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We came across this portion (it measures 20" x 7") from a Jamestown NY newspaper many years ago at probably the funnest farm estate auction we've ever attended. It is obviously from Nov. 3rd or thereabouts after the ill-fated James Garfield and Chet Arthur GOP ticket won over the Democrats. This area was a Republican stronghold back in the day - just up the road a couple miles in Westfield lived the little girl who famously talked Abraham Lincoln into growing his iconic beard!
Anyway, this paper scrap was charmingly, if naively, embellished at some point by a child with a paintbox, which accounts for the splashes of color. The different illustrations - 23 in all - include some that are obvious and some that have primarily symbolic value. Some (like "That Letter Let the Democracy to the Tomb." showing a graveyard go beyond my meager knowledge of history. Some, like "Barnum's Mules Kicked.", make no sense to me at all now.
The reason I'm posting this is to ask if there is a specific name for this kind of display. It's not a rebus, not exactly a cryptogram. Can a pictogram still include words? Any thoughts?
Strange was just reading about Chester Arthur the 21 st president is believed to have been born in Canada and he took his deceased brothers name who dies at birth and born in VT while Arthur was born year before parents came to US . Sp being 1st president not born in USA . Neat article you found !
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-original-birther-controversy/