Karl Kae Knecht Cartoon
| Description: |
History of Tom Nast and the Tammany Tiger, with boy looking at tiger symbol on vehicle. Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902 Image Access WideTEK 25 You will read of and see in cartoons this week, the Tammany Tiger as referring to a New York City Democratic Organization. Tom Nast as a boy saw a tiger head painted on the fire engine no. 6 near his home in New York. Bill Tweed was then chief of old no. 6. Later Nast, the man and cartoonist, emblazoned the tiger as a cartoon symbol on Tammany of which tweed was then big boss. It first appeared in 1871 in Harpers Weekly attacking Boss Tweed. Nast also created the the elephant for republican symbol and donkey for the democrats. |
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| Origin: | 2013 |
| Created By: |
Karl Kae Knecht |
| Source: |
http://digital.evpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/karlknecht/id/1244 |
| Collection: |
Karl K. Knecht Collection |
| Subjects: |
Evansville (Ind.) -- History -- Caricatures and cartoons United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Caricatures and cartoons Caricatures and cartoons -- United States |
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