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Artifact Collection: Political Cartoons

This series contains political cartoons by various artists, mostly original artwork and primarily related to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt and their politically active period from the early to mid 20th Century. Themes of the cartoons include Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidential campaigns, political situations during his presidency, foreign affairs, World War II, Eleanor Roosevelt, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., the deaths of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, and miscellaneous topics. This series also includes a group of cartoons concerning President Roosevelt's famous Scottie dog, Fala. A small group of 18th and 19th Century political cartoons also is included in this series.
National Archives Catalog Series: Political Cartoons (National Archives Identifier 749653)
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The American Rattle Snake
MO 1974.293
James Gillray
1782
The American Sphinz Won’t Speak Until March 4th
MO 2025.2.24
William C. Morris
ca. 1933
Another Tough One To Handle
MO 2025.2.26
Fred O. Seibel
1933
Doble-Nueve
MO 1956.420.1
Conrado Walter Massaguer
1943
Don’t Quote Me, Gentlemen
MO 1978.2.33
Alan S. Foster
ca. 1942-1944
Fala Cartoon
MO 1978.2.36
Alan S. Foster
ca. 1942-1944
First Raid on the Convention Lumberyard
MO 2025.2.19
Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling
1932
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