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2008.057.r
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Title: Cloyd Sweigert political cartoon
Identifier/Call Number: 2008.057.r
Contributing Institution:
Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives, Leatherby Libraries
Language of Material:
English
Container: 1
Physical Description:
0.001 Linear feet
(1 folder)
Date: 1930s
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This collection is open for research.
Born in the Santa Clara Valley on a farm near San Jose, CA on Feb. 20, 1897. Sweigert obtained a degree in agriculture from
UC Berkeley in 1918 and served briefly in the Army in World War One. After a few years of farming, he worked in San Francisco
for the News for seven years before becoming a socio-political cartoonist for the Chronicle in 1932, a position he held until
retirement in 1955
This collection is arranged by material type.
This item is an original political cartoon by artist, Cloyd Sweigert, depicting a Democrat mule in a tuxedo, smoking a cigarette
in a long holder with the caption "California Democrats" on the tuxedo lapel.
This cartoon was originally the property of James Roosevelt.
[Item title], Cloyd Sweigert political cartoon, (2008.057.r), Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives,
Chapman University, CA.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of James Roosevelt.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Roosevelt, James, 1907-1991
Sweigert, Cloyd, 1897-1973
History--Caricatures and cartoons
Political cartoons