Series consists of original art and cartoons created by Art Young (1866-1943), a cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his Socialist viewpoint. He illustrated political cartoons for magazines such as The Metropolitan Magazine, The Masses, New Masses, Life, Liberator (1977-1924), Good Morning (1919-1921), New Yorker, The Nation, etc. The political cartoons cover topics such as the Broadway Theatre and Actors Equity, capitalism, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit, political corruption, the economy, family planning, working class dignity, immigration, and more. Also included is a caricature drawing of Boris Bakhmeteff, Brander Matthews, and Arturo Giovannitt.
Box 1 Folder 15
Inferno illustration, uncaptioned, circa 1890s-1930s
Medium: Ink on paper. Type: Original art. Accession 2021-2022-M139
Box 1 Folder 16
Russian Ambassador, Boris Bakhmeteff
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 1 Folder 16
Brander Matthews
The Masses Magazine.Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 1 Folder 16
Arturo Giovannitti, 1920
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 1 Folder 17
Paris Resurgent "Free France"
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 1 Folder 17
Ermine and Wolf
On cartoon, left: Ermine--an expensive animal that is a great favorite with royalty. On cartoon, right: Wolf--an animal that would haunt royalty if royalty had to earn it's own living.
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 1 Folder 17
[Convention Dead Lock]
Caption: It May Come to This.
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 1 Folder 17
Convention Oratory
On cartoon: Words, The Glorious Palladium of Our Liberties, The Full Realization of Our Proud Destiny, And the Triumph of Law N' Order.Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 1 Folder 18
Ideals
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 1 Folder 18
Sacred Ballot
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 1 Folder 18
Liberty up to date
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 1 Folder 18
Trimming the Constitution [NY Constitution], circa 1915
The Masses Magazine. Drawing illustrates Barnes and Root fixing the tree with wisdom wax.
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 1 Folder 18
Respect the Law, circa 1919-1922
Good Morning Magazine.
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 1 Folder 18
Concessions in the Far East: Where the oil is, look out for war
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 1 Folder 18
American Capitol
On cartoon: Big American Capital taking a bag of food and clothing from Europe while kicking skinny U.S. Uncle Sam away.
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 1 Folder 18
Employer and Employee "Don't Bother Me!"
One-fifth of the world doesn't know how the other four-fifths live (and cares little). Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 1 Folder 19
George M. Cohan to the Fidelitx League, 1919-10
Published in The Terror on Broadway, The Liberator, Vol.2, No.10, Page 34. Caption from Liberator: "I'll give a hundred thousand, dollars, and another hundred thousand and another and I;mother and another-that's the kind of a little guy, I am, and I hope you'll all stay with me!"-George M. Cohan to the Fidelitx League.
On the back: Pencil sketch of Belasco crawling into bed next to man ringing bell.
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 1 Folder 19
David Belasco, 1919-10
Published in The Terror on Broadway, The Liberator, Vol.2, No.10, Page 34. Caption from Liberator: "If the Actors' Equity Association wins the strike, I shall' retire and never produce another play."-David Belasco. Happy Dreams!
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 1 Folder 19
Equity Strike, 1919-10
Published in The Terror on Broadway, The Liberator, Vol.2, No.10, Page 34. Caption from Liberator: "Hey, Bill, pretty good for amateursl"
On cartoon: people holding "Barrymores" and "Dressler" on strike flags, depicting 1919 Actors' Equity Association strike.
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 2 Folder 14
That Six Million Donation, circa 1923
Life Magazine.
On cartoon: Whitney, Harkness, and Rockefeller Jr. tossing money at the NYPL lions.
Caption in pencil: That Six Million Donation. Staking the Lions on the 6 million.
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 2 Folder 14
Purity of the Stage Pledge
New Masses Magazine. Inscribed on the back: Young 9 West 17th St NYC.
On Cartoon: I promise to abstain from further corrupting the minds.... signed F. Zeigfeld
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 2 Folder 14
Corruption
On cartoon: Franchises, Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Metropolitan Street R. R. Franchises, Consolidated Gas Company Franchises, Subway Franchises.
Caption: "For the trail of the Serpent is over them all!" -Thomas Moore.
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 2 Folder 14
[Prosperity is work, work is prosperity]
Caption: Anyway you want to put it--"This prosperity is work", "Sure--and work is prosperity"
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 2 Folder 14
American Scene
Caption: The small business man imploring the city banker to loan them money.
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 2 Folder 14
The Price of Debasement
Life Magazine.
Caption: Attitude of a waiter who thinks he'll set a 50 cent tip (also, attitudes if he expects less).
Type: Original art. Accession 2017-2018-M002
Box 2 Folder 14
U.S.-U.S.
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 2 Folder 14
Secret Caucus
On cartoon: Big business interests waving to socialistic, single tax, union labor, and progressive at the door.
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 2 Folder 14
Labor-Capital, The Law of Expansion and Contraction
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 4 Folder 8
[The Big Bosses Privately Planning another fight, as it will be advertised, another take prize fight]
Type: Original art. Accession 2015-2016-M159
Box 4 Folder 8
Hearst and Brisbane
Type: Original art. Accession 2015-2016-M159
Box 4 Folder 8
Good Night! Cartoon Page, 1918-04
Published in The Liberator, Vol.1, No.2, Page 24.
Type: Cartoon Page. Accession 2017-2018-M002
Box 4 Folder 8
Good Night! Original Art, 1918-04
Published in The Liberator, Vol.1, No.2, Page 24.
Type: Original art. Accession 2015-2016-M159
Box 4 Folder 8
Judging the Human Conduct
Caption in pencil: One of many cartoons drawn to accompany Arthur Brisbane's Sunday Editorials.
NY Sunday American. Type: Original art. Accession 2015-2016-M159
Box 4 Folder 8
The Baby: I have a feeling I ought not stop here
Type: Original art. Accession 2017-2018-M002
Box 4 Folder 9
Ask the Bosses-They Know
Caption: Nominating a Republican President vs. Nominating a Democratic President.
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 4 Folder 9
Annual Militant Adventure: Crossing the [Rubican?]
Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070
Box 4 Folder 10
Der Groyser Kundes/The Big Stick, Vol.12, No.53, 1920-12-24, 8 Leaves
Der Groyser Kundes (Yiddish: דער גרױסער קונדס, The Big Stick or The Big Prankster)
Type: Newspaper. Accession 2017-2018-M002
Box 4 Folder 10
[Milking the Public]
Type: Original art. Accession 2015-2016-M159