Purchase of Alaska

This cartoon is about the purchase of Alaska. The Cartoonist was against the purchasing of Alaska because he or she thought that Alaska was worthless/useless and a block of ice. Another person could think that Alaska was a waste of money. The Cartoonist used symbolism and labeling to get his point across.  The symbolism used was the block of ice because he or she believed Alaska was just a piece of frozen land also referred to as the “seawards ice box”  There is labeling on the block of ice so that people know that it is Alaska and on the wheelbarrow saying that represents the treaty.