"Let's go to the Trans-Lux and hiss Roosevelt!"
Arno, Peter,
artist
still image
graphic
Cartoons (Commentary)-American-1930-1940.
Ink drawings-American-1930-1940.
xx
1936
monographic
[1936]
eng
1 drawing : ink brush, ink wash, and opaque white ; 48.5 x 36 cm (sheet)
Cartoon shows a group of middle-aged socialites, rather scantily dressed (perhaps for a costume party), proposing to go to a local theater to hiss President Roosevelt. Peter Arno's cartoons depicting New York cafe society were a staple in The New Yorker for more than forty years. Although Roosevelt was immensely popular with the American common people during the Depression, he was cordially hated by many members of the conservative upper classes. The Trans-Lux was a popular New York theater that specialized in newsreels, which regularly featured the President.
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Peter Arno.
Title from item.
Caption label from exhibit Cartoon America: Peter Arno lampoons a group of middle-aged socialites hissing at President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Trans-Lux, a popular New York theater. In this drawing, unlike the published version, the group appears scantily dressed, perhaps for a costume party. Though highly popular with most Americans, Roosevelt was strongly disliked by many members of the conservative, social elite. The Trans-Lux often screened newsreels that featured the president. Arno's first published drawings appeared in 1925 in the New Yorker and remained a popular feature during his forty-year cartooning career.
Variant published in: The New Yorker, September 19, 1936.
Exhibited: Cartoon America: Highlights from the Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Library of Congress, 2006-2007.
Forms part of: Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon (Library of Congress).
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano),
1882-1945
Public opinion
United States
1930-1940
Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:055-4 [item]
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
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