Drawing shows men, possibly legislators, climbing a ladder to board a large vehicle labeled "Band Wagon" that's heading towards the U.S. Capitol that has banners and signs saying "Votes for women." A horn blasts "Last call" as some men stand back looking confused.
Created / Published
[Jan. 1918]
Genre
Cartoons (Commentary)--American--1900-1910
Drawings--American--1900-1910
Notes
- Caption label from exhibit Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote--Victory, 1918, and Beyond: Jumping on the Bandwagon. Cartoonist Clifford Berryman optimistically predicted in January 1918 that it was the "Last Call" for members of Congress to jump on the suffrage bandwagon. Although premature, he was correct in forecasting growing congressional support. On May 21, 1919, just two days after the 66th Congress convened, the House of Representatives again passed the suffrage bill, this time overwhelmingly--304 yeas to 89 nays, 42 more than needed. Two weeks later, on June 4, 1919, the Senate followed suit.
- Date supplied by Library staff, based on publication date.
- (DLC/PP-1945:R1.518)
- Published in: Washington Evening Star, January 10, 1918.
- Conserved; 002169.1 1976 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment information, contact the Preservation Directorate. https://ask.loc.gov/preservation pda
- Exhibited: "Women's Suffrage" at the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building, South West Curtain, June 2018 - September 2020.
- This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985.
Editorial cartoon shows politicians and "jazzy political projects" dressed as young flappers demanding keys to the new car. President Calvin Coolidge, who served from 1923 to 1929, holds the keys behind his back. He is enjoying "unprecedented majority power" and public affirmation of his presidency. Coolidge assumed the president on the death of Warren G. Harding in 1923. Popular in 1924, he handily won not only the presidency, but control of Congress.
Print shows African American man in tattered clothes walking or dancing as a couple of animals dressed as humans stroll alongside a river with a steamboat and sailboat.
Created / Published
[London], New York & Philadelphia : Pub. by Hodgson, 111 Fleet Street & Turner & Fisher ; [between 1835 and 1845?]
Genre
Etchings--1830-1850
Notes
- Title from item.
- Mounted with another print of Jim Crow signed E. V., sc.
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id
ds 00886 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ds.00886
cph 3a16219 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a16219
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