Life — May 7, 1903 — page 15: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a darkly satirical cartoon titled "WHERE IS ST. GEORGE?" by Wilfrid Huggins (1943). It depicts monstrous, demonic industrial machinery and figures looming over a small, vulnerable figure in religious garb (labeled "CONSTITUTION"). The cartoon appears to be wartime propaganda critique, suggesting that unchecked industrial power and militarization ("small industries" visible in the background) have become monstrous forces threatening democratic principles. The reference to St. George—the legendary dragon-slayer—implies the need for a heroic defender against these threats. The handwritten note "International Jewry" at the bottom suggests this was later annotated, possibly to misrepresent the cartoon's actual meaning. The satire critiques industrial overreach and wartime expansion of corporate power during WWII.