Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

Jim-Jams

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Credit Line

  • Thomas L. Minnick collection of historic prints and original editorial cartoons, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, The Ohio State University

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Title
  • Jim-Jams
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Date Issued
  • 1852 to 1910
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Description

Description
  • Text on cartoon: What a state you have reached. wretched Victim of Whiskey! See the forms that assail – ferocious and frisky: On all sides they squirm, ‘till with terror you rave, The end soon is coming, a drunkard’s vile grave.
  • Written in pencil at lower right: "James this is what will become of you if you don't stop your drinking."
  • When jimjams entered English in the mid-19th century, it probably referred to a specific kind of jitters, the "delirium tremens," a violent delirium caused by excessive drinking.

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Item Identifier
  • Finding Number: CGA.AC.W7.128
  • Digital ID: d_7281
Collection Identifier
  • SPEC.CGA.TLM
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Extent
  • 22.2 x 16.75 cm
Medium
  • chromolithograph
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