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Thistle - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a bee in the blossom of a thistle plant; also shows a developing blossom, daisies, and other plants. R28232 U.S. Copyright Office. (printed on lower left). Publication date based on copyright state... More

The pirate publisher - an international burlesque that has has the lon...

Illustration shows a man, identified as the "Pirate Publisher", standing at center with one foot on a large book labeled "Law", he is wearing 17th century court dress, a large hat with four plumes labeled "Amer... More

Puck magazine cover - "Her resolute opposition" / G.E. Ciani.

Illustration shows Queen Victoria standing on her throne labeled "England" at the edge of the sea, holding a broom labeled "My Prerogative", and sweeping against ocean waves labeled "Home Rule" and "Democracy" ... More

Prang's patent satin print, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows a full-length portrait of a man and a woman dressed for a ball and a head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman wearing a red and white striped bonnet with a blue ribbon. S14944 U.S. Copyright Office. ... More

"In November" - illustration for "Baby's Lullaby Book ... by Charles S...

T29483 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Printed on mount: Copyright, 1888, by L. Prang & Co. Boston. Stamped on verso: Copyright Oct 17 1888. Copyright number inscr... More

"In July" - illustration for "Baby's Lullaby Book ... by Charles Stuar...

T29487 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Printed on mount: Copyright, 1888, by L. Prang & Co. Boston. Stamped on verso: Copyright Oct 17 1888. Copyright number inscr... More

Captain of cavalry, U.S.A. 1886 Illust'd Sweet Caporal

Cigarette card for Kinney Tobacco Company's Sweet Caporel cigarettes shows soldier in uniform. Issued by: Kinney Tobacco Company.

Yellow Scotch roses AC. Nowell - Public domain botanical illustration

Print shows rose stems with several yellow blossoms, leaves, and thorns. Signed on stone on lower left. Printed on label on verso: No. 928. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Printed on bot... More

Beach at ebb-tide, Chatham, Massachusetts. W.N. Bartholomew ; by W.N. ...

Print shows a fisherman walking along the beach carrying short-masted sails for small fishing boats that have been pulled up onto the shore at low tide, in Chatham, Massachusetts. X14623 U.S. Copyright Office. ... More

Restoring "prosperity" / Keppler, Jr., Political Cartoon

Print shows President Cleveland and five men using "Sound Policy Cement" to repair a statue labeled "Nat. Prosperity". Shown with Cleveland are John G. Carlisle, William L. Wilson, Daniel W. Voorhees, Charles T... More

Throw 'em out! / J. Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows senators labeled "Stewart, Peffer, Vest, Jones, Teller, [and] Wolcott" thrown out of windows in a building labeled "U.S. Senate" by laborers and other citizens; papers labeled "Anti-Repeal Drivel" a... More

No rioters need apply! / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows an "Honest Laborer", with a "Savings Book" in his coat pocket, and his family sitting around a table at dinner and an agitator who is trying to incite him to adopt the violent practices of anarchy. ... More

The greatest race of the yachting season / Dalrymple.

Print shows President Cleveland at the helm labeled "Congress" of a yacht labeled "Repeal" in a race against British Prime Minister William E. Gladstone who is holding an oar labeled "House of Commons Majority"... More

A picture without words - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows a series of images, starting in the upper left, with a kitten labeled "Romish Influence" drinking from a saucer labeled "Toleration", and a young boy holding a book labeled "Public School System", s... More

Caricature, No income tax! / C.J.T., public domain cartoon image

Print shows a scene at the "Income Tax Office" with a crowd clamoring at the door where a notice states "One at a Time"; inside, a wealthy man is standing by a desk, on the floor at his feet, in his hat, are pa... More

In his second childhood / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows George F. Hoar in the "Senatorial Nursery" as an oversized infant strapped into a chair, watching a young boy, a Senate "Page", manipulate a jumping jack toy that is labeled "Queen Lil", the deposed... More

Uncle Sam's dream of conquest and carnage - caused by reading the Jing...

Print shows Uncle Sam asleep in a chair with a large eagle perched on a stand next to him; he is dreaming of conquests and annexations, asserting his "Monroe Doctrine" rights, becoming master of the seas, putti... More

Cause and effect / Ehrhart. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows a well-dressed, imperious woman seated in a chair, with her feet on a cushion, holding a scepter and a paper that states "Fashion's Decrees for Summer Resorts", after listing the rules, it ends with... More

"All aboard for the millennium!" / Opper and Keppler.

