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Charges fraud in PWA Grant to Kansas City, Kan. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Turney Gratz, Secretary-Manager of the Produce Dealers Division of the North Side Business and Improvement Association, Kansas City, KS[?], is here to lay before PWA Administrator Harold Ickes charges of fraud and deception in connection with the PWA Grant to the City of Kansas for $1,700,000 to construct a railroad produce market

Charges fraud in PWA Grant to Kansas City, Kan. Washington, D.C., Dec....

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Will F. Phillips' complicated farcical extravaganza, A bell boy

Will F. Phillips' complicated farcical extravaganza, A bell boy

27585 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell Morgan Print." Caption: Excuse me, have you got small bills for a dollar? Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Company, Cin., U.S.A." No. 3746. Small portrait ... More

The great white weigh / Will Crawford.

The great white weigh / Will Crawford.

Illustration shows a Dutchman holding with his left hand balance scales on which are pelts and a weight; he is supporting the side of the scales with the pelts with his left foot and is holding the other side o... More

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

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

All is not gold that glitters / Ehrhart.

All is not gold that glitters / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows an agent presenting the grand entrance to "Bluff Court" to an excited young couple; the regal doormen add a royal quality to a spectacular looking dwelling that is actually an apartment with ... More

The revival of an ancient skin game / Keppler.

The revival of an ancient skin game / Keppler.

Illustration shows President Taft as the biblical figure Jacob wearing robes labeled "Progressivism" and goat skins labeled "Delegates", kneeling before the Republican elephant labeled "G.O.P." as the aged bibl... More

The fake operator and his dupe / Keppler, Jr.

The fake operator and his dupe / Keppler, Jr.

Print shows Whitelaw Reid, editor of the New York Tribune newspaper, typing headlines that appear on ticker tape that is being read by a stalwart Republican; the headlines include: "The Country on the Brink of ... More

He shouts for Bryan, but this is the way he will vote / Dalrymple.

He shouts for Bryan, but this is the way he will vote / Dalrymple.

Illustration shows Richard Croker as the Tammany Tiger, dressed in formal wear and wearing a sash labeled "Tammany," proclaiming that he/Tammany supports William Jennings Bryan for president while, behind his b... More

Caricature, Not quite ready / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Not quite ready / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Print shows the Russian Bear sitting at a table, carving a large roast beef labeled "Siberian Railway", serving pieces on the table are labeled "Enlarged Navy", "New Spheres of Influence", and "Better Financial... More

Dis-information / Valtman '92. - Public domain portrait drawing

Dis-information / Valtman '92. - Public domain portrait drawing

Editorial cartoon drawing showing hands labeled "Russia" stuffing letters that spell "Human Rights in Estonia" into a meat grinder labeled "Dis-Information" and displaying a hammer & sickle "Brand Mark"; as one... More

Por finjir [sic] espantos diálogo cómico en un acto

Por finjir [sic] espantos diálogo cómico en un acto

Chapbook cover shows a scene from a play: a man sits on the edge of a bed, hunched over, with his hand in a chamber pot. A child, under the bed, pushes the man's bottom with a broom. There are also two brushes ... More

Le cauchemar Jeu jeu jeune homme, prends ces gou gou gouttes.

Le cauchemar Jeu jeu jeune homme, prends ces gou gou gouttes.

Print shows an author lying on a bed being comforted by a friend after being accused of plagiarism by Truth hovering overhead; on the left is a male figure wearing a horned crown labeled "Plagiar[...]; on the l... More

"You can fool some of the people all of the time" / Ehrhart.

"You can fool some of the people all of the time" / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with John A. Dowie as a wizard at center offering salvation and other products to gullible customers. The surrounding vignettes show various types of "people", such as "The... More

Por finjir [sic] espantos diálogo cómico en un acto

Por finjir [sic] espantos diálogo cómico en un acto

Chapbook cover shows a scene from a play: a man sits on the edge of a bed, hunched over, with his hand in a chamber pot. A child, under the bed, pushes the man's bottom with a broom. There are also two brushes ... More

Deception Pass Bridge, Spanning Deception Pass at State Route 20, Anacortes, Skagit County, WA

Deception Pass Bridge, Spanning Deception Pass at State Route 20, Anac...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The great white weigh / Will Crawford.

The great white weigh / Will Crawford.

Illustration shows a Dutchman holding with his left hand balance scales on which are pelts and a weight; he is supporting the side of the scales with the pelts with his left foot and is holding the other side o... More

The Tarrytown widow a big comedy success.

The Tarrytown widow a big comedy success.

Caption: Boy! You're lying! My husband is here! Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." Direction, D.W. Truss & Co. N.Y. no. 7748. Forms part of: Theatrical poster colle... More

The false loves of chantecler / Keppler.

The false loves of chantecler / Keppler.

Illustration shows President Taft as a rooster with members of his flock labeled "Tawney, Ballinger, Aldrich, [and] Cannon", as well as James S. Sherman, under his wings. In the background, on the left, the sun... More

La cola del diablo, Jose Guadalupe Posada

La cola del diablo, Jose Guadalupe Posada

Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: one man lies on a bed at the center of the image, his uncle standing with a tail in hand to the right; and a man and a woman standing next to each other to the left. The ... More

Deception Pass Bridge, Spanning Deception Pass at State Route 20, Anacortes, Skagit County, WA

Deception Pass Bridge, Spanning Deception Pass at State Route 20, Anac...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Deception Pass Bridge, Spanning Deception Pass at State Route 20, Anacortes, Skagit County, WA

Deception Pass Bridge, Spanning Deception Pass at State Route 20, Anac...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The Tarrytown widow a big comedy success.

The Tarrytown widow a big comedy success.

