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{{Short description|American cartoonist and political activist}}
{{Infobox person
| name        = Guy H. Lockwood
| image       = G. H. Lockwood.png
| birth_date  = June 26, 1870 
| birth_place = [[Minneapolis]]
| death_date  = September 28, 1947 (aged 77)
| death_place = Kalamazoo, Michigan
| occupation  = Cartoonist, political activist}}

'''Guy H. Lockwood''' (June 26, 1870 – September 28, 1947) was an American cartoonist and political activist. Lockwood is best remembered as a touring [[socialist]] enthusiast who illustrated and published about a dozen propaganda pamphlets during the first fifteen years of the 20th century.

==Biography==
===Early years===

Guy H. Lockwood was born on June 26, 1870 in [[Minneapolis]].<ref>[http://lockwood.one-name.net/Guy%20H%20Lockwood.htm "Guy H Lockwood (1870 – 1947)"]. Lockwood One Name Study. Retrieved October 18, 2020. </ref>

===Socialist propagandist===
[[File:Lockwood-Wagon-980612.jpg|thumb|right|420px|Propaganda wagon decorated by Guy Lockwood for a 2,000 mile trip from Tennessee to Chicago to attend the 1st Convention of the Social Democracy of America.]]

In 1898 Lockwood attracted regional attention when he led a party of four delegates to the First National Convention of the [[Social Democracy of America]] in a painted propaganda wagon — a journey of 2,000 miles from Tennessee to Chicago, the site of the convention.<ref name=InterOcean>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18098055/gh_lockwood_as_edwards_and_their/ "2000 Miles by Team: Novel Ride of Delegates to the Social Democracy Session,"] ''Chicago Daily Inter Ocean,'' June 12, 1898, pg. 29.</ref> During the journey Lockwood and his political associates stopped in towns along their route to lecture about socialism from the back of their wagon, with Lockwood selling pen-and-ink caricatures and greeting cards to raise funds for the journey.<ref name=InterOcean />

The brightly-decorated wagon was painted by Lockwood and he produced a series of cartoon placards to help illustrate the political oratory delivered by himself and [[A. S. Edwards]], editor of the socialist weekly newspaper ''The Coming Nation,'' who was also a convention delegate.<ref name=InterOcean />

Lockwood saw the propaganda wagon as an important innovation — one which he would use with regularity over the next two decades — declaring to the press that

<blockquote>"We are socialists and we want to spread the doctrine of cooperation rather than competition. We think we have found the way to convert the country, because we can travel cheaply in a wagon and reach all classes."<ref name=InterOcean /></blockquote>

Lockwood and his associates were advocates of the Social Democracy establishing a "wagon brigade" of similar propaganda vehicles to bring the new political party's message to small communities across the United States.<ref name=InterOcean />

===Later years===
[[File:Lockwood-unity-1910.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Cover art of Guy Lockwood's pamphlet, ''Unity.'']]

Lockwood was a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]]. In 1912, he authored ''How to Live 100 Years''. Lockwood argued against the use of [[Tobacco smoking|tobacco]] as it used up the body's energy necessary for attaining longevity.<ref>Massie, Larry B. (1991). ''The Romance of Michigan's Past''. Priscilla Press. p. 119. {{ISBN|978-0962640810}}</ref> 

In [[1928 Michigan gubernatorial election|1928]], Lockwood stood for election heading the Socialist Party's Michigan ticket as its candidate for Governor.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18106848/green_margin_totals_222119/ "Green Margin Totals 222,119,"] ''Lansing State Journal,'' Sept. 20, 1928, pg. 23.</ref>

Lockwood would remain politically active in Socialist Party politics into his 60s, gaining election state organizer of the [[Socialist Party of Michigan]] in 1934, in which capacity he took part in socialist lectures around the state.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18106566/kalamazoo_artist_guy_h_lockwood_to/ "Kalamazoo Artist Speaks Wednesday,"] ''Lansing State Journal,'' March 6, 1934, pg. 12.</ref>

===Death and legacy===

Guy Lockwood died at his home in [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]] on September 28, 1947.<ref>[https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockwood.html#304.77.79 "Index to Politicians"]. politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 1 February 2022.</ref>

Lockwood's papers are housed at the Zhang Legacy Collections Center of [[Western Michigan University]], located in his longtime hometown of Kalamazoo.<ref>[https://primo-pmtna01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=01WMU_ALMA21126436100002436&context=L&vid=01WMU&lang=en_US&search_scope=EVERYTHING&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,guy%20h%20lockwood%20collection%201911%201947,%20lockwood%20guy%20h&sortby=rank&offset=0 Guy H. Lockwood Collection, 1911-1947: Finding Aid], Zhang Legacy Collections Center: Archives and Regional History Collection, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.</ref>

==Footnotes==
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==Works==

* ''Pa and Young America: Short Stories with Sharp Strings.'' Kalamazoo, MI: Lockwood Publishing Co., n.d. [c. 1912].
* ''The Sign of the Billy Goat.'' Kalamazoo, MI: Lockwood Publishing Co., n.d. [c. 1913].
* ''The Priest and the Billy Goat.'' Kalamazoo, MI: Lockwood Publishing Co., n.d. [c. 1913].
* ''The Soldier and the Billy Goat.'' Kalamazoo, MI: Lockwood Publishing Co., n.d. [c. 1913].
* ''Lockwood Art Course.'' Kalamazoo, MI: Lockwood Art School, n.d. [c. 1916].
* ''Lockwood and His Punch and Judy Show.'' Kalamazoo, MI: Lockwood Publishing Co., n.d. [c. 1910s].
* [https://archive.org/details/howtolive100year00lockiala/page/n3/mode/2up ''How to Live 100 Years'']. Kalamazoo, MI: Lockwood Publishing Co., n.d. [c. 1910s].
* ''Unity.'' Kalamazoo, MI: Lockwood Publishing Co., n.d. [c. 1910s].
* ''Mastership or Mediumship — Which? A Timely Warning: A New View on the Subject of Communicating with the Dead.'' Kalamazoo, MI: The Invisible Brotherhood (Lockwood Publishing Co.), n.d. [c. 1920].
* ''The Story of the Giants and Their Tools.'' Kalamazoo, MI: Lockwood Publishing Co., n.d. [c. 1922].
* ''Mrs. Lockwood's Book of Favorite Recitations.'' With Hazel L. Lockwood. Kalamazoo, MI: Lockwood Publishing Co., 1922.
* ''The Story.'' Kalamazoo, MI: G. Lockwood, 1928.
* Periodical: ''The Prophet and the Ass.'' (1911-1912).

==Further reading==

* John Graham (ed.), ''Yours for the Revolution: The Appeal to Reason, 1895–1922.'' Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1990.

==External links==
* [http://axedigital.pittstate.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/lsc "Lockwood Socialist Cartoons,"] Axe Digital, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas.

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