Rosch Cartoon: The Presidential Snarl,
1890
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John Rosch was a photographer by profession, an artist by avocation, and a historian by nature. He documented life in White Plains from the time of his arrival in 1874 until his death in 1949. He served as City Historian and authored Historic White Plains in 1939. He especially enjoyed creating political cartoons such as this one, which is a commentary on the deadlocked election for Village President in 1890. The six men depicted were councilmen who were evenly split on the issue of enforcing the contract for the system of sewers. The deadlock lasted for ten weeks. It was finally broken on the 354th ballot when Samuel Hopper was declared Village President.