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Political cartoon drawn by Ryan Walker for the socialist newspaper, Appeal to Reason, which was published in Girard, Kansas. The cartoon depicts a concerned worker watching Republican presidential candidate William Taft and Progressive presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt brawl and curse. Socialist candidate Eugene Debs and his running mate Emil Seidel received 6% of the popular vote in the 1912 election.
Creator: Walker, Ryan, 1870-1932
Date: June 1, 1912
Item Number: 305994
Call Number: Microfilm G212
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 305994
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper - Appeal to Reason
Collections - Library
Date - 1910s - 1912
Government and Politics - Elections
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Presidents - Roosevelt, Theodore
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Presidents - Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Socialist
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Cartoon
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - Illustrations
People - Notable People - Roosevelt, Theodore
People - Notable People - Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930
Places - Cities and towns - Girard
Places - Counties - Crawford
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Cartoons - Political
Type of Material - Newspapers - Illustrations
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