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Puck magazine cover - "Marching through Georgia" / L.M. Glackens.

Puck magazine cover - "Marching through Georgia" / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows a group of men and women marching under such banners as "The Lips That Touch Corn Likker Shall Never Touch Ourn", "W.C.T.U.", and "Carrie Nation Cadets", with one man carrying a small barrel ... More

Puck magazine cover - Mrs. Partington outdone / L.M. Glackens.

Puck magazine cover - Mrs. Partington outdone / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows a woman labeled "Blue Law Enforcement" standing on the shore at the ocean, using a broom labeled "Raids on Gambling Houses" to sweep puddles labeled "Police Graft" and "Gambling House Profits... More

Progress of reform!!! No. 1 - Political cartoon, public domain image

Progress of reform!!! No. 1 - Political cartoon, public domain image

A scene in New York, outside the gates of City Hall Park. Two well-dressed men with top hats overturn the table of two apple-women. One of the men (from all appearances a Loco Foco radical Democrat) shouts at t... More

A rational law, or - Tammany / C.J. Taylor.

A rational law, or - Tammany / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows an owner of wine and beer store putting up sign that states "As long as it is the law it shall be enforced, Theo. Roosevelt", and man representing Tammany Hall implies that if Tammany men were runni... More

Getting into the light / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Getting into the light / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows four men in the basket labeled "The Church" of a hot-air balloon labeled "Religion without Superstition" throwing out sandbags labeled "No Museum, Blue Laws, Bigotry, [and] No Sunday Recreati... More

The politician and his dupes / Gallaway.

The politician and his dupes / Gallaway.

Illustration shows a politician agreeing with a woman labeled "W.C.T.U." and a man holding a bible, who are standing on the right, behind them are the locked and barricaded doors to a cafe on which is a sign "C... More

A Sunday morning dream - time to wake up / Ehrhart.

A Sunday morning dream - time to wake up / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows a man dreaming about enforcing the blue laws by punishing young men for playing baseball, a young woman for playing golf, even a young girl for picking flowers; he imagines them emploring him... More

Father Knickerbocker's next job / F.M. Hutchins.

Father Knickerbocker's next job / F.M. Hutchins.

Print shows Father Knickerbocker, a symbolic figure for New York City, tossing an old man with a long beard out of a building labeled "N.Y. City", papers labeled "Anti Local Option, Blue Laws, Hayseed Legislati... More

He never could stand prosperity / Dalrymple.

He never could stand prosperity / Dalrymple.

Print shows a "Hayseed" legislator, possibly meant to represent Frank S. Black, governor of New York, in a stupor, wearing a hat labeled "N.Y. Republican Party", holding a large wine bottle labeled "Hayseed Leg... More

We grow wiser as we grow older / K.

We grow wiser as we grow older / K.

Illustration shows a large female figure labeled "Enlightenment" pushing open doors labeled "Pan-American Exposition" and knocking out of the way an old woman labeled "Sabbatarian Fanatic" and a man labeled "Sa... More

Anti annexation procession. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Anti annexation procession. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A cynical look at the opposition to American annexation of Texas during the 1844 campaign. At the head of a motley procession is Whig candidate and professed anti-annexationist Henry Clay, riding a raccoon (wh... More

Big dish but mightly little turkey

Big dish but mightly little turkey

Print shows the Tammany Tiger sitting at a table, holding a knife and fork, and crying over the tiny turkey labeled "Patronage" on a platter labeled "20,000 Majority for Tammany"; next to the platter is a mug l... More

"In the interest of labor and morality" / Dalrymple.

"In the interest of labor and morality" / Dalrymple.

Print shows, on the left, many businessmen and women in stocks and pillories for such offenses as serving guests wine on Sunday, "for shaving on Sunday", "for delivering ice on Sunday", "for selling a glass of ... More

Father Knickerbocker's next job / F.M. Hutchins.

Father Knickerbocker's next job / F.M. Hutchins.

Print shows Father Knickerbocker, a symbolic figure for New York City, tossing an old man with a long beard out of a building labeled "N.Y. City", papers labeled "Anti Local Option, Blue Laws, Hayseed Legislati... More

Father Knickerbocker's fight for a sensible Sunday law / J.S. Pughe.

Father Knickerbocker's fight for a sensible Sunday law / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows Father Knickerbocker, a symbolic figure for New York City, wearing boxing gloves labeled "Tolerance" and "Common Sense", in a boxing ring, standing over the knocked-out "Tammany" Tiger and fa... More

Now will you be good? - Drawing. Public domain image.

Now will you be good? - Drawing. Public domain image.

"Broadway, the great blue way" on wall. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, March 15, 1908, p. 3.

A rational law, or - Tammany / C.J. Taylor.

A rational law, or - Tammany / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows an owner of wine and beer store putting up sign that states "As long as it is the law it shall be enforced, Theo. Roosevelt", and man representing Tammany Hall implies that if Tammany men were runni... More

The  prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

The prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

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The  prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

The prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

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The  prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

The prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

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[Chorus of parsons: "Hey, take your arm down don't you know this is Sunday?"]

[Chorus of parsons: "Hey, take your arm down don't you know this is Su...

A crowd of angry clergymen gather at the base of a small version of the Statue of Liberty. The Manhattan skyline rises behind them. Inscribed on base of statue: Libertas. Inscribed, upper margin: Good Morning.... More

The  prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

The prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

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The  prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

The prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

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The  prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

The prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

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The  prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

The prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

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The  prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

The prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

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The  prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

The prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

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"Peanut Dave, the little defender" / Dalrymple.

"Peanut Dave, the little defender" / Dalrymple.

Print shows David B. Hill sitting on a large pail labeled "Growler" that is lying on its side, spilling the contents; Hill is using a rolled up paper labeled "Let the Workingman Have His Sunday Beer" to swat a ... More

The  prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

The prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

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The  prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

The prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

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The  prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

The prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

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The  prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

The prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

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Two things he can't stop on sunday / Dalrymple.

Two things he can't stop on sunday / Dalrymple.

Illustration shows an old man labeled "Sabbatarian Bigot" dressed as a Puritan, holding a book labeled "Blue Laws" and standing in front of "Niagara Falls." A man walking with his wife and child is suggesting t... More

The  prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

The prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

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The  prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

The prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

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The  prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

The prize bluff, or, Blue laws up to date a burlesque in three acts

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Now will you be good? - Drawing. Public domain image.

Now will you be good? - Drawing. Public domain image.

"Broadway, the great blue way" on wall. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, March 15, 1908, p. 3.