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[Bear carrying water buckets] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[Bear carrying water buckets] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cartoon of a bear wearing a tophat and a ring through his nose that is attached to a rope. He carries two buckets of water, balanced on a yoke. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower left: GZ.... More

The tournament of today - a set-to between labor and monopoly / F. Graetz.

The tournament of today - a set-to between labor and monopoly / F. Gra...

Print shows a jousting tournament between an oversized knight riding horse-shaped armor labeled "Monopoly" over a locomotive, with a long plume labeled "Arrogance", and carrying a shield labeled "Corruption of ... More

John Kelly galvanizes the corpse of Tammany / F. Graetz.

John Kelly galvanizes the corpse of Tammany / F. Graetz.

Print shows John Kelly trying to bring Tammany Hall back to life by turning an electrical apparatus labeled "Deal with the Republicans" connected to an "Anti-Monopoly" device, then with wires spelling "Patronag... More

[Bear dressed as a woman] - Public domain  drawing

[Bear dressed as a woman] - Public domain drawing

Drawing of a bear wearing a bonnet, apron, and a ring through her nose that's attached to a rope. She carries a basket and an umbrella. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower right: GZ. Title ... More

A desperate attempt to solve the mormon question / J.K.

A desperate attempt to solve the mormon question / J.K.

Illustration shows a four panel cartoon where four Puck cartoonists each take a panel in an effort to solve the issue of Mormonism; clockwise from bottom left, captioned, "I imagine it must be a perfect paradis... More

Stalwart stupidity / F. Graetz., Political Cartoon

Stalwart stupidity / F. Graetz., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Puck, holding his lithographic pen, and the Independent Party figure, holding an axe labeled "November Election", standing inside a cabin next to the head of Roscoe Conkling that has been cut... More

Puck magazine cover - Our rampageous preachers / F. Graetz.

Puck magazine cover - Our rampageous preachers / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows a preacher in the pulpit haranguing his congregation with a speech that begins "Noise or Nothing!"; there are two police officers, with large billy-clubs, in the pulpit with him, they exchang... More

[Seated man]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[Seated man]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A man with long, thin legs, sits in a chair with one leg crossing over the other at the knee. His long, thin nose, overlaps the crossed leg. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower right: F. Gr... More

Caricature, The same old boom / F. Graetz., public domain cartoon image

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

A picture without words - Political cartoon, public domain image

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

The political Sodom and Gomorrah are doomed to destruction / F. Grätz.

The political Sodom and Gomorrah are doomed to destruction / F. Grätz.

Print shows an angel labeled "New Party" with wings labeled "Tariff-Reform" and "Anti-Monopoly" leading two small orphan children labeled "Political Honesty" and "Political Wisdom" to safety, away from the fire... More

Three monuments / F. Graetz. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Three monuments / F. Graetz. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows buildings identified as "Vanderbilt's Palace" at 640 5th Avenue, New York, N.Y., and "Cooper Institute to Science and Art", also a banner labeled "Stewart's Cathedral", referring to the Cathe... More

An appalling attempt to muzzle the watch-dog of science / F. Graetz.

An appalling attempt to muzzle the watch-dog of science / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows Herbert Spencer as a statue of a large dog at the entrance to a public building emitting rays of light labeled "Science"; many diminutive men, wearing oversized top hats, scamper about with l... More

An apparatus by means of which suicides can get the better of the "penal code" / F. Graetz.

An apparatus by means of which suicides can get the better of the "pen...

Illustration shows a man whose offer of marriage has been rejected and is now determined to kill himself as a means of ending his suffering; he is sitting in a chair with two handguns, aimed at his chest, mount... More

With Puck's compliments to the Democratic National Convention at Chicago - 1884 / F. Graetz.

With Puck's compliments to the Democratic National Convention at Chica...

Illustration shows Puck holding a portrait of Samuel J. Tilden labeled "Opposed to Kelly 1876 - Carried New York by 32,000 Votes" and a portrait of Winfield Scott Hancock labeled "Supported by Kelly 1880 - Beat... More

Persuasive nymphs trying to lure the coy faun into the presidential waters / F. Graetz.