Print shows "Captain Bill McKinley" standing at the bow of a steamboat labeled "High Protection" and "Monopoly & Co. builders" that has been patched in several places, listing to the stern, and is overloaded wi... More

He starts in with an Austerlitz / Dalrymple.

Print shows William McKinley sitting on a white horse on a cliff, as the brilliant leader of a successful military campaign, with Mark A. Hanna standing next to him, holding a banner that states "Three Cheers a... More

Puck magazine cover - He'll never catch it / Keppler.

Print shows David B. Hill as an arctic seal hunter anxiously sitting on a block of ice next to a hole, holding a harpoon labeled "Peanut Politics", waiting for a seal; behind him a seal labeled "Dem. Presidenti... More

Caricature, Cupid's candidate / F. Opper., public domain cartoon image

Print shows former Benjamin Harrison holding a bouquet of flowers and with a floral garland around his neck, with which Cupid has lassoed him. Illus. from Puck, v. 38, no. 988, (1896 February 12), cover. Copyr... More

Puck magazine cover - The free silver jabberwock / Keppler.

Print shows a gigantic man labeled "Free Silverite" with the wings of a bat and the tail of a dragon, emerging from a dark forest carrying papers that state "Free Silver and Repudiation" and bearing down on a k... More

Puck magazine cover - Puck Christmas 1896 / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Santa Claus holding a tankard and sitting on a large chair with Puck, holding the "Christmas Number", sitting next to him; their feet rest on a sack of toys. Illus. from Puck, v. 40, no. 1031, (189... More

It's no use kicking, he must obey his boss / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Thomas C. Platt waving his top hat while riding on the back of a bucking donkey labeled "Tribune" and with the face of Whitelaw Reid, in the ring at the "G.O.P. Circus"; among those in the audience ... More

Cinderella / /W.B. Conkey Company, Chicago-New York.

Illustration for cover of children's book, "Cinderella," showing Cinderella running down steps, dropping her slipper. 47254L U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by W.B. Conkey Company.

A few snap-shots at the "powers that be" in the average commercial hou...

Print shows a vignette cartoon where the employees of a commercial establishment, in surrounding vignettes, take credit and responsibility for the success of the business, those depicted are the "Office Boy", t... More

The quarrelsome European nursery / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows a large group of children in a nursery fighting amongst themselves, they are labeled "England" and "Russia", "Austria" and "Italy", "Greece" and "Turkey", "France" and "Germany" fighting over a chil... More

The keepers at the gate / Keppler.

Print shows a farmer on "Prosperity Road" stopped at a gate labeled "Dingley Tariff", standing in his wagon, handing a heavy bag labeled "Toll" to a well-dressed bloated man labeled "Monopoly" sitting on a larg... More

Wrapped up in his pet idea / Dalrymple.

Print shows President McKinley wearing a long cape labeled "Protection Monomania", sitting at a desk working on his "Tariff Plans", while ignoring a businessman who offers "Suggestions for Financial Reform"; in... More

He shouldn't have any trouble in choosing / Dalrymple.

Print shows Father Knickerbocker, symbolic figure of New York City, labeled "Greater New York" with a "Vote" in his pocket, deciding between the "Tammany" Tiger (John C. Sheehan?), on the left, representing "Sp... More

No rest for the wicked / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows a man beating a large drum labeled "Salvation Army" and a woman playing the cymbals in a street in the middle of the night, disturbing the sleep of everyone in the neighborhood. Illus. from Puck, v... More

A trifle embarrassed / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Print shows Uncle Sam and Columbia standing at the entrance to the "U.S. Foundling Asylum" as a basket of crying children labeled "Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii, [and] Philippine" is presented to them by arms label... More

The survival of the fittest / Keppler.

Print shows a scene at dueling grounds in a wooded area where a duel has taken place between a tattered buccaneer labeled "Spain" and "Medievalism" and Uncle Sam who is holding a sword labeled "19th century Enl... More

Brains are mightier than the sword - a fairy story / F.M. Howarth.

Print shows a series of 12 panels relating a story about a dragon that is terrorizing a kingdom. The king issues a "proclamation" offering half his kingdom and his daughter's hand in marriage to any of his knig... More

A puzzle for the Populists / Keppler.

