Cartoon: An Old-Fashioned Necking Party
Title
Cartoon: An Old-Fashioned Necking Party
Creator
Description
Cartoon depicting a lynching printed in the inaugural issue of the Chanticleer, a humor magazine established by Rutgers students in 1923. The cartoon depicts a man's lifeless body hanging from a tree as three observers look on. The caption below the image reads: "An Old-Fashioned Necking Party."
The author of the cartoon is Frederick W. Shaw, Rutgers class of 1924.
This cartoon was printed in the magazine's first issue in June 1923, approximately one month after the Ku Klux Klan gained visibility in Middlesex County by staging a major initiation ceremony with thousands of attendees at a farm outside of New Brunswick. For more about this moment in New Brunswick and Rutgers history, see our exhibit Ku Klux Klan in New Brunswick.
The author of the cartoon is Frederick W. Shaw, Rutgers class of 1924.
This cartoon was printed in the magazine's first issue in June 1923, approximately one month after the Ku Klux Klan gained visibility in Middlesex County by staging a major initiation ceremony with thousands of attendees at a farm outside of New Brunswick. For more about this moment in New Brunswick and Rutgers history, see our exhibit Ku Klux Klan in New Brunswick.
Date
1923-06
Language
English
Publication
Page
17
Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries
Library catalog record (external link)
Citation
Shaw, Frederick W., “Cartoon: An Old-Fashioned Necking Party,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed March 24, 2023, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/525.