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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.
The Spring Song
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

The Spring Song

Object numberMO 2025.2.22
Name Cartoon
Artist (American political cartoonist, 1881 - 1943)
Date1937
Mediumpaper (coquille board), crayon, ink, pencil
Dimensionsoverall H 18 11/16 in x W 15 3/16 in (47.5 cm x 38.5 cm )
DescriptionAn original black and white cartoon titled at the top, “THE SPRING SONG.” It depicts Franklin D. Roosevelt with the body of a bird labeled “PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE”. FDR is perched on the branch of a tree growing out of the dome of the U.S. Capitol building, and is singing a song with the words, “PROMISES TO CURTAIL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES.” The joyful sun is peeking out from behind the left side of the Capitol, while to the right of the Capitol, a man (“AMERICAN TAXPAYERS”) leans out of the window of a house saying, “AND I HOPE THE MELODY LINGERS ON!” The artist's signature and the publishing information is in the lower left corner: “LARIMER / NEWS–SENTINEL, / FORT WAYNE IND. / —1937.”
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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