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Civil Service Reform wood engraving, Library of Congress

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Cartoon showing office-seekers kneeling at base of equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson, with one saying, "St. Jackson, can't you save us? Can't you give us something?"

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1877 March 31, p. 256.

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01/01/1877
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Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, artist
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Library of Congress
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