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Concerning circuses and trained elephants --
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Description | Cartoon shows a circus elephant dressed in farmer's overalls labeled "Senate GOP," performing an act by stepping on stools labeled "SANITY." Senator Smith Brookhart of Iowa, dressed as a clown, saying "Aw, come on through," urges the elephant to jump through a hoop labeled "Debenture Plan" into a caldron labeled "Hot Water," but the elephant rejects the idea, saying, "Oh, you funny boy!" President Hoover, dressed as a ringmaster, holding a paper reading "Farm Relief," watches sardonically. Shortly after his election, Hoover called a special session of Congress to take up agricultural support measures. Some Senators rejected the plan as ineffective and proposed a system of export debentures (endorsed by Senator Brookhart) that would provide farmers with bounties on exports. The idea was eventually defeated. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Clowns--1920-1930. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Farm relief--United States--1920-1930. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Elephants--1920-1930. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Coolidge, Calvin,--1872-1933. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Brookhart, Smith Wildman,--1869-1944. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States.--Congress.--Senate--1920-1930. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Circus animals--1920-1930. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