Print shows John Jacob Astor wearing a military uniform and carrying a flag that states "On to Manila. Astor's Mountain Battery" and a sword, and holding the reins to many mules carrying cannon barrels, as he l... More

One of the causes / Keppler. - Public domain print

Print shows Uncle Sam and John Bull ice skating with a young woman labeled "American Girl" skating between them. Caption: The American girl is drawing them closer together. Illus. from Puck, v. 44, no. 1138, (... More

In the path of the privateer / K.

Print shows a female figure labeled "Spirit of the 19th Century" rising out of the water to halt a small gunboat flying a Spanish flag labeled "Privateer" with a Spanish buccaneer aboard. Illus. from Puck, v. ... More

The sphinx of the period / Keppler.

Print shows Puck standing on wooden scaffolding in front of the bow of a huge new battleship in drydock with a large sphinx on the deck between the big guns. Illus. from Puck, v. 43, no. 1103, (1898 April 27),... More

"Busted!" / J.S. Pughe. Joseph Pulitzer, Political Cartoon

Print shows William Jennings Bryan carrying a "Cross of Gold", a "Crown of Thorns", and a carpetbag labeled "W.J.B. Speeches" as he walks along railroad tracks headed in the opposite direction of Washington, D.... More

Ready for business / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Print shows a scene in a courtroom with a Chinese man labeled "Chinese Question" sitting in a chair in front of three men identified as "France", "Germany" (William II), and "Russia". "Judge" John Bull is stand... More

Puck magazine cover - A tempting opportunity / Keppler.

Print shows the British Lion attempting to put out the flames of a campfire labeled "South African War"; in the background are two figures labeled "Russia" and "France", holding large pincers, who are pondering... More

A lesson of the last strikes / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows a man labeled "Organized Labor" climbing the steps to a building labeled "Law, Prosperity, [and] Order", when a bomb labeled "Dynamite Argument" that explodes in his face. Illus. from Puck, v. 46, ... More

A young head on old shoulders / Keppler.

Print shows Puck tugging on the coattails of Theodore Roosevelt's coat, telling him to think before he speaks; Roosevelt is delivering a campaign speech from a platform. Caption: Puck Governor, don't forget t... More

Caricature, Our Don Quixote / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Print shows William Jennings Bryan as Don Quixote, riding the democratic donkey and carrying a broom labeled "Anti-Trust Guff" through a landscape of windmills labeled "Trust". Illus. from Puck, v. 46, no. 118... More

Puck magazine cover - Heeding history's warning / Dalrymple.

Print shows Admiral George Dewey sitting on a chair amid newspaper headlines proclaiming "Dewey is the Man", "Daily Press. Dewey for President", and "For President George Dewey suggested by Yellow Journals"; th... More

Partners in t[he] bogie business / Keppler.

Illustration showing two men, "Prof. Scarem" presenting his latest findings on microbes to a crowd of frightened onlookers, and "Dr. Fakem" selling the latest protection against microbes to a crowd of eager con... More

Puck magazine cover - The struggle for life / Dalrymple.

Illustration showing "Teddy" Roosevelt, in his rough-rider uniform, being drawn to "Vice Presidential Waters" by four women labeled "North," "East," "South," [and] "West." Illus. in: Puck, v. 47, no. 1210 (190... More

Nobody else will do it / Dalrymple.

Illustration showing two tramps dressed in cast-off and ill-fitting clothes discussing how to kill the "Trusts" through "Social Ostracism"; on the left is a well-dressed matronly woman wearing a robe labeled "T... More

Caricature, He can't see them / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon imag...

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan carrying a banner that states "16 to 1 will help you" and Adlai E. Stevenson carrying a banner that states "I ran with Cleveland, vote for me", standing in front of a g... More

Caricature, The "fake" beggar / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan with a prosthesis labeled "Anti-Expansion" attached to the knee on his right leg, which is labeled "16 to 1" and walking with the aid of a wooden cane labeled "Populism... More

Fire protection wanted / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows the Democratic Party platform in flames with a donkey labeled "Democratic Party" rising from the flames as the mythological phoenix; eleven Democratic Party members have gathered around the f... More

A suggestion to the Buffalo Exposition; - Let us have a chamber of fem...

