• Pennsylvania Once Tried To Make It A Crime To Mock The Governor In Editorial Cartoons

  • Apr 9 2025
  • Duración: 4 m
  • Podcast

Pennsylvania Once Tried To Make It A Crime To Mock The Governor In Editorial Cartoons

  • Resumen

  • Today in 1843, the birthday of Samuel W. Pennypacker. When he was governor of Pennsylvania his supporters tried to make certain types of editorial cartoons a crime (!) Plus: today in 1942, a funeral for John Pecinovsky, known as “the Half-and-Half Man,” because he would wear clothes that were white on one side and black on the other.

    When Cartoonists Were Criminals (Historical Society of Pennsylvania)

    John Pecinovsky, the Half-and-Half Man (Weird Universe)

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