Existing comment:
(19) Washington Money Machine, between 1956 and 1965.
Published in the Pittsburgh Press.
Crayon, ink brush and opaque white over graphite underdrawing.
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature
Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-ppmsca-09426 (19)
In this cartoon Art Wood captures the sentiments felt by many taxpayers. By the late 1950s, increases in local, state and federal taxes as well as social security meant that the average family spent more on those than they did on food. Paying for national defense during the Cold War accounted for much of the increase. A prize-winning political cartoonist, Wood worked at the Richmond News Leader before moving to Pittsburgh, where he was the chief editorial cartoonist for the Pittsburgh Press from 1956 to 1965. |