Political Cartoon: Chronic Cronies...Harmlessly Armed

Denis Kearney

Political Cartoon: Chronic Cronies...Harmlessly Armed

12/6/1879

Political Cartoon

Internet Archive features an 1879 political cartoon of Irish immigrant and California labor leader, Denis Kearney, and businessman, Joshua Abraham Norton, popularly named "Emperor Norton." The artist portrays both men in military clothing and Kearney has an oversized pistol on his belt. In the caption, Kearney discusses why he wears the pistol. The inscription reads, "Chronic Chronies: Harmlessly Armed."

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Internet Archive (Contributor: California State Library/ Original Publisher: San Francisco, The Wasp Publishing Co.)

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