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

A failure in fly-paper / F. Graetz.

A failure in fly-paper / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows flypaper labeled "Butler Fly-Paper Prepared only by Blaine, Elkins, & Co." to which flies do not stick, on a plate on a table; Stephen B. Elkins, standing in the background, is drinking from ... More

The slush will have to stay / F. Graetz.

The slush will have to stay / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows a sleepy Uncle Sam wearing a robe and standing in the snow marked with "$" at the foot of snow-covered steps, with the "U.S. Treasury" in the background; he is handing a shovel labeled "Repea... More

Too weak to fight - too old to run / F. Graetz.

Too weak to fight - too old to run / F. Graetz.

Print shows the British Lion carrying William E. Gladstone, dressed as a woman, on his back, as they head into the sea after departing the "British Consul" in advance of "Anarchy, Riot, [and] Bloodshed"; the li... More

Nursing our infant industries / F. Graetz.

Nursing our infant industries / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows several congressmen and senators dressed as women nursing symbols of American industry; Sherman and Blaine feeding "American Swine" as it sits on a rocking horse, William D. Kelley, known as ... More

Puck magazine cover - Old-school etiquette / F. Graetz.

Puck magazine cover - Old-school etiquette / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows a woman appealing to a man holding a cane labeled "Allopath" and topped with a skull who has turned his back on a sick child lying in a bed; on the far side of the bed is another man with pap... More

Since he cannot sail the ship, he tries to sink it / F. Graetz.

Since he cannot sail the ship, he tries to sink it / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows out-going New York City Mayor Franklin Edson, with papers in his pocket labeled "Commr. of Public Works", using a drill labeled "Perfidy" to drill a hole in a ship labeled "New York Municipal... More

Drowning in his own "pool" / F. Graetz.

Drowning in his own "pool" / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows Jay Gould drowning in "Watered Stocks" certificates, some labeled "Watered W.U.T." and "Watered Wabash", at the bottom of the steps to Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City. William H.... More

A new bull in the ring / F. Graetz.

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

The living president's tribute to the dead president / G.

The living president's tribute to the dead president / G.

Print shows a statue of Roscoe Conkling, with cloven hooves, seated on a bench labeled "Supreme Bench" atop a monumental tomb labeled "Sacred to the Memory of J.A. Garfield"; the monument is signed "Guiteau scu... More

Puck magazine cover - Make him harmless! / F. Graetz.

Puck magazine cover - Make him harmless! / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows a youthful Theodore Roosevelt clipping the long claws labeled "Confirming Powers of the Board of Aldermen" on the "Tammany" tiger with scissors labeled "By Act of Legislature"; he has disable... More

Those dogs won't fight - they are dying of starvation / F. Graetz.

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

Caricature, For sale again / F. Graetz., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, For sale again / F. Graetz., public domain cartoon image

Print shows John Kelly carrying a basket labeled "27,000 Votes For Sale", accosting passengers on a "New York Train", seeking buyers; around the car, men are seated beneath windows labeled "Democratic Nominatio... More

Boycotting the Pope / F. Graetz., Political Cartoon

Boycotting the Pope / F. Graetz., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Charles Parnell wearing a tiara and sitting on a throne, with many Irishmen bowing before him and placing bags of money into a container labeled "Parnell Fund", on a table next to him are pap... More

Set a -- to catch a -- / F. Graetz.

Set a -- to catch a -- / F. Graetz.

Print shows a policeman labeled "Gov. Foster" grabbing the arm of a diminutive man labeled "Hoadly" who is holding a piece of fruit labeled "Dem. Nomination 83" that he has stolen from a street vendor who is an... More

Made harmless at last! / F. Graetz.

Made harmless at last! / F. Graetz.

Public domain photograph related to Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The anti-Chinese wall--The American wall goes up as the Chinese original goes down / F. Grätz.

The anti-Chinese wall--The American wall goes up as the Chinese origin...

