"Step up, gentlemen, and try your luck!" / Dalrymple.
Print shows a ringmaster labeled "Harrity Chairman Dem. Natl. Com." standing on the left and the Democratic Donkey wearing a saddle labeled "1896" and "$50,000 a year for the man who can ride on this donkey to ... More
The Aguinaldo guard / J.S. Pughe. Joseph Pulitzer
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan standing in the stirrups of his mount, a donkey labeled "Democracy", directing the honor guard led by Adlai Stevenson, and including Henry R. Towne, Joseph Pulitzer, an... More
A hard game of "follow your leader" / Keppler.
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan leading a donkey labeled "Dem" loaded down with a platform, including bunting, labeled "Democratic Platform" and boxes labeled "Anti-expansion," "Anti-trust," and "Free... More
Tethered / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan and William H. Taft driving a stake labeled "Publicity" into the ground in a wilderness area; a rope labeled "Public Opinion" is tied to the stake and one end is tied t... More
The third hole / Frank A. Nankivell 1908.
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan pulling on a saddle strap labeled "1896, 1900, 1908" on the Democratic donkey, trying to get it tight enough for the pin to fit into "The Third Hole" labeled "1908". C... More
For their own good / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows President Cleveland adding boards labeled "Extension of Civil Service Reform under President Cleveland" to a fence with boards labeled "Extension of Civil Service Reform under Pres. Harrison", "Exte... More
"Now we see through a glass, darkly" / K.
Illustration shows two large cut-outs of the Republican elephant labeled "Republican Partisanship" propped up by boards labeled "Patronage" and "Party Platform", and the Democratic donkey labeled "Democratic Pa... More
"Merry Christmas, Bill!" / K. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows lame duck president William H. Taft having Christmas dinner at the White House, served by the Republican elephant, when the Democratic donkey bursts through a window, making an "informal" vis... More
"Down with the bosses!" / J. Norman Lynd.
Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt grimacing in anger with both arms raised; he is wearing Uncle Sam's clothes, who is running off in a barrel to hide his nakedness, also departing in fear are the Republican... 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
The latest unfortunate experience of an unfortunate animal / J.S. Pugh...
Print shows a "Before" and "After" cartoon: in the "Before" scene, the "Democratic Donkey" is piled high with bags of "Dividends, Salaries, Profits, [and] Rents" that are tied on with a ribbon labeled "Income T... More
Some things Mr. Bryan might do / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows a vignette cartoon offering several possibilities for employment for William Jennings Bryan, whom it is supposed will retire from politics after losing yet another presidential election. The ... More
The village blacksmith / L.M. Glackens., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows, on the left, Theodore Roosevelt, hand resting on a sledgehammer labeled "My Policies", standing at the entrance to his shop "T. Roosevelt Horseshoer & Wheelwright" with "Dr. Abbott" at his s... More
Here we go again - Drawing. Public domain image.
Cartoon shows the Democratic donkey and the GOP elephant as competing organ grinders, each with a monkey begging for "Votes." The organs are actually television sets, one showing the head of the Democratic pre... More
Transformed / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows an old woman labeled "Miss Democracy" riding on the Democratic donkey along a dirt road labeled "Political Pike"; there is a banner labeled "S and S" (Safe and Sane) hanging from the donkey's... More
Buster Bill, the Park Row cut-up / K.
Illustration shows William Randolph Hearst painting a donkey yellow from a bucket of paint labeled "Riot & Rottenness"; he holds the donkey by a bridle labeled "Dem. State Machine". A dog, with the countenance ... More
Swallowed! / J.S. Pughe. - Victorian era public domain image
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as a large snake labeled "Populist Party" entwined around a donkey labeled "Democratic Party" and about to swallow it. Illus. in: Puck, v. 47, no. 1218 (1900 July 11),... More
Making the most of it / Gillam.
Illustration shows a man labeled "Hill" holding a large magnifying glass labeled "Democratic Presss Magnifier" between a donkey with blinders labeled "N.Y. Democracy" and a tiny shock of hay labeled "Cleveland'... More
After the hold-up / Dalrymple. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows William L. Wilson standing in the street outside the White House, holding open a large carpet bag labeled "Wilson's Free List" which contains papers labeled "Free Wool", he has an umbrella labeled "... More
A much-needed comedy element in the campaign of 1900 / Dalrymple.
Illustration showing Admiral George Dewey as a circus clown, with William Jennings Bryan on a donkey labeled "Dem Party" and William McKinley on an elephant labeled "GOP" under the big top of a circus; Puck, as... More
Tariff reforming 57th Congress, 2nd session
Cartoon shows a wealthy man "Sugar Trust" seated in a chair '[paragraph] 209 16 Dutch" smoking a pipe "Sec. 4 Tariff Law 1897" from which issues smoke labeled "Reciprocity." A man "Beet Sugar" pulls on the back... More
Exercising the mounts / Frank A. Nankivell 1907.
