Category Archives: Cartoons

The Censor Bird, by Rollin Kirby

DescriptionEnglish: “The Censor Bird,” by Rollin Kirby, from a 1926 movie magazine
Date1926
SourcePhotoplay (https://archive.org/details/photoplay3031movi/page/n49/mode/2up?view=theater)
AuthorRollin Kirby

Excerpt from the article this cartoon accompanied: This is the Censor Bird, skunkus avis, a native of the United States. It is a creature of devastating habits and flourishes in Kansas and Pennsylvania. Just now it is trying to make its nest in Washington. The Censor Bird is a destructive vulture that lays waste the land it inhabits. Its ways are most peculiar. The sound of laughter or merriment throws it into an unreasonable rage. The mention of sex sends it shrieking through the land. Although near-sighted, it is able to see filth that is invisible to the ordinary human eye.

The Trick Is to Keep Balanced, by Cy Hungerford

DescriptionEnglish: “The Trick Is to Keep Balanced”: Editorial cartoon by Cy Hungerford showing Uncle Sam walking a tightrope labeled “The Sacco-Vanzetti Case”
Date1927
SourcePittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 11, 1927
AuthorCy Hungerford

The image was taken from an archival microfilm, cleaned up a bit, and converted to SVG by bitmap tracing in Inkscape.

Calvin Coolidge Declines to Run, by Cy Hungerford

DescriptionEnglish: “Through Fishin’?” Editorial cartoon by Cy Hungerford in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, referring to Calvin Coolidge’s decision not to run for a third term as president, which he announced in a very short statement: “I do not choose to run for President in 1928.”
Date1927
SourcePittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 5, 1927 (https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=gL9scSG3K_gC&dat=19270805&printsec=frontpage&hl=en)
AuthorCy Hungerford

The image was taken from an archival microfilm, cleaned up a bit, and converted to SVG by bitmap tracing in Inkscape.