Illustration shows Uncle Sam and John Bull leading a group of world leaders walking in the center aisle between an exhibit of women suffragettes on pedestals; among the figures are "Mrs. Faith Healer," "Woman E... More

Pan-American / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows Columbia and another woman, possibly representing South America, riding side-saddle on a Buffalo to the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

The crabbed millionaire's puzzle / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows an old man labeled "Millionaire" sitting in a chair atop a pile of moneybags, bemoaning the fact that he now has little time to give away his money in a satisfactory manner; on the left are t... More

Lachrymæ, chromolithograph

The old and the new / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan standing with the Democratic Donkey with bandages labeled "1896" and "1900"; they are watching David B. Hill, sporting a feather in his cap labeled "I'm a New Dem.", g... More

Superstition has always ruled the world / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows a central figure of a wizard holding the strings to a wooden jumping toy shaped like a globe with a head, arms and legs; he is surrounded by vignettes with captions: "An early fake," "The Mil... More

The summer version of "Pay! Pay!! Pay!!!" / Dalrymple.

Illustration shows a larger-than-life-sized African American man labeled "Head Waiter," standing at the entrance to the "Dining Room," receiving a tip from a well-to-do man standing at the head of a long line o... More

Another of our exports; - the American fortune / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows an "Absentee Millionaire" standing on land labeled "Europe" spraying money from a hose connected to an "American Hydrant source of income"; suggesting that wealthy Americans spend more money ... More

Caricature, Investors beware! / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon imag...

Illustration shows investors drowning in rough seas labeled "Wall Street," and "Speculation," and a tophat labeled "Ingenuous Investor" caught in a whirlpool labeled "Iron and Steel Trust." Illus. in: Puck, v.... More

Commercial might versus divine right / Keppler.

Illustration shows a huge J.P. Morgan carrying a cornucopia filled with railroads, ships, telegraph lines, and steel rails as examples of the broad range of industry he controls; as he strides forward, the Germ... More

Speculative / Gallaway.. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows two young Irish women talking at a stand selling "Soda Water" next to a busy city street. Caption: Maggie He's going ter buy me an autermobile - dat's wat! / Katie An autermobile, eh? An' ... More

More rough riding / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt as a "Rough Rider" carrying a pike labeled "Fearlessness" and riding an elephant labeled "Administration"; he has chased many men labeled "Dishonest Official" and... More

The new Dreibund / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows Uncle Sam with John Bull and William II, Emperor of Germany, standing before Mars, the god of war, who is lying on the ground, asleep. Caption: "Sh-h-h! 'Let sleeping dogs lie.'" Illus. in: ... More

Regulars and irregulars-- but all arrayed against a common enemy / Kep...

Illustration shows New York Mayor Seth Low directing the bombardment of a Tammany Hall bunker flying a flag labeled "Tammany Graft"; several men, among them, Charles V. Fornes, pass shells labeled "Clean record... More

The vacant plate / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows the British Lion, the Russian Bear, a cat labeled Austria, and three dogs labeled "France, Italy, [and] Germany" gathered around a table for Thanksgiving dinner. The British Lion is holding a... More

Between friends / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows an American yachtsman shaking hands with Sir Thomas Lipton, with the America's Cup between them. Caption: The American Sportsman If we can not keep both, we would rather lose the cup than l... More

The Phœnix of prosperity / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a female figure labeled "Prosperity" holding a cornucopia labeled "Legitimate Business" overflowing with coins and papers labeled "Increased exports, Good crop reports, Higher wages, Larger R... More

Caricature, Flirtation / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan escorting an old woman labeled "Dem. Party" on his right arm; coming up behind them is "A.B. Parker", well-dressed, wearing a top hat and overcoat. Illus. in: Puck, v.... More

Puck magazine cover - The age of prosperity / Gallaway.

Illustration shows two old farmers talking on the platform at a train station; they are concerned about farm boys leaving the farms for the city, as well as mortgages being held by banks outside the local commu... More

Puck magazine cover - A revelation in revolutions / Kep.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam with a bundle of papers labeled "Canal Plans" patting a diminutive man, wearing a hat labeled "Panama", on the shoulder. The man smiles broadly and is leaning on a large sword. Cana... More

[Citizens' victory celebration]

Print shows the Japanese citizens and soldiers during a night of revelry after major victories against the Russians during the Russo-Japanese war. Title from accompanying material.

