • ›› Next page
  • Last » Last page
Subscribe to 1940-1949

Digital Initiatives

Digitized and describes primary sources from Mizzou Libraries collections and the University community.

Mizzou Libraries Special Collections

Collects rare and significant materials from around the world. Lorem ipsum etc. etc.

University Archives

Records, catalogs, photographs, publications, and other historical documents from the University of Missouri

CONTACT US | TERMS OF USE | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | MIZZOU LIBRARIES | HOSTED BY UNIVERSTY OF MISSOURI LIBRARY SYSTEMS 

© 2025 — The Curators of the University of Missouri.  All rights reserved. MU is an equal opportunity employer. DMCA and other copyright information.  Privacy policy.