Fear

In a boardroom, the appearance of a ghost labeled “Spirit of Honesty” has frightened the men conducting business, labeled “Corporation Lawyer, Fake Promoter, Secret Rebater [hiding under the table], Lobbyist, Public Service Grafter, Public Exploiter, Hypocrite, Employed Perjurer, Speculating Trust Co, [and the] Yellow Dog Keeper.” Also shown are the “Yellow Dog” and several sheets of “Watered Stock.” Hanging on the wall is a sign that states “Dont Knock – Boost.”

comments and context

Comments and Context

Despite the skin-of-their-teeth machinations of J. P. Morgan and ultimately President Roosevelt that kept the 1907 Wall Street Panic from becoming a major national economic depression, the public at large generally was not relieved to know that Wall Street righted itself.

The ghost of the Republican elephant rises from behind a tombstone that states “Sacred to the memory of a united Republican Party.” President “Taft” and “Teddy” Roosevelt believe that it is coming after them and are fleeing in fear. Caption: A graveyard is no place to be on Hallowe’en.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-10-30

A figure composed of corn and corn stalks labeled “Record Breaking Crops” walks through a dark wood at night with a diminutive Uncle Sam, who is frightened by scary-looking trees labeled “Johnson, Taft, Sherman, Roosevelt, Wilson, [and] Debs.” Caption: “Don’t be frightened, Sammy. They can’t hurt you while I am with you.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-10-16

President Taft sits at a desk, working late, frightened, his hair standing on end, as a raven labeled “Teddy,” with the face of Theodore Roosevelt, perches on a bust opposite and cries “Nevermore.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-01-24

A young woman, nude to the waist, kneels with hand raised over a fire labeled “Equal Rights” among a cluster of chimpanzees with human faces. The chimpanzees appear to be afraid of the flames. Caption: Expressing the attitude of the average politician toward the woman suffrage movement.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-07-10