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Among the silent ones / C.J. Taylor.

Among the silent ones / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Uncle Sam holding a paper labeled "Political Guide" and riding on a camel being led by Puck through the "City of Silence", past several silent sphinxes labeled "Tom Reed, Allison, McKinley, Morton, ... More

Well protected / C.J. Taylor. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Well protected / C.J. Taylor. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows William McKinley walking down a street in the neighborhood of "Anarchy Slum" with a tall, well-dressed female figure labeled "Gold Standard" on his arm and two policemen labeled "Palmer" and "Buckne... More

Pioneer Cleveland / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Pioneer Cleveland / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Print shows President Cleveland standing on the right, holding an axe labeled "Political Wisdom", in a forest where he has been cutting trees labeled "Gold Standard"; approaching from the left is a procession l... More

Caricature, Out Nebraska way / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Out Nebraska way / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Print shows Puck carrying a valise labeled "Sound Money Doctrine", talking to a hayseed farmer sitting on a fence, reading the "Free Silver Screamer"; in the background, houses and barns labeled "Mortgage" are ... More

Caricature, Trying it on / F. Opper., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Trying it on / F. Opper., public domain cartoon image

Print shows an unhappy William McKinley, wearing a military hat with cockade labeled "Protection", at a tailor's shop known as "Hanna, Platt & Co. Political Clothiers", where he is being fitted for a coat with ... More

Caricature, They both claim him / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, They both claim him / Keppler., public domain cartoon imag...

Print shows William McKinley sitting on a wooden horse labeled "High Protection" with a "Silverite" on the left and a "Gold Bug" on the right pulling him in opposite directions. Illus. from Puck, v. 39, no. 10... More

The Joshua of our silly senate in his great act of trying to make the sun stand still / C.J. Taylor.

The Joshua of our silly senate in his great act of trying to make the ...

Print shows Edward O. Wolcott as the biblical Joshua riding on a horse labeled "U.S. Senate" at the head of a small infantry comprised of John Sherman, George F. Hoar, George G. Vest, William A. Peffer, David B... More

In the pantheon of the sun / Dalrymple.

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

His triumphal progress / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

His triumphal progress / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows a nervous William McKinley riding in a lop-sided chariot with a large gold dollar labeled "Gold Standard" on one side and a tiny wheel labeled "Tariff?" on the other; the chariot is being pulled by ... More

Forced to peddle, though he is rich / Dalrymple.

Forced to peddle, though he is rich / Dalrymple.

Print shows Uncle Sam as a peddler offering "Bonds Sold For Gold" on a snowy street where he encounters a diminutive figure labeled "Canada" holding a paper labeled "Sound Currency System", she points to Uncle ... More

Bryan is the ablest worker for sound money / F. Opper.

Bryan is the ablest worker for sound money / F. Opper.

Print shows William Jennings Bryan standing on one side of a scale, cranking out speeches labeled "Wind, Weak Speech, Cheap Oratory, Boy Talk, Silly Speech, Free Silver Sophistry, Dangerous Propositions, Mercen... More

"Let the gold dust twins do your work" / J.S. Pughe with acknowledgements.

"Let the gold dust twins do your work" / J.S. Pughe with acknowledgeme...

Illustration shows Nelson Aldrich and John D. Rockefeller as dark-skinned men wearing skirts labeled "Gold Dust"; Aldrich is standing on top of a replica of a building labeled "Stock Exchange" and holding up a ... More

Out of the silver flood! / Dalrymple.

Out of the silver flood! / Dalrymple.

Print shows Uncle Sam trying to climb out of a flood of silver coinage toward elevated ground labeled "Repeal of the Sherman Law by the 53rd Congress" using a rope labeled "Public Opinion" while carrying a fema... More

The "ki-yis" can't rattle him / J.S. Pughe. Joseph Pulitzer

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

Puck magazine cover - A critical situation / J.S. Pughe.

Puck magazine cover - A critical situation / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows Uncle Sam taking a large frog that is eating a goldfish out of a fish tank labeled "U.S. Treasury" before it eats all the goldfish. Caption: Uncle Sam I'll have to kill this here Greenback Frog; o... More

No party lines when the national honor is in peril / Dalrymple.

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

A desperate case of political dipsomania / Kep.

A desperate case of political dipsomania / Kep.

Print shows a drunken man sitting in a chair with jugs and bottles labeled "Repudiation Gin, Free Silver Rum, Tillman's Firewater, Populist Whiskey