The jack knife war - Drawing. Public domain image.
The 1870 New York City charter, written by Tammany Hall political boss William Marcy Tweed and his associates, gave the "Tweed Ring" carte blanche to deplete the city's treasury. This cartoon, probably issued s... More
Thanksgiving day, 1884 - "let us be thankful!" / Gillam.
Illustration shows a glum Thanksgiving Day feast with the downtrodden Republican presidential candidate James G. Blaine and his supporters "W.W. Phelps, [Roscoe Conkling at an open door], William Mahone, Cabot ... More
Those dogs won't fight - they are dying of starvation / F. Graetz.
Illustration shows Charles A. Dana, editor of the "Sun", and Stephen B. Elkins, wearing a plumed hat, attempting to push an emaciated dog labeled "Clerical Slanderer" up steps leading to where Grover Cleveland ... More
The carol of the "waits" / J. Keppler. Joseph Pulitzer
Illustration shows a group of office seekers labeled "McLean, Pulitzer, Dorsheimer, Blackburn, McLaughlin, Hill, [and] Dana" singing Christmas carols outside the "White House" where President Cleveland is visib... More
Columbus Cleveland and his mutinous crew - "This ship shall not turn b...
Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as Christopher Columbus holding a map labeled "Route to Reform", aboard ship surrounded by mutinous sailors labeled "Bayard, Whitney, Eustis, Sterling, Hedden, Pulitzer, Blac... More
A new way of "waking" the Democratic shaughraun / Gillam.
Print shows a small, rustic room crowded with members of the Democratic Party, some dressed as old women, others drinking and smoking clay pipes; one man, the "Shaughraun" labeled "Democratic Party" is lying on... More
Holman to Dana: "Et tu, Brute" (And you, you brute)
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Blundering again! / Gillam., Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon
Print shows a group of Democrats on a log raft that is breaking up within sight of land, with two logs labeled "New Jersey [and] New York" coming loose and drifting away; there is a small sail labeled "Democra[... More
Theodore Roosevelt - Bottom's dream, Political Cartoon
Illustration shows Puck's stereotypical Irishman labeled "Democracy" in the role of "Bottom" from Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream", with Puck holding the head of an ass above him. He is holding a paper t... More
Helping the rascals in - a burglarious scheme that may be suddenly spo...
Illustration shows James G. Blaine wearing a top hat with three plumes, a sack labeled "For the Plunder" hanging from his neck, and a paper tied at his waist that states "20 Years on the Make", attempting to br... More
Puck magazine cover - False weather-prophets / F. Opper.
Illustration shows Whitelaw Reid on the roof top of a building, looking through a telescope at the sun labeled "Civil Service Reform", and Charles A. Dana on the neighboring roof top checking a "Sun Barometer";... More
"The independents fought nobly!" / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows David B. Hill draped over a cannon and Charles A. Dana with many New York politicians, identified as "Croker, Grant, Hinckley, Sheehan, Gilroy, Murphy, McLaughlin, Smyth, [and] Divver", and the Tamm... More
"Come in, boys, warm up, and have a little Christmas cheer!" / C.J. Ta...
Print shows Columbia welcoming a group of ragged politicians, mostly Democrats, some no longer in office, and newspaper editors, to come in from the cold winter night and warm themselves by the fire and enjoy s... More
Argyle House, 924 Patterson & Argyle-Alamo Heights, San Antonio, Bexar...
Survey number: HABS TX-36 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1890 Subsequent Work
Argyle House, 924 Patterson & Argyle-Alamo Heights, San Antonio, Bexar...
Survey number: HABS TX-36 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1890 Subsequent Work
Argyle House, 924 Patterson & Argyle-Alamo Heights, San Antonio, Bexar...
Survey number: HABS TX-36 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1890 Subsequent Work
Another restorer of antiquities à la Cesnola / Gillam.
Print shows Charles A. Dana as an archaeologist who has just excavated a statue labeled "S.J.T." and "Buried in 1876" from "Greystone", behind which Henry Watterson, on the left, and John Kelly, on the right, g... More
Our national dog-show / Gillam., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows a dog show where a variety of breeds are competing; in the upper left corner, labeled the "Judges' Stand" are several newspaper editors, among them are James Gordon Bennett (N.Y. Herald), Whi... More
Barkis is willin' / Gillam. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows an Irishman man labeled "Democracy" standing at center, holding a small glass slipper labeled "'84 Presidential Nomination", with Samuel J. Tilden and Charles A. Dana as courtiers standing behind hi... More
A "bogus" cremation for the benefit of the "life-long Democrats" / J. ...