Illustration shows a bloated William Jennings Bryan with a paper extending from a pocket labeled "Membership Fat Man's Club. W.J. Bryan", riding a diminutive Democratic donkey and William H. Taft riding a dimin... More
Still a donkey - Public domain dedication image
Print shows the Democratic donkey wearing a harness labeled "Democratic Party" and bandages labeled "Defeat in 1896", "Free Riot Plank", "Bryanism", and "Free Silver", sitting in front of a revolving saw blade ... More
Caricature, "The good doctor" / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon imag...
Illustration shows former president Grover Cleveland as a doctor at bedside attending to a donkey labeled "Dem. Party" suffering from an undisclosed illness (Bryanism or the failure of the Democratic Party in t... More
Wanted - another Moses / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows the Democratic donkey labeled "Dem. Party" with six followers, placing a cradle labeled "Cleveland's cradle 1884" into a river. Pyramids are visible in the background. Illus. in: Puck, v. 54... More
The sphinx and the candidates / Keppler.
Illustration shows Charles Evans "Hughes" as a sphinx labeled "Senate" and "Assembly" in a desert at night with a donkey and an elephant standing in the foreground, and several presidential candidates on the le... More
The tariff triumph of pharaoh Wilson / Keppler.
Illustration shows President Wilson as a pharaoh riding in an Egyptian chariot drawn by the Democratic donkey; he is holding a small sword and ropes attached to a man labeled "Monopoly" with his arms bound behi... More
Mr. Hill tries it on / Gillam. - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
Illustration shows the Governor of New York, David B. Hill, riding backwards on the Democratic donkey labeled "Democracy" running on railroad tracks near a sign that states "Look Out for the Enlightening Expres... More
Puck's mid-summer outing at Harmony Park / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows democrats and republicans, capitalists, social reformers, political symbols, and others enjoying a summer outing at a park. Illus. in: Puck, v. 56, no. 1433 (1904 August 17), centerfold. Cop... More
Awaiting the "third party" - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows a donkey labeled "Democratic Party" and an elephant labeled "Republican Party" sitting on a porch; a stork carrying a bag labeled "Dr. Stork" is coming around the corner of the building. Cap... More
"Three weeks" / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows "Miss Democracy" lying on a donkey-skin rug before a fireplace in her boudoir or bedroom, as William Jennings Bryan, carrying a bouquet, enters through curtains in the background. Illus. in:... More
Such a business! / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows a nurse labeled "Mack" opening a window to the "Democratic Maternity", outside of which are several storks carrying newborns labeled "Gaynor, Bryan, Douglas, Harmon, Clark, Wilson, [and] Unde... More
G.O.P., reports of my death are greatly exaggerated
Donkey (Democratic Party), moose (Progresive Party) and crow watching wounded elephant (Republican Party) from cliff. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). P... More
Our Christmas tree / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows Uncle Sam and Columbia taking Christmas presents off a Christmas tree and distributing them to Native children labeled "Hawaii, Samoa, Puerto Rico, Cuba, [and] Philippine". Illus. from Puck, v. 46,... More
Congressional puzzle: - find Cuba in the cartoon
Cartoon shows a ticker tape machine labeled "Tariff Law 1897 Dutch Standard." On the right the head of the American Sugar Refining Company, Henry O. Havemeyer surrounded by three overstuffed bags labeled "Sugar... More
Treed at last - Political cartoon, public domain image
Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Payne, the head of the American Sugar Refining Company, Henry O. Havemeyer, and a Republican elephant in the top of a tree labeled "Sugar Trust." The roots ... More
Conflict of authority / K. - Public domain book illustration
Illustration shows the Democratic donkey recklessly driving an automobile labeled "Democratic Party", bearing down on the Republican elephant labeled "G.O.P." standing in the middle of the roadway; an arm label... More
Swallowed! / J.S. Pughe. - Public domain dedication image
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as a large snake labeled "Populist Party" entwined around a donkey labeled "Democratic Party" and about to swallow it. Illus. in: Puck, v. 47, no. 1218 (1900 July 11),... 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
The dog in the manger / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows a donkey labeled "Democratic Party" staring at a dog labeled "Bryan" with the face of William Jennings Bryan, lying on a bed of hay labeled "Nomination". Illus. in: Puck, v. 52, no. 1329 (19... More
Then he (Thayer) went away back - and sat down
Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Payne and a Republican elephant sweating in the top of a tree labeled "Sugar Trust." The roots of the tree are labeled "Dutch Standard," "Cartel," and "Boun... More
Puck Magazine Illustration - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
A magazine with a cartoon of a man in a top hat, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washingto... More
"Go on! You ask 'em! They can't do more than refuse" / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows the Democratic donkey carrying the "Democratic Dough Bag" and the Republican elephant carrying the "Republican Dough Bag" as they walk down "Wall Street", seeking campaign funding for the upc... More
Who are you? / L.M. Glackens. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant in a stable eating hay; they both turn to look at a goat labeled "Consumers' Party" that has just arrived to join them in the stable.
Cleveland's entry into Washington - March 4th. 1885 / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows Grover Cleveland riding the Democratic donkey past the "Republican R.R.R. Hotel" on the way to his inauguration; he is surrounded by a host of characters that includes many political figures ... 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
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
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
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[Congressional puzzle: - find Cuba in the cartoon]
Cartoon shows a ticker tape machine labeled "Tariff Law 1897 Dutch Standard." On the right the head of the American Sugar Refining Company, Henry O. Havemeyer surrounded by three overstuffed bags labeled "Sugar... More
But you can't make him drink / Keppler.