A cartoon showing laborers, among whom are Irishmen, an African American, a Civil War veteran, Italian, Frenchman, and a Jew, building a wall against the Chinese. Congressional mortar is used to mount blocks of... More

Getting hot enough for him / F. Graetz.

Getting hot enough for him / F. Graetz.

Print shows Chester A. Arthur sitting on a chair at a beach on the seashore, he is perspiring heavily and using a fan labeled "Stalwart Method" to cool himself, as the sun, labeled "Disunion-of-the-Republican-P... More

The agony of the assessed - between two terrors / F. Graetz.

The agony of the assessed - between two terrors / F. Graetz.

Print shows "G.W. Curtis" and "Jay Hubbell" as executioners, each wearing a mask and holding large axes labeled "Civil Service Reform Association" (Curtis) and "Republican Congressional Committee" (Hubbell). Cu... More

Puck magazine cover - Ireland's evil genius / F. Graetz.

Puck magazine cover - Ireland's evil genius / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows "Britannia" standing on the left, holding "Concessions to Ireland" and "Hibernia" standing on the right in a militant pose; between them is a nasty looking man with two "Dynamite" bombs slung... More

The moths and the candle / F. Graetz.

The moths and the candle / F. Graetz.

Print shows Cyrus W. Field and Jay Gould as parts of a candle holder labeled "Wall Street" with a candle burning the flame of "Speculation" which draws moths with their savings to the light, as they get too clo... More

A family party - the 200th birthday of the healthiest of Uncle Sam's adopted children / F. Graetz.

A family party - the 200th birthday of the healthiest of Uncle Sam's a...

Print shows Uncle Sam standing at the head of a table at a dinner party in honor of the "Bi-Centennial Celebration of the First German Settlement", with Columbia sitting next to him; around the table are a "Spa... More

Beauties of the installment plan / F. Graetz.

Beauties of the installment plan / F. Graetz.

Print shows at center, a "Profits" driven retail salesman who lets his merchandise go "Cheap" and at a "Bargain" through an "Easy Payments" plan depicted in the jaws of a trap, with an "Agreement", also depicte... More

Caricature, Bismarck's boost / F. Graetz., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Bismarck's boost / F. Graetz., public domain cartoon image

Print shows a large elephant labeled "Bismarck" lifting "Alfonso" XII high over the head of a soldier labeled "France". Caption: The Uhlan King "I'm taller than YOU, now!" Illus. from Puck, v. 14, no. 351, (1... More

The result of the Star Route trials / F. Graetz.

The result of the Star Route trials / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows a well-dressed Robert G. Ingersoll carrying two large bags of money labeled "Counsel Fees" as he departs the "Washington Court House"; exiting on the right side, wearing tattered clothing, ar... More

A trio that must go / F. Graetz.

A trio that must go / F. Graetz.

Print shows a "Church Bell" as a female figure, an injured elephant labeled "Republican Party" with bandages and an eye patch labeled "Nov. 1882", and a Chinese man. Illus. from Puck, v. 14, no. 339, (1883 Sep... More

[Picnic scene] - Public domain document scan of engraving

[Picnic scene] - Public domain document scan of engraving

A swarm of bees attacks a frightened group of people in the middle of a picnic. The nest lies on the ground, under the feet of one gentleman, who appears to bear the brunt of the stings. One woman faints at t... More

Coney Island and the crowned heads / F. Graetz.

Coney Island and the crowned heads / F. Graetz.

Print shows Uncle Sam welcoming several heads of state labeled "Pan-Slavism, Nihilism, Socialism, Pauperism, Communism [represented by Marianne], Fenianism, Mormonism wearing a fez, [and] Spain" to a swim at Co... More

The coming conflagration in the European forest / F. Graetz.

The coming conflagration in the European forest / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows a scene in a dark forest with a group of men labeled "Irish Invincibles, Nihilists, Austrian Socialists, German Artisans, Republicans, Fanatical Irredentists, [and] Black Hand" carrying torch... More

[Gentleman reading]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[Gentleman reading]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A gentleman with long legs, wearing a monacle sits on a chair with legs crossed, reading Puck magazine. A spittoon rests on the floor before him. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower left: F... More