Never again!
1908
Uncle Sam looks like he's just stumbled out of the world's worst bar crawl in this biting 1908 political cartoon. Looking disheveled and hungover, he raises a hand in a 'never again' gesture while fleeing a shady alleyway lined with businesses named after the era's most notorious monopolies. Signs for 'Rockefeller's Rest,' 'Harriman's Place,' and the 'Impure Food Cafe' mock the corrupt trusts that were squeezing Americans dry during the Gilded Age. It's a hilarious visual metaphor for the nation waking up to the need for Progressive Era reforms and trust-busting.