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Fake News in the 1890s: Yellow Journalism
A political cartoon titled “Still Barking” by artist Clifford Berryman that appeared in The Washington Post, August 9, 1899.

A political cartoon titled “Still Barking” by artist Clifford Berryman that appeared in The Washington Post, August 9, 1899.

This cartoon depicts a large, vicious dog with “Yellows” written on his collar barking at the gate of the White House showing disapproval of the US War Department's handling of the Spanish-American War. “Alger” is written on the brim of the hat tossed to the side. “Alger” is a reference to Russell Alexander Alger, a former US Senator and US Secretary of War during the time of the Spanish-American War. “Algerism” was often used synonymously with incompetence.

Citation Information
US Senate. Office of Senate Curator, “Still Barking,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/a1e0ae82b0aa7502ef9c298a5cfb1ac4.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration.

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Item 3 of 11 in the Primary Source Set Fake News in the 1890s: Yellow Journalism

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A cover of an issue of the satirical magazine Puck featuring an illustration captioned “The Cleansing of New York,” 1900.
A cover of an issue of satirical magazine Puck featuring an illustration captioned, “The Democratic Microbes,” 1904.
A political cartoon titled “Still Barking” by artist Clifford Berryman that appeared in The Washington Post, August 9, 1899.
An illustration of the battleship USS Maine from Pictorial History of Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom, by Trumbull White, ca. 1898.
A photograph of the wreck of the USS Maine, ca. 1898.
A sheet of music and lyrics for “The Dugan Kid Who Lives in Hogan’s Alley,” or The Yellow Kid, from the New York World, ca. 1896.
A leaflet titled “The Yellow Kid” with cover art by cartoonist Richard F. Outcault.
A poster advertising the New York World, 1890s.
A photograph of Ervin Wardman, managing editor of the New York Press, 1901.
A photograph of the New York Journal office on Park Row, New York City, 1898.
A political cartoon by Clifford Berryman about President William McKinley titled "Pesky, but Harmless," March 4, 1898.

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