Published caricatures and illustrations of William Randolph Hearst, an American newspaper publisher. Sources include illustrations published in Puck, Harper's Weekly, and Judge. Collection is largely unarranged and unprocessed. Collection dates between 1898 and 1920. More information available at https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8125rcf
'Puck' humor magazine (volume LX (volume 60) No. 1548) featuring a cartoon caricature of a scene from Shakespeare's 'Richard III' with William Randolph Hearst as Richard III, Chauncey M. Depew as a ghost, and '"Let me sit heavy on thy soul tomorrow!"' written beneath. On the back side there is a comic titled 'The Annual Rescue Scene' featuring Uncle Sam swimming in political issues as a 'chorus of heroes' dives in to save him needlessly. Circa October 31st, 1906.
'Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization' political magazine (Volume L (volume 50), No. 2602) featuring two men holding up a William Randolph Hearst straw-man/scarecrow illustrated by W.A. Rogers with 'The Last Gasp' written beneath. On the back side there is commentary edited by George Harvey. Circa November 3rd, 1906.
'Puck' humor magazine (volume XLIII (volume 43), No. 1098) featuring a cartoon caricature of President William McKinley with "Honor to McKinley!" written beneath. On the back side there is a comic titled 'A Lively Find' featuring The African Traveler. Circa March 23rd, 1898.
Issue of 'Puck' (volume LX (volume 60), no. 1538) humor magazine featuring a caricature of William Randolph Hearst dressed as Tarquin (Sextus Tarquinius) the Roman soldier who rapes Lucrece in Shakespeare's narrative poem "The Rape of Lucrece". He is dubbed "Tarquinius Hearst" and drags a torch of Yellow Journalism while sneaking into New York State Democracy. The text beneath titles the illustration "The Rape of Lucrece" while the back features anecdotes, one-liners, and comic featuring two golfers with the words "Strange! "I was surprised to find so few Sunday schools on the Continents." -John D. Rockefeller" beneath. Circa August 22nd 1906.
Issue of 'Puck' (volume LX (volume 60), no. 1541) humor magazine featuring a caricature of William Randolph Hearst cradling two bags of smiling gold coins next to a storage chest for a ventriloquist doll. The title beneath reads "Money Talks" while the reverse side features one liners, humorous anecdotes, and a comic of President Theodore Roosevelt dressed in graduation robes at a chalkboard crossing out 'Tariff'. The comic is titled "Owr Fonetik Prezident.- And yet sum pepul sa Ime not a Tarif reformer!" Circa September 12th, 1906.
Issue of 'Puck' (volume LV (volume 60), no. 1417) humor magazine featuring caricatures of numerous men as microbes being presented on a projector. The men in question are Democrats, namely William Randolph Hearst with his yellow journalism and William Jennings Bryan with his "Bryanism". The illustration is titled "The Democratic Microbes. Puck- Gentlemen, we have here the most dangerous germs in the body politic." The back features humorous anecdotes, commentaries, and several small illustrations. Circa April 27th, 1904.
Issue of 'Puck' (volume LV (volume 50), no. 1424) humor magazine featuring caricatures of William Jennings Bryan holding a young William Randolph Hearst aloft with his sword of money to try and nab the bronze nomination ring while riding a donkey on the Democratic Merry-Go-Round. The title below reads "Out of Reach" while the back sports various political articles and a series of small caricatures. Circa June 15th, 1904.
Issue of 'Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization' (volume XLVIII (volume 48), no. 2481) political magazine featuring caricatures of William Jennings Bryan, a young William Randolph Hearst, Parker Gorman, Hill, and Olney all pulling on the Democracy personified as a cross-dressed man dressed in a dress and bonnet. The title reads as "A Critical Moment" with the reverse side sporting commentaries. Circa July 9th, 1904.
Issue of 'Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization' (volume L (volume 50), no. 2595) political magazine featuring a caricature of William Randolph Hearst trying to make a donkey (representing New York's Democrats) drink from a water trough of 'socialism' reform. William Travers Jerome, the district attorney of New York County, pulls on the donkey's tail from the other direction as Hearst's main rival for the gubernatorial nomination. The nomination would be decided from the New York State Democratic Convention in Buffalo illustrated as the donkey's burden in the cartoon. In the background, the Democrat William Jennings Bryan, the Party's leading figure in 1896 and 1900, is drawn as a hobo carrying a "1908" bundle as he walks along a railroad track marked "Government Ownership" toward his Nebraska home. The text beneath the illustration reads "Can he make the donkey drink?" while the back side of the print features commentaries. Circa September 15th, 1906.
Issue of 'Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization' (volume L (volume 50), no. 2597) political magazine featuring caricatures of William Randolph Hearst, Arthur Brisbane, Max F. Ihmsen, and crew of 'The Captain (Yellow) Kid' as pirates waving the flag of socialism while raiding a ship titled 'New York Democracy'. The text beneath asks 'Is there a soul on board?' while the reverse side hosts commentaries. Circa September 29th, 1906.
