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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Something to Cackle About
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Something to Cackle About

Object numberMO 2025.2.13
Name Cartoon
Artist (American editor and cartoonist, 1904 - 1982)
Date1933
Mediumpaper (coquille board), crayon
Dimensionsoverall H 14 3/8 in x W 11 5/16 in (36.5 cm x 28.7 cm )
DescriptionAn original black and white cartoon. It features a chicken, labeled “CONGRESS,” with the head of a man wearing a battered top hat and smoking a cigar. The chicken is perched on a wooden fence and looking down at a basket of eggs, one of which has fallen out and lies broken on the grass. Several of the eggs in the basket are labeled as “BEER,” “ECONOMY BILLS,” “FARM AID,” and “BANKING LAWS.” The caption is written along the top of the cartoon: “SOMETHING TO CACKLE ABOUT.” The artist's signature is in the lower right corner: “S. S. Byck.”
Label TextThis cartoon appeared in the Indianapolis News in 1933.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Karole S. Mourek, from the collection of Anthony J. Mourek, in 2024.
Credit LineGift from the Anthony J. Mourek Collection
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPolitical Cartoons (National Archives Identifier 749653)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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