Asteridea. - Seesterne. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows starfishes in the phyllum Echinodermata Lithograph by Adolf Giltsch after sketch by Ernst Haeckel. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illustrationstafeln ... More

Home of Longfellow Cambridge, Massachusetts

Print shows an exterior view from the street, on a winter's day, of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a horse-drawn sleigh in the left foreground and pedestrians walking in the... More

Northwestern Murad Cigarette Card

Cigarette card for S. Anargyros Corporation's Murad cigarettes shows Northwestern University basketball players. Issued by: S. Anargyros Corporation.

The Gaumont Co. L'T'D. London presents the motion picture records of t...

Men wanted for the army / Michael P. Whelan.

U.S. Army recruiting poster showing an officer standing with a soldier, seated on a horse, blowing a bugle. Form no. 404. A.G.O.

Is your home worth fighting for? It will be too late to fight when the...

Poster showing a family at home, surprized by German soldiers bearing bayonets. P 661.

From overseas to you--Hear her story at Chautauqua / Gordon Grant.

Poster showing a young woman in a Red Cross uniform. Public domain reproduction of World War One propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"The First Cigar" / after J.G. Brown by John Gast.

Print shows a group of street urchins smoking cigars. One boy, his face pale green, leans on a street pole as others offer him a cigar and blow smoke in his face. A4014 U.S. Copyright Office.

Great Falls of Snake River, Idaho territory / TM ; Prang's American Ch...

Copyright by L. Prang & Co. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Attualità politiche Grossi - Print, Library of Congress collection

Italian political cartoon shows two scenes, at top is an Englishman carrying a large, heavy sack labeled "Pound Sterling" on his back and leaning on a cane for support, there is a booklet in his coat pocket lab... More

Rivista aerostatica Grossi - Print, Library of Congress collection

Italian political cartoon shows the aftermath of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of Berlin; from left, a bottle-shaped airship labeled "Cipro", "Congresso", and "Angleterre", with a figure identified as J... More

P.T. Barnum & Co.'s greatest show on earth & the great London circus c...

Circus poster showing the "Great Jumbo's Skeleton" on a pedestal with several spectators; includes a cameo portrait of P.T. Barnum. Caption continues: The colossal and prodigious frame of the largest and noble... More

Kommt herrin beir ist gust sein! - come in, don't fear! it's pleasant ...

Print of advertisement showing a man presenting to the viewer a stein of beer and a plate of food. 30155 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright secured according to act of Congress by Hermann Ruehling.

Initiation ceremonies of the darktown lodge - part first: the grand bo...

Caricature issued as part of the "Darktown comics" series. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3326

A sorry dog: I shoots dot tog bismark, he makes me much troubles

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6024

An ice-cream racket--freezing in: "oh dat lubly cream! seems as I coul...

Caricature issued as part of the "Darktown comics" series. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3260

The mammoth trees (Sequoia gigantea), California (Calaveras County) ex...

Print shows several giant sequoias, each identified by name, circumference, and height, with a small building in the middle ground and tourists walking among the trees. 169 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered accor... More

[Lawton, Haverly Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: S.F. Hess & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

The grand new steamboat Pilgrim: the largest in the world: flagship of...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2737

Bombardment of San Juan, Porto [sic] Rico

U.S. warships under command of Rear Admiral Sampson bombarding San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 12 1898. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Rear Admiral Sampson in left lower corner. Copyright by Muller, Luchsinger & Co.... More

Buffalo Bill's wild west and congress of rough riders of the world. A ...

Circus poster showing battle between Buffalo Bill's congress of rough riders and Cuban insurgents. Copyright by Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y. No. 2296.

Night scene at an American railway junction: Lightning Express, Flying...

14021 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1876, by Currier & Ives, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compil... More

[Bodie, San Francisco Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

"Pacing a fast heat" - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Artist: John Cameron (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5068

[John Cahill, Indianapolis Hoosiers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Where both platforms agree--no vote--no use to either party / J.A. Wal...

Illustration shows James Garfield and Winfield S. Hancock nailing a Chinese man between two "Anti-Chinese" boards labeled "Republican Plank" and "Democratic Plank". Illus. in: Puck, v. 7, no. 175 (1880 July 14... More

[Bill Bergen, Brooklyn Dodgers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

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