Farmer Platt’s New Game of Pigs in Clover, Which is the Republican pig?

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Farmer Platt’s New Game of Pigs in Clover, Which is the Republican pig?

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A political cartoon showing a farmer taking care of his pigs. The ‘Republican’ pig is represented as a fat and greedy pig while the ‘Democratic’ pig is represented as a starved, skinny, and angry because it is not being taken care of by the farmer. The political cartoon is pro-democratic and attempts to convey Republicans as being mean-spirited and greedy.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1894-01-12/ed-1/seq-1/
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Publisher

New York Evening World

Date

1894-01-12

Coverage

New York City

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