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Political cartoon by Myron A. Waterman (1855-1937). Depicts Mark Hanna presenting a fictious musical program composed by prominent figures from the financial world to a crowd of people via a phonograph labelled "Associated Press." The cartoon appeared on the front page of Topeka's The Advocate and News on February 9, 1898. Waterman first gained recognition as a political cartoonist and illustrator in the early 1890s while working as the editor of the Fort Scott Lantern. He held a number of other occupations throughout his life including working in the drug store business and serving as a deputy state bank commissioner of Kansas from 1894 to 1901. Waterman was a staunch prohibitionist and a member of the First Congregational Church in Topeka, Kansas, moving there from Fort Scott in 1893. In 1901 or 1902 he relocated to Kansas City, Kansas.
Creator: Waterman, Myron A.
Date: 1898
Item Number: 320242
Call Number: 2012.78.36
KSHS Identifier: 2012.78.36
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper - Advocate and News (Topeka)
Collections - Museum
Date - 1890s - 1898
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Populism
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Original Art - Picture - Cartoon
People - Notable Kansans - Waterman, Myron A., 1855-1937
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Populism, 1890 - 1900
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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