7 Cartoons from the Great Depression


	7 Cartoons from the Great Depression

EddieIsSteady

8-12-2009 5:15 PM

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8-12-2009 7:20 PM

willhelm

History always repeats. Just like then, we now have a massive fascistic surge.

8-12-2009 8:05 PM

clip-on-tie

Good point willhelm.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#ffff33;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5e564da0-d29b-4bb5-a67c-76f29a963e00/49EEB671-8F40-45A1-9D09-E919026FA887/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bearishnews.com/post/1039" href="http://www.bearishnews.com/post/1039" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bearishnews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bearishnews.com/post/1039">7 Cartoons from the Great Depression</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bearishnews.com/post/1039"><P>80 years ago Americans were dealing with corrupt bailouts and rampant cronyism, just like we are today. In a way, the cartoons below, from 1929-1932, convey this more clearly than charts or old news clips ever could.</p> <P>This first editorial piece, <EM>Recovery Package</EM> by John Baer, is from 1931. Interestingly enough, Mr. Baer is the man credited with coining the term “New Deal”:</p> <P><A href="http://www.bearishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/pigs-at-the-trough1.jpg"><IMG width="250" height="341" alt="pigs at the trough" src="http://www.bearishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/pigs-at-the-trough1.jpg" title="pigs at the trough" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1572" /></A></p> <P><EM><SPAN id="more-1039"></SPAN>Billions of Deficit, Billions of Government Spending</EM>, by Herbert Johnson:</p> <P><A href="http://www.bearishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/30s-depression-cartoon1.jpg"><IMG width="422" height="320" alt="30s-depression-cartoon" src="http://www.bearishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/30s-depression-cartoon1.jpg" title="30s-depression-cartoon" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1573" /></A></p> <P><EM>A Normal Stock Market, Just What He Wanted</EM>. Wish denied. This cartoon is from 1929. Artist: William Kemp Starrett, appeared in Life Magazine:</p> <P><A href="http://www.bearishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/just-what-he-wanted2.jpg"><IMG width="500" height="636" alt="just-what-he-wanted" src="http://www.bearishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/just-what-he-wanted2.jpg" title="just-what-he-wanted" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1574" /></A></p> <P><EM>Gosh Joe, There Ain’t No Justice!</EM> By Ralph Fuller, Feb 1931:</p> <P><A href="http://www.bearishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/robbing-a-bank1.jpg"><IMG width="500" height="472" alt="robbing-a-bank" src="http://www.bearishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/robbing-a-bank1.jpg" title="robbing-a-bank" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1575" /></A></p> <P><EM>The Trojan Horse at Our Gate</EM>, by Carey Orr. Good example of early New Deal criticism:</p> <P><A href="http://www.bearishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/new-deal-cartoon1.jpg"><IMG width="302" height="339" alt="new-deal-cartoon" src="http://www.bearishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/new-deal-cartoon1.jpg" title="new-deal-cartoon" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1576" /></A></p> <P><EM>Come away Junior, while Daddy enjoys his business slump</EM>:</p> <P><A href="http://www.bearishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/business-slump1.jpg"><IMG width="500" height="553" alt="business-slump" src="http://www.bearishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/business-slump1.jpg" title="business-slump" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1577" /></A></p> <P><EM>With this depression on, Maria, I s’pose we ought to go out tonight and consume something</EM>.</p> <P><A href="http://www.bearishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/consumption1.jpg"><IMG width="486" height="667" alt="consumption" src="http://www.bearishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/consumption1.jpg" title="consumption" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1578" /></A></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/49EEB671-8F40-45A1-9D09-E919026FA887/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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