The Yellow Press. Likely the very best example of the peril facing the modern reader by a cartoonist. Puck, New York.

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  A portrayal of the skirmish, later to become known as the “Boston Massacre,” between British soldiers and citizens of Boston on March 5, 1770. On the right a group of seven uniformed soldiers, on the signal of an officer, …

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Leaders of the Democratic Party in 1868 Election Summary A searing, election-year indictment of four prominent figures in the Democratic party, three of them former Confederate officers. Former New York governor and Democratic presidential nominee Horatio Seymour is portrayed as …

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Letter from Thomas Jefferson written ten days before his death, declining invitation for 4th of July celebration in Washington, D.C. —the day he died. Summary An allegory of printing and liberty, illustrating a broadside of a June 24, 1826, letter …

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