Item Info
Item No: pixc01014
Title: What Would Folks Say!
Additional Title: What Would Folks Say!
Media Type:
Cartoons (Commentary)
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Dame Democracy balks at wearing a(n exposing) swimsuit, symbolizing the "wets" or anti-prohibitionists.
John J. Raskob, chair of the Democratic National Committee, supported and wanted Democrats to back move for giving the public a chance to vote on the question of prohibition. (Oct 27, 1930)
Sources:
"Democrat Chairman Wants Nation-Wide Liquor Referendum." The Cornell Daily Sun 28 October 1930: vol 1, no. 82. http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/cornell?a=d&d=CDS19301028.2.24#.
"Raskob Asks Party Stand For Dry Law Referendum." Schenectady Gazette [Schenectady, NY] 25 November 1931: vol. 38, no. 48. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19311125&id=sVwhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N4UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1629,2800775.
Creator Name: Sykes, Charles Henry, 1882-1942 - Artist