Bringing up Hylan. John! How many times must I tell you not to smoke in the parlor. Put on your coat an' act like a governor – Antique Wall Art
![Bringing up Hylan. John! How many times must I tell you not to smoke in the parlor. Put on your coat an' act like a governor, 1924 July 31 [publication date] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/29/29639d5a5223-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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This rare historic drawing captures Bringing up Hylan. John! How many times must I tell you not to smoke in the parlor. Put on your coat an' act like a governor in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Bringing up Hylan. John! How many times must I tell you not to smoke in the parlor. Put on your coat an' act like a governor
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Mayor John F. Hylan of New York City is the figure at the center of this 1924 drawing, and the caption supplies the joke: a scolding wife tells him to stop smoking in the parlor and "act like a governor," a title he never held. Hylan, who led the city from 1918 to 1925, had won office with support from William Randolph Hearst, who is also named among the subjects, and the cartoon pokes at the mayor's public dignity through a domestic scene. It appeared in the New York World on July 31, 1924. The drawing is ink over pencil on layered paper, and its lines show the quick, hand-finished work typical of daily newspaper political cartoons of the period.
| Created / published | 1924 July 31 [publication date] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on layered paper : ink over pencil. |
| Genre | Comics 1920-1930.Drawings 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Title inscribed above image. Inscribed on verso: Morn 7/31/24. Gift; Robert H. Frueh; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:170.21). Published in the New York World, July 31, 1924. |
| Subjects | Hylan, John Francis,--1868-1936. Hearst, William Randolph,--1863-1951. Spouses--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,744 × 4,569 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226092 |
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