Yet most Americans would be surprised to learn that both political symbols (as well as Santa Claus and Uncle Sam) were popularized, and given their modern forms, by the same maverick cartoonist. His ...
On this day in 1870, Harper’s Weekly ran Thomas Nast’s drawing “A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion.” The depiction by Nast a leading political cartoonist, solidified the donkey as the symbol of the ...
Typical contemporary illustrations of the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant In a few days, America will elect our next president. It’s been a particularly contentious and divisive campaign ...
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
It’s easy to recognize these political symbols. | id-work/DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images (donkey and elephant); Justin Dodd/Mental Floss (question mark) It all started with an insult. During ...
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