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan, his hat falling to the ground and with one foot braced against a water trough, trying to pull a donkey labeled "Democracy" to the trough where the water is labeled "Br... More
"Well, for once they can't blame me" / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows the Democratic donkey labeled "Democratic Party" sitting among papers that state "The Trusts are to Blame", "Harriman is to Blame", "Wall Street is to Blame", "High Finance is to Blame", "Roo... More
The return of the dove to the ark / K.
Illustration shows an ark labeled "Democratic Principles" aground in the receding waters of the flood near a landscape labeled "Republican Power"; the ark is full of democrats labeled "Wilson, Parker, Watterson... More
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No. CH708. Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Swallowed! / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as a large snake labeled "Populist Party" entwined around a donkey labeled "Democratic Party" and about to swallow it. Illus. in: Puck, v. 47, no. 1218 (1900 July 11),... More
Stranger things have happened. Hold on, and you may walk over the slug...
Cartoon showing Thomas F. Bayard holding on to tail of Democratic donkey, which is going over cliff, and man standing by Republican elephant, which is lying on ground; the White House in background, with flag "... More
A new bull in the ring / F. Graetz.
Print shows Chester A. Arthur riding the Republican elephant tossed high in the air in a "Political Arena", the elephant is patched with scandals labeled "Credit Mobilier, Collusion with Monopolies, Back Pay Gr... More
May the country be spared this pitiful sight! / Dalrymple.
Print shows a group of Democrats, identified as "Hill, Murphy, Vest, Bland, Matthews, Morgan, Harris, Crisp, Tillman, Altgeld, Campbell, [and] Stevenson", some wear fezes, others are wearing turbans and other a... More
A down-hill movement / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows a wagon labeled "Free Silver" filled with a group of "free silver" supporters identified as "Tillman, Boies, Sheehan, Bland, Blackburn, Bryan, Sewall, Pattison, Sibley, Jones, Geo. Fred Williams, Pe... More
Gone crazy / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows an old man labeled "Silverite" riding on the Democratic Donkey labeled "Dem. Party", racing toward an "Abyss of Political Mania" with a policeman chasing him on horseback labeled "Sound Money Democr... More
Caricature, "Never again!" / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image
Illustration shows a man, possibly Alton B. Parker, labeled "New Democracy" and wearing a hat with plume labeled "1904" and holding a crossbow labeled "Jeffersonian Principles"; William Jennings Bryan sits on t... More
Landed / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows Alton B. Parker pulling a donkey to safety across a bridge constructed of planks labeled "Conservatism, Sanity, Tariff Reform, Anti-Trust, [and] Financial Plank" that is breaking apart; falli... More
"De-light-ed!" / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows a large donkey sitting on its haunches, it is wearing a rough-rider hat and spectacles, and smiling like Theodore Roosevelt at the diminutive figures of Alton B. Parker and William Jennings B... More
In a hole; - and no "issue" / J.S.P.
Print shows William Jennings Bryan as the Democratic Donkey with the bit end of a bridle in his mouth, trying to climb out of a hole constructed of blocks labeled "Aguinaldoism, Anti-Trust, Anti-Imperialism, Fr... More
The Chicago platform applied in St. Louis / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan, with a huge smile, sitting on the Democratic donkey labeled "Democracy" with a long, sad face; Bryan is gleefully waving his hat in the direction of a violent riot inv... More
The rival pulpiteers / Keppler., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows the Democratic Donkey as a woman sitting in a pew in a church with William Jennings Bryan preaching "Jeffersonian Simplicity" from a pulpit, on the right are Alton B. Parker, Henry Watterson,... More
Puck Magazine Illustration - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
A book with a picture of a man in a bed, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. ... More
Caricature, Well -- ? / F. Opper., public domain cartoon image
Illustration shows David B. Hill and a donkey labeled "N.Y. Democracy" sitting on the ground, staring at each other, next to railroad tracks with a caboose rolling into the background; they look as though they ... More
Sweet dreams / Keppler. - Public domain portrait print
Print shows President William McKinley asleep in bed dreaming of William Jennings Bryan riding the Democratic donkey and leading members of the Democratic Party down the path of "Anti-American Foreign Policy", ... More
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[Then he (Thayer) went away back - and sat down]
Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Payne and a Republican elephant sweating in the top of a tree labeled "Sugar Trust." The roots of the tree are labeled "Dutch Standard," "Cartel," and "Boun... More
Here we go again - Drawing. Public domain image.
Cartoon shows the Democratic donkey and the GOP elephant as competing organ grinders, each with a monkey begging for "Votes." The organs are actually television sets, one showing the head of the Democratic pre... More
Republican elephant Judy, etc. - Public domain print
Photograph shows the Republican elephant, Judy, and the Democratic donkey, Jennie, in Coney Island preparing to go to Washington; on the right, on horseback, are the two famous Abernathy boys, Louis and Temple ... More