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Political cartoon by Myron A. Waterman (1855-1937) depicting E. H. Funston announcing his bid for governor. The cartoon appeared on the front page of Topeka's The Advocate and News on March 30, 1898 with the caption "From 'Way Down Yonder in de Co'n Fiel'." Waterman (1855-1937) first gained recognition in the latter part of the 19th century when he established and edited 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. This cartoon appeared on the front page of Topeka's The Advocate and News on March 30, 1898.
Creator: Waterman, Myron A.
Date: 1898
Item Number: 305040
Call Number: 2012.78.42
KSHS Identifier: 2012.78.42
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper - Advocate and News (Topeka)
Collections - Museum
Date - 1890s - 1898
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Populism
Government and Politics - State Government
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Cartoon
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Original Art - Drawing
People - Notable Kansans - Funston, Edward Hogue
People - Notable Kansans - Waterman, Myron A., 1855-1937
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Allen
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Populism, 1890 - 1900
Type of Material - Art objects - Original art - Drawings
Type of Material - Cartoons - Political
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