[Man frightened by the Red scare] – Historic Print
![[Man frightened by the Red scare], 1946 Sept. 5 [publication date] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/28/28f95d0dcf61-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of [Man frightened by the Red scare]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Man frightened by the Red scare]
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Bill Mauldin's 1946 cartoon "Man frightened by the Red scare" is an ink drawing over pencil, dated to the publication week of September 5. Mauldin was best known for the wartime infantry characters Willie and Joe, and after the war he turned to editorial cartooning. The record ties this drawing to three subjects: anti-communism, the Ku Klux Klan, and snakes. Those themes reflect a period when the Red Scare was growing and the Klan was regaining members in parts of the country. The cartoon's comment on fear is worth noting as a snapshot of that moment.
| Created / published | 1946 Sept. 5 [publication date] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on layered paper board : ink over pencil. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) 1940-1950.Drawings 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Gift; Bill Mauldin; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:078.68). Forms part of the Papers of Bill Mauldin (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--1940-1950. Anti-communism--1940-1950. Snakes--1940-1950. Newspapers--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,307 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-204673 |
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