The Political Debutante – Vintage Wall Art
(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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The Political Debutante comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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*The Political Debutante* is a 1916 cartoon drawn by Chamberlain and reproduced from its appearance in *The Evening Sun* on July 24, 1916, during the run-up to that year's presidential contest. The title's playful image of a newcomer entering public life fits the moment, when women in several states already held the vote and the election drew fresh attention to who would take part in it. The record is based on an old caption card and has not been fully verified, so the figure's identity and the cartoon's exact message are best read from the drawing itself. Editorial cartoons of this period often used such social metaphors to comment on candidates and voters alike.
| Medium | 1 item. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1916 |
| Subjects | Repro. of cartoon drawing by Chamberlain. Publ. in The Evening Sun, 1916 July 24. Rehse Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI--WORKS; Presidential contests--1916; Pres. I.; PI; Cartoons, US; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,260 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-129642 |
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