Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On this day in 1754, Benjamin Franklin published one of the most famous cartoons in history: the Join or Die woodcut. Franklin’s ...

Benjamin Franklin is arguably one of the most fascinating figures in American history. He was an author, printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic ...

"Join, or Die" is a political cartoon showing a snake broken into eight pieces, and was first seen in Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper in 1754. This political cartoon (attributed to Benjamin ...

The original copy of one of the most influential political cartoons in American history has surfaced in a Los Angeles area auction. The 264-year-old "JOIN or DIE" cartoon, believed to be created by ...

WHAT: Sold recently in an online auction by Nate D. Sanders Auctions, a May 9, 1754, copy of The Pennsylvania Gazette brought $50,000. Prominent on the front page of the newspaper is what is believed ...

Galen Halasz, 10, of Saranac Lake, drew and submitted this cartoon, seen first below. His commentary on the rail/trail dilemma echoes Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or die” cartoon, also seen below, from ...

A copy of Benjamin Franklin's newspaper The Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser is going up for auction Thursday through Nate D. Sanders auctions. The newspaper for sale, published Dec. 7, ...

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