I ain't skeered, but I knows what I'm seeing -- and it's no Halloween joke, either – 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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I ain't skeered, but I knows what I'm seeing -- and it's no Halloween joke, either comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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I ain't skeered, but I knows what I'm seeing -- and it's no Halloween joke, either
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Rather than ghosts or pumpkins, this 1943 Halloween cartoon casts labor and government figures as witches, with John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers, William H. Davis of the War Labor Board, and Harold Ickes among those named in its subjects. The drawing ties the holiday's spooky imagery to a wartime coal miners' strike, when fuel supplies for war industry were at stake. Its joke depends on readers recognizing these figures and the tension between union demands and the national war effort.
| Created / published | 1943 Oct. 31. |
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| Medium | 1 drawing. |
| Genre | Editorial cartoons American.Drawings. |
| Subjects | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano),--1882-1945. Lewis, John Llewellyn,--1880-1969. Davis, William H. (William Hammatt),--1879-1964. Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair),--1874-1952. World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Miners' strikes--United States--1940-1950. Witches--1940-1950. Halloween--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,461 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-118421 |
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