Caption: Boy! You're lying! My husband is here! Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." Direction, D.W. Truss & Co. N.Y. no. 7748. Forms part of: Theatrical poster colle... More

Admiral Porter's second dummy frightening the Rebels at Vicksburg

Admiral Porter's second dummy frightening the Rebels at Vicksburg

Illustration showing a phony ironclad made of wood meant to fool the Confederate batteries on the Mississippi River at Vicksburg into wasting ammunition trying to sink the dummy vessel. Illus. in: Harper's wee... More

Will the Trojan horse trick work? / Keppler.

Will the Trojan horse trick work? / Keppler.

Print shows a large Trojan Horse labeled "Sound Money" with many businessmen climbing out, carrying papers labeled "Tobacco, Steel, Wool, Coal Demands for More Protection, We Want More Protection Iron, Drugs We... More

To lay charges of fraud before Secretary of Interior Ickes. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Turney Gratz, standing, Secretary-Manager of the Produce Dealers Division of the North Side Business and Improvement Association, Kansas City, KS[?], and Lieut. William M. Boyle Jr.. Secretary to the Kansas City Police Director, arrived here today to lay before PWA Administrator Harold Ickes charges of fraud, deception, and misrepresentation in connection with the PWA Grant to the City of Kansas for $1,700,000 to construct a railroad produce market. Lieut. Boyle supervised the investigation of the criminal activities case

To lay charges of fraud before Secretary of Interior Ickes. Washington...

A black and white photo of two men sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Geschichte vom Kaiser Octavianus Indem sie so schrie, gingen ihr die Augen auf und sei sah den Kaiser mit dem nackten Schwerte vor sich stehen, ... Ritschl sc

Geschichte vom Kaiser Octavianus Indem sie so schrie, gingen ihr die A...

Illustration for a story showing King Octavian holding a sword in the queen's bedchamber, with his mother at his side accusingly pointing at the queen, her daughter-in-law, who is leaping out of a bed where a n... More

Political pirates / C.J. Taylor., Political Cartoon

Political pirates / C.J. Taylor., Political Cartoon

Print shows William Jennings Bryan as a pirate on a ship labeled "Popocracy", standing on a barrel, playing a violin, attempting to lure a nearby ship labeled "National Prosperity" close enough so that his band... More

Deception Pass Bridge, Spanning Deception Pass at State Route 20, Anacortes, Skagit County, WA

Deception Pass Bridge, Spanning Deception Pass at State Route 20, Anac...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Caricature, La cola del diablo, public domain cartoon image

Caricature, La cola del diablo, public domain cartoon image

Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: one man lies on a bed at the center of the image, his uncle standing with a tail in hand to the right; and a man and a woman standing next to each other to the left. The ... More

Tsuri gitsune - Drawing. Public domain image.

Tsuri gitsune - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a scene from a performance of Tsurigitsune (the fox and the trapper, or the fox hunter) where the trapper tries to coax the fox into taking the bait in a trap.

The bogus workingman and his lonsome boom / F. Opper.

The bogus workingman and his lonsome boom / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Benjamin F. Butler as a laborer standing next to a box of tools labeled "Tools for Exhibition Purposes", telling his valet, labeled "Butler's Valet" to "keep an eye on the valuables", at whos... More

A wolf from Wolfert's Roost / Keppler.

A wolf from Wolfert's Roost / Keppler.

Illustration shows Alton B. Parker(?) as a wolf wearing a sheep skin labeled "Parker Boom" standing on a bluff overlooking a herd of sheep labeled "Democratic Patronage". Illus. in: Puck, v. 55, no. 1420 (1904... More

Deception Pass Bridge, Spanning Deception Pass at State Route 20, Anacortes, Skagit County, WA

Deception Pass Bridge, Spanning Deception Pass at State Route 20, Anac...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

He beats them all to pieces / F. Opper.

He beats them all to pieces / F. Opper.

Print shows newspaper editor Whitelaw Reid sitting at a desk, writing editorials condemning the Democrats for the Wilson Tariff Bill, expressing such "Copy for the Tribune" as "The Wilson Bill is meant to incre... More

Brady & Ziegfeld present Mlle. Fifi from Paris adapted from the French by Joseph R. Grismer and Leo Ditrichstein.

Brady & Ziegfeld present Mlle. Fifi from Paris adapted from the French...

26950 U.S. Copyright Office "100 nights, Manhattan Theatre, New York." Caption: He has deceived me mama!!! With a woman named "Fifi"! Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cin'ti & New York." ... More

Oh, Uncle! - movie film screenshot

Oh, Uncle! - movie film screenshot

Uncle Zeke, a wealthy old batchelor, is trying to decide which of his nephews will be his heir. His visit to nephew Tom and Tom's wife does not go well, so he decides to visit Harry, whom he believes to be unma... More

Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Le due Susanne Grossi - Political cartoon, public domain image

Le due Susanne Grossi - Political cartoon, public domain image

Italian political cartoon shows, on the left, a woman labeled "Austra" sitting on a park bench between two men, on her left is Aleksandr Gorchakov labeled "Russo" and on her right is a man labeled "Inglese"; sh... More

Deception in the pulpit - African American Perspectives Materials

Deception in the pulpit - African American Perspectives Materials

A paper written at Baptist Church behest about the ministry and its integrity and about how sermons can deceive as well as instruct. Binga was an African American Baptist minister from Virginia. "A paper writte... More

Deception in the pulpit - African American Perspectives Materials

Deception in the pulpit - African American Perspectives Materials

A paper written at Baptist Church behest about the ministry and its integrity and about how sermons can deceive as well as instruct. Binga was an African American Baptist minister from Virginia. "A paper writte... More

Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
Charles Dickens. Our mutual friend,. Public domain book.
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