Research Guides: HIS 393: Race, Drugs, and Drug Policy in America: Images

How to find cartoons

There is no big index to cartoons, so finding them is a matter of persistence and serendipity:

Keep an eye out for cartoons in the illustrations when you're reading the secondary literature.
Search historical online magazines or newspapers. In some, for example America's Historical Newspapers, you can limit to "cartoons" as a type.
Search the library catalog for books on cartoons on a particular topic, using keywords like "cartoons" "caricatures" or "humor"

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (also called Leslie's Weekly)

Life Magazine (1883-1936) http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008891350

Phunny Phellow (1859-1872) American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection

Puck (San Francisco) (1877-1918) American Periodicals

American Broadsides and Ephemera This link opens in a new window
J. Walter Thomson: Advertising America This link opens in a new window
Contains documents from the archives of J. Walter Thompson, one of the largest advertising firms in the United States. They range from the 1890s to the late 1990s but most are from 1945 forward. The collections included are the firm’s publications, account files for nine key clients, staff newsletters, writings and speeches, research files, and a selection of print advertisements. A huge number of brands, companies, and industries are covered from automobiles to cosmetics and cruises.