Conjoined twins

President Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan are attached together by “our policies.” Bryan holds the “big stick.”

comments and context

Comments and Context

W. A. Rogers, one of the nation’s leading cartoonists of his day, drew “The Siamese Twins” for the New York Herald in late November 1907, anticipating the next year’s presidential contest. Rogers had drawn for Harper’s Weekly, Puck, Harper’s Weekly again, and then the Herald, where many of his cartoons, particularly about Theodore Roosevelt, found their way into history texts.

A large, possibly conjoined figure labeled “Meat Trust” sits on a building labeled “Packing House.” The more benevolent half, facing left, is offering advice to a man labeled “Farmer,” and the more mean-spirited half, facing right, is telling the same farmer, now with cattle in tow, that he has no option but to accept the price offered for his cattle. Caption: Before. The Meat Trust (to a small farmer) — “My friend, why don’t you raise a few cattle each year? The price of beef is high. You will make good money.” After. The Meat Trust (to same small farmer) — “The price I offer for your cattle is low, is it? Well, you may take it or leave it, my friend. There is nobody else for you to sell to.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1913-10-15

Uncle Sam and a Chinese man are connected by a large firecracker. Caption: Sam and John, “the Siamese twins” of the Fourth of July.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1913-07-02