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[Roosevelt racing Willkie]
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Description | Cartoon showing President Roosevelt, carrying five speeches, riding on a donkey labeled "New Deal," racing Wendell Willkie riding on an elephant. The donkey says, "Franklin, we better hurry or they'll draft the wrong man." In the late stages of the 1940 presidential campaign, Republican candidate Wendell Willkie accused President Roosevelt of propelling the country into war. Alarmed by the evidence that Willkie's accusations were causing him to drop in the polls, Roosevelt decided to drop his strategy of staying aloof from the campaign and announced he would make five campaign speeches. Berryman neatly combines the election news with the other event capturing the public attention -- the first American peacetime draft that was held on October 16. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Willkie, Wendell L.--(Wendell Lewis),--1892-1944. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Donkeys--1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Presidential elections--United States--1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Democratic Party (U.S.)--1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Draft (Military service)--United States--1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Elephants--1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Roosevelt, Franklin D.--(Franklin Delano),--1882-1945. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