Illustration shows a group of men, some identified by name "Blackburn, D.B. Hill, Mclaughlin, Thurman, Jones, Hedden, [and] Hendricks" and some by association with quills behind their ears "Sun" Charles A. Dana... More
The resistless march of reform - the "hostiles" must go! / F. Opper.
Illustration shows a large group of politicians, newspaper editors, Tammany Hall bosses, and others, dressed as Native Americans, one carrying a banner that shows a crude drawing of the Tammany(?) tiger labeled... More
Through the jungle / Keppler, Jr., Political Cartoon
Print shows President Cleveland as an explorer, with cabinet members John G. Carlisle and Walter Q. Gresham, in a jungle, where they have come across a band of monkeys labeled "D. Hill, C. Dana, W. Reid, Blackb... More
"Give it another twist, Grover - we're all with you!" / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows President Grover Cleveland, wearing military uniform, giving a twist to the British Lion's tail as it stands on a small island labeled "Great Britain" just off the coast of the "United States" where... More
The great rival advertising shows to "boom up" stocks / Gillam.
Print shows three "advertising" sideshows, on the left, the "Great Northern Pacific R.R. Show Patronized by the European Aristocracy" with Henry Villard as the barker and Carl Schurz playing a drum; includes po... More
Puck's political weather forecast for Fourteenth Street and vicinity /...
Print shows the angry countenance of Father Knickerbocker looking down from storm clouds on a flood that has broken up "Tammany Hall" with the Tammany Tiger sitting on a building labeled "Tammany" and a group o... More
Puck's valentines for 1894 / F. Opper. Joseph Pulitzer
Print shows a vignette cartoon with, at center, Uncle Sam and President Cleveland shaking hands, a portrait of Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, is in the background; the surrounding vignettes feature a cast of ch... More
The national honor and credit in good hands / Dalrymple. Joseph Pulitz...
Print shows President Cleveland holding papers labeled "National Honor and Credit" behind his back, as he faces a group of newspaper editors and legislators labeled "Tribune, N.Y. Sun, Tom Reed, Hill, World, Te... More
The "ki-yis" can't rattle him / J.S. Pughe. Joseph Pulitzer
Print shows President Cleveland driving a stagecoach carrying a female passenger labeled "National Credit" and a trunk labeled "Gold Reserve", the horse team is labeled "Firmness" and "Common Sense". A pack of ... More
No party lines when the national honor is in peril / Dalrymple.
Print shows the combined forces of the gold standard supporters, including some newspaper editors, and a reluctant William McKinley, marching under the standard "The Nation's Credit Must Be Upheld", toward a fo... More
The Democratic smithy - odd shoes for the mule / Gillam. Joseph Pulitz...
Illustration shows the interior of a blacksmith's shop where Samuel Randall, Abram Hewitt, and Benjamin Butler are putting oversized shoes labeled "Protection, Free Trade, [and] Incidental Tariff" on a mule lab... More
A little private mutual admiration scheme, - Joss Ben and his only pri...
Illustration shows Benjamin F. Butler as a Chinese man sitting on a pedestal next to a pillar on the left that states "A Goodman Weighing 250 lbs." and a paper lantern labeled "It Shines Only for US" on the rig... More
Uncle Sam's dismal swamp / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon
Print shows Uncle Sam sitting on a log in a swamp labeled "Spoils System" from which snakes labeled "Quayism", "Bardsleyism", and "Tannerism", and noxious fumes rise in the form of shades labeled "Raumism - Pen... More
The death-watch - the execution postponed / F. Opper.
Print shows a woman labeled "Republican Party" in the "Condemned Cell" labeled "To Be Executed Nov. 6th 1883" of a jail, with Charles A. Dana labeled "Jailor" and Henry Watterson labeled "Turnkey"; Watterson lo... More
Why they dislike him -- he will not prove himself a cat's-paw in the e...
Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as a lion with his paw on a monkey labeled "T. Grady" on top of a rock labeled "Civil Service Reform" near a small fire in which are roasting chestnuts labeled "City Spoils, ... More
George Hunt - Compulsory baptism / Gillam after a painting.
Illustration shows President Cleveland as Ferdinand V, sitting on a throne, observing as civil service office seekers are baptized at the font of "Civil Service Reform". Among those depicted are Thomas Hendrick... More
Changing the signs / Victor. - Public domain portrait print
Print shows David B. Hill, outside a drinking establishment, hanging up a sign "For Governor" which bears an image of himself facing front, while Charles A. Dana holds the sign that was replaced "For President ... More
Caricature, The same old boom / F. Graetz., public domain cartoon imag...
Illustration shows Charles A. Dana blowing a large bubble that shows the face of Samuel J. Tilden; Dana is using "Sun Soap", "Iroquois Club Suds", and a pipe labeled with a "$"; in the background, the sun is vi... More
The true inwardness of the Tilden boom - the democratic tribes clamor ...
Illustration shows Samuel J. Tilden as Moses with two rays of light emitting from his forehead, standing with his back to a mountainside where some rocks look like barrels labeled with "$", and a sign that stat... More
The national dime-museum - will be run during the presidential campaig...
Illustration shows a gallery of presidential candidates, clockwise, from bottom left: John Kelly as a card-playing pig, Chester A. Arthur as "The Snake Charmer" charming a snake labeled "Stalwart Vote" with a h... More
Crowding the cabinet-making business / J. Keppler. Joseph Pulitzer
Illustration shows newspaper editors James Gordon "Bennett" holding up a bust of Roscoe Conkling labeled "Sect. Interior" and a tray labeled "Bennett's Beauties" at his feet; Whitelaw "Reid" holding a tray labe... More
The Presidential recruiting-office / Gillam., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows the interior of a recruiting office for the presidency with Uncle Sam and Puck examining potential recruits against a height chart labeled, from low to high, "Notoriety, Popularity, Capabilit... More
A little private mutual admiration scheme--Joss Ben and his only pries...
Cartoon showing New York Sun newspaper publisher Dana as a Chinese man putting papers concerning Gen. Butler on flames of stove, as Gen. Butler, also as a Chinese, sits on the stove. Illus. in: Puck, 1884 Aug. ... More
Gulliver-Cleveland takes possession of the enemy's fleet and deprives ...
Illustration shows President Cleveland as Gulliver with a rope labeled "Good Policy" tied to the ships of the "Republican Party" and pulling them toward the opposite shore where a group of men, among them Ambas... More
No welcome for the little stranger / Zimmerman. Joseph Pulitzer
Illustration shows at center Grover Cleveland holding an infant labeled "Civil Service Reform", they are surrounded by a bunch of angry old men as orphans labeled "Hube Thompson, Eddie Hedden, Davy Hill, Hugh, ... More
Argyle House, 924 Patterson & Argyle-Alamo Heights, San Antonio, Bexar...
Survey number: HABS TX-36 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1890 Subsequent Work
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Puck magazine cover - Driven to desperation / F. Opper.
Print shows William S. Holman holding up a page from the "The Sun" newspaper that shows his portrait above the caption "Our Candidate for President - W.S. Holman"; his hat and coat are on a chair and he is roll... More
Who killed Hancock? / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows the ghost of Winfield Scott Hancock sitting on a throne in a banquet hall, Samuel J. Tilden pushes a frightened Charles A. Dana, as Macbeth, toward Hancock, Dana makes wild statements while waving a... More
Decoration-day, 1883 / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...
Illustration shows a large group of politicians and others in a cemetery on Memorial Day, each seems to be grieving at gravestones that bear special messages, such as Pope Leo XIII standing in front of a stone ... More
The olympus of corruption - "Apollo strikes the lyre and charms the go...
Illustration shows James G. Blaine as Apollo playing a lyre labeled "N.Y. Tribune" fashioned from the body of Whitelaw Reid, before a gathering of the gods on Olympus; among those present are Cyrus Field as Mer... More
Representative journals & journalists of America
Print shows portraits of journalists and their newspapers, top row, from left: Joseph R. Hawley of the "Hartford Courant", Oswald Ottendorfer of the "New-Yorker Staats-Beitung", Whitelaw Reid of the "New-York T... More
Persuasive nymphs trying to lure the coy faun into the presidential wa...
