1927 Print Cartoons Politics Mr Root South America President Roosevelt XGU1 CCA2 John the Baptist in Pampisford

John the Baptist in Pampisford

more commonly known as the White Eared Hummingbird

"Washerwoman

James in the Kidron Valley (formerly part of the British Mandate of Palestine)

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1927 Print Cartoons Politics Mr Root South America President Roosevelt XGU1 CCA2 John the Baptist in PampisfordThis is an original 1927 halftone print of three newspaper political cartoons entitled "Cartoons published in South American papers at the time of Mr. Root's visit." We believe Mr. Root to be Elihu Root, an American lawyer and statesman and the 1912 recipient of the Nobel Peach Prize. He held several high level government positions. We believe that the cartoons are referring to a visit Elihu Root made to Latin America in 1906, as Secretary of State,