Watch That Carpet, Fella

3/31/1966

Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

A few days before this cartoon appeared, President Johnson had signed a supplemental appropriations bill that provided $13.1 billion—the amount he had requested—for the Vietnam War. At the same time, LBJ was meeting with his top domestic advisors, asking them to trim expenditures in nonmilitary sectors of the budget so that the deficit could be held to its predicted level.

The Philanthropist - December 5, 1930

Help The Unemployed - Apples 5 cents

The Great Depression devastated the United States in the 1930s, leaving as much as 25 percent of the workforce unemployed. People who lost their jobs began selling five-cent apples on the streets of American cities, providing a symbol of the economic hardships of the era.

Class Warfare

Class warfare

Caption reads:

Stout Gent (naturally suspicious of the street boy) “Ge’ Out O’ my Way, you young rascal !”

Street Boy “Vich Vay round, Gov’nour!”

Before occupy wall street there was tension between the classes and there will be tension between the classes long after this one.