Print shows Thomas A. Hendricks, Abram S. Hewitt, Charles A. Dana, and Henry Watterson as nymphs in women's clothing attempting to coax Samuel J. Tilden as a faun into water labeled "Presidential Waters"; alrea... More
Still waiting / F. Opper. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows several men with brooms and shovels locked outside a fence with a large, spiked gate labeled "Civil Service Reform", among them are Thomas F. Bayard, Samuel J. Tilden, Henry Watterson, Charles A. Da... More
Consistent civil service reform / F. Opper.
Illustration shows President Cleveland handing a paper that states "Re-appointment for Honesty and Efficiency" to Henry G. Pearson for his appointment as Postmaster in New York. Pearson is carrying a box labele... More
Our government farm -- President Cleveland finds an effectual protecti...
Illustration shows President Cleveland stands directly behind a wall of flames labeled "Civil Service Reform"; behind him, working on the "Government Farm" are members of his cabinet, William C. Endicott with a... More
The administration's hardest job / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows President Cleveland and his cabinet officers struggling to push and pull the Democratic donkey labeled "Bourbon Democracy" into a stable labeled "Reform Stables"; on the donkey's hooves, acti... More
Doing their little best to spoil his work / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows President Cleveland sculpting a statue labeled "Purity in Politics", but a group of legislators have resorted to mudslinging tactics to destroy Cleveland's efforts. Those identified with a hammer, i... More
The old guard to the front / F. Opper.
Print shows Richard Croker as the Tammany Tiger measuring Charles A. Dana, Oswald Ottendorfer, and A. Oakey Hall, looking for a mayoral candidate that measures up, by Tammany standards, to Seth Low, the "Citize... More
Charles Anderson, Barney Baruch & A.T. Ritchie, 12/11/20
A black and white photo of three men and a dog. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Another bombardment - the newspaper fleet firing on the Bedouins in Wa...
Print shows newspaper editors Charles A. Dana, James G. Bennett, Carl Schurz, Henry Watterson, George W. Curtis, and Whitelaw Reid, as well as Puck, with a fleet of paper gunboats labeled "N.Y. Times, N.Y. Sun,... More
"Evacuation day" March 4th, 1885 - a Democratic dream / Gillam. Joseph...
Print shows the Republican Party, laying down their arms, lead by Chester A. Arthur, with George M. Robeson, James G. Blaine, Roscoe Conkling, Whitelaw Reid, Carl Schurz, John Sherman, Charles J. Folger, Robert... More
The grand opening march over the Brooklyn Bridge / F. Opper.
Illustration shows a large procession crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, at the front, dressed as policeman with nightsticks, are several newspaper editors, among them are James Gordon Bennett, Oswald Ottendorfer, W... More
Dorsey, the American "informer" - he finds one willing ear / F. Opper.
Print shows the interior of the "N.Y. Sun Editorial Rooms" where "Political Scandals [are] Promptly Attended to", also "Post Mortem Scandals Especially Desired", with elderly editor Charles A. Dana sitting at a... More
The pyrrhic victory of the Mulligan guards in Maine / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows James G. Blaine dressed as a knight, the plumes of his helmet labeled "Speakership Record, Mulligan Letters, [and] Credit Mobilier", he holds papers labeled "Aggressive Cash Campaign", and re... More
"The Mulligan guard lies, but - surrenders" / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows an explosion at the "Claim Agency, Formerly Republican Head Quarters" with William M. Evarts peeking through the opening in the tent to survey the damage; several small kiosks labeled "Machin... More
Barred out from the promised land / Gillam.
Illustration shows a group of Tammany "Ward" workers and men identified as "J.R. McLean, Grady, H.O. Thompson, Spinola, [Alexander V.] Davidson, H. McLaughlin, [and a] Chicago Boss", along with Charles A. Dana ... More
The Administration sawmill / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows President Cleveland standing next to a large "Reform Buzz-Saw" labeled "Pat. 1884 by G. Cleveland" at a sawmill, where three members of his cabinet "Manning, Whitney, [and] Bayard" are millin... More
In the pantheon of the sun / Dalrymple.
