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Source Collection
Cartoon collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0471.002_001.007
Description
Cartoon drawn by Joseph L. Parrish (1905-1989) of the Nashville "Tennessean" in 1932 showing a goateed man labeled "the party" steering a storm-tossed boat labeled "Tennessee democracy" according to a compass labeled "democratic principles". Colonel Tennessee says: "It is the only course to follow!" despite the boat being nearly swamped by waves labeled "Crumpism" and "Memphis machine vote fraud". The cartoon is titled at the top: "Steering By The Compass!". The cartoon refers to the bitterly-fought Democratic gubernatorial primary in which the political machine of Memphis U.S. Congressman E.H. Crump was accused of electoral fraud by his candidate's opponents.
Date Created
6-11-2021
Date
1932
Recommended Citation
"Joseph L. Parrish, Steering by the compass!, 1932" (2021). Images. 3.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-cartoon1/3
Keywords
Caricatures and cartoons--Tennessee--Nashville., Crump, Edward Hull, 1874-1954.
