Christmas Eve preparation – Antique 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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Step back in time with Christmas Eve preparation, a historic drawing rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Christmas Eve preparation
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A Christmas Eve cartoon from 1932 that casts Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover alongside "John Q. Public," the stock figure for the average citizen. It was drawn during a political lull: Roosevelt had won the November 1932 election, but Hoover remained in office until March 1933, and that awkward transition, amid the Great Depression, gave editorial cartoonists plenty to comment on over the holidays. The record notes it was probably published in the Washington Star, a Washington daily that ran a good deal of political commentary. Holiday cartoons like this one often used the season's familiar imagery to comment on the national mood.
| Created / published | 1932 Dec. 24. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) American.Drawings. |
| Notes | Probably published in: Washington star. (DLC/PP-1945.R1.440) This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860129. |
| Subjects | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano),--1882-1945. Hoover, Herbert,--1874-1964. Public, John Q. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,518 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111631 |
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