[Pogo]. Sarcophagus, yo' come into the back bresh with me ...
1 drawing : India ink over blue pencil underdrawing ; 15.3 x 44.3 cm (sheet) | In 1953, when Senator Joseph McCarthy's investigation of communists in government was at its height, Kelly was one of the few editorial voices to speak out against his tactics. In this three-panel comic strip, Simple J. Malarkey, a vicious wildcat resembling Senator McCarthy, prepares to venture into the…
"This'll really be fun -- I greased the rails"
1 drawing. | Cartoon shows Senator Joseph McCarthy and an apprehensive GOP elephant on a roller coaster. Reflects the uneasiness of many in the Republican Party at being linked to the rabble-rousing tactics of the Red-baiting senator.
"Northern spies" sent to McCarthy
1 photographic print. | Half-length portrait of Joseph McCarthy, standing, facing slightly left, holding up three northern Spy apples.
Date:1953-01-01
Photo, Print, Drawing
"I have here in my hand ..."
1 photographic print. | Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, holding a photostat copy of a letter from former war secretary Harry H. Woodring.
The McCarthy boys
1 photographic print. | Photograph shows Joseph McCarthy with two of his brothers on the family farm near Grand Chute, Wisconsin. Left to right: William, Howard, and Joe.