His little tea party

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Title

His little tea party

Description

Cartoon shows Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall sitting on a rock in the desert, surrounded by tiny oil wells, holding a teacup. Behind him looms the Teapot Dome mountain in the shape of a teapot. A fissure on the side in the shape of a spout emits steam made up of dollar marks. The cartoon alludes to the Teapot Dome Scandal during the Harding Administration when Fall was convicted of taking a bribe to sell the rich oil reserves at Teapot Dome, Wyoming to a company represented by businessman Harry F. Sinclair.

Creator

Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952, artist

Source

Library of Congress

Date

Between 1921-28

Files

Albert Fall cartoon.jpeg

Citation

Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952, artist , “His little tea party,” Making of the Modern US, accessed November 24, 2024, https://spring23modernus.leadr.site/items/show/146.

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