Verbum
Volume 9 | Issue 1
Article 3
December 2011
Image: "Political Cartoons"
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Political Cartoons
Figure 1
A Heavy Load for Al
This much-used cartoon piles up many objections to Smith's candidacy, among which the symbol of his religion is the only one
left unlabeled. (New York State Library, Albany)
(Retrieved from, Moore 84)
Figure 2
Hail! Hail! The Gang‘s All Here
One of the Klan cartoons of 1928
It reads: Wet Crowd, Romanism, Tammany
(Retrieved from, Williams 160)
Figure 3
Cabinet Meeting—If Al Were President
This representation of Smith as the servant of the Catholic hierarchy appeared in The Fellowship Forum, November 3, 1928. It is
typical of the extreme anti-Catholic KKK propaganda. (New York State Library, Albany)
(Retrieved from, Moore 109)
Works Cited
Primary Sources
Marshall, Charles C. "The Atlantic | April 1927 | An Open Letter to Alfred E. Smith | Marshall." TheAtlantic.com. Web. 03 Mar. 2011.
Smith, Alfred E. "Address at Oklahoma City." Campaign Addresses. Albany: J.B. Lyon, 1928. 43-59. Print.
Smith, Alfred E. "The Atlantic | May 1927 | Catholic and Patriot | Smith." TheAtlantic.com. Web. 03 Mar. 2011.
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Church and State IX.1 (Winter 1967): 36-50. Print.
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Williams, Michael. The Shadow of the Pope. York: McGraw-Hill Book, 1932. Print.