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Title: JM-W002: New York expects you to do your duty
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a group of men and women standing at the banks of the Hudson river with a war drum and banner. They are calling across the river at Westerners to urge them to join in the war.

Title: JM-041: Hearst and Brisbane of New York lead procession through mud
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting William Randolph Hearst and Arthur Brisbane leading a procession through the mud. Many of the procession members look downward. Hearst was known for having a huge newspaper chain with flamboyant coverage; Brisbane was his managing editor for "The New York Journal."

Title: JM-027: Marriage of Brooklyn and New York
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting the marriage between a woman representing Brooklyn and a man representing New York. Figures representing other towns and counties in New York state watch the wedding, with almost all of them appearing upset. The image probably refers to a consolidation in 1898 that merged the borough of Brooklyn with New York city and created a shared police force and fire department for the newly enlarged City of Greater New York.