Print shows Charles A. Dana sitting at a desk on which a diminutive David B. Hill labeled "I am a Democract" is standing next to a large book labeled "Speeches of D.B. Hill"; in a niche in the background is a b... More
Bad for business / J.S. Pughe. Joseph Pulitzer
Print shows a band of street musicians comprised of yellow journalism newspaper editors/publishers; two men are playing "The War Wave" on horns labeled "Daily Sensation" (Joseph Pulitzer) and "Morning Exciter" ... More
Charles Anderson, Barney Baruch & A.T. Ritchie, 121120
Title and date from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is... More
Representative journals & journalists of America
Print shows portraits of journalists and their newspapers, top row, from left: Joseph R. Hawley of the "Hartford Courant", Oswald Ottendorfer of the "New-Yorker Staats-Beitung", Whitelaw Reid of the "New-York T... More
Argyle House, 924 Patterson & Argyle-Alamo Heights, San Antonio, Bexar...
Survey number: HABS TX-36 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1890 Subsequent Work
Puck's coaching parade, 1883 / F. Opper.
Illustration shows eight stagecoaches in a procession, each jammed with passengers; riding in the first coach, labeled "Republican Harmony Coach", are Chester A. Arthur, Roscoe Conkling, James G. Blaine, John A... More
The "press view" at the candidate show / Dalrymple. Joseph Pulitzer
Print shows a gallery where many presidential candidates are on display for the press; among the candidates are Jerry Simpson, William A. Peffer, Robert E. Pattison, David B. Hill, James E. Campbell, William C.... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: C...
Case of Charles P. Horton; endorsed by Schenck
Argyle House, 924 Patterson & Argyle-Alamo Heights, San Antonio, Bexar...
Survey number: HABS TX-36 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1890 Subsequent Work
Thanksgiving. A proclamation by Charles Anderson, Governor of the Stat...
Thanksgiving proclamation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 137, Folder 24.
A hopeless undertaking / F. Opper ; J. Ottmann Lith., Puck Building, N...
Cartoon showing Dana, an old man getting ready for bed, trying to blow out gas light "Civil Service Reform gas". Illus. in: Puck, 1887 Jan. 12, p. 325.
Caricature, In dire distress / F. Opper., public domain cartoon image
Print shows the Tammany Tiger wearing tattered clothing and a patch over the left eye, sitting on the steps outside the entry to "Tammany Hall", holding a sign on his lap that states "Please Help a Poor Tiger U... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: C...
Case of Charles P. Horton; endorsed by Schenck
Blundering in a perilous position / Gillam.
Illustration shows a camel that has collasped under the weight of it's burden labeled "Amendments" and Samuel J. Randall who is riding on top; concerned travelers include John Kelly, Samuel J. Tilden, Henry Wat... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: C...
Case of Charles P. Horton; endorsed by Schenck
Thanksgiving for victory, peace, and our country saved. A proclamation...
Thanksgiving proclamation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 137, Folder 23.
Dana's support - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title from handwritten notation on mat. No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860221.
Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Supplementa...
Public domain scan of a document related to American poet Walt Whitman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
He keeps them worried / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows former president Grover Cleveland and his wife Frances playing with their children, Ruth, Esther, and Marion, in the backyard of their residence, and several men labeled "Morgan, Daniel, Pugh, Faulk... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: C...
Case of Charles P. Horton; endorsed by Schenck
Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Supplementa...
Public domain scan of a document related to American poet Walt Whitman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Argyle House, 924 Patterson & Argyle-Alamo Heights, San Antonio, Bexar...
Survey number: HABS TX-36 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1890 Subsequent Work
The wail of the Jingos / Dalrymple. Joseph Pulitzer
Print shows "The United Order of Jingoes", comprised of newspaper editors and legislators identified as "Dana, Pulitzer, Reed, Frye, Reid, Lodge, Allison, Boutelle, [and] Hoar", sitting outside the White House ... More
On the presidential golf links / Dalrymple.
Print shows David B. Hill as a golfer trying to play a tough lie, his club, labeled "Peanut Politics" is broken, his ball labeled "Presidential Hopes" is in a hole, and the flag is at the top of a hill with thr... More
Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Supplementa...
Public domain scan of a document related to American poet Walt Whitman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Supplementa...
Public domain scan of a document related to American poet Walt Whitman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Supplementa...
Public domain scan of a document related to American poet Walt Whitman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
