Legion of Decency
...otts of the 1930s. The use of the octopus was a common motif in cartooning to illustrate corruption. Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) These flyers were made by the CYO headquarters in Chicago. They were distributed as a means of encouraging children to take the Legion of Decency movie boycott pledge.
The Story of Duffy’s Cut
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...ection number, Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Photographs: In general, only photographs from the Robert Halvey Collection are to be published with written permission from CHRC. These photographs are to be captioned: Courtesy of the Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia,
Pope
...onal Guard protecting an Irish Protestant parade. In response, Nast drew a number of anti-Irish cartoons for Harper’s Weekly. This cartoon illustrated the Draft Riots of July 1863, where Irish Catholics attacked African-Americans throughout New York City. Nast blamed the attacks on both the ethnicity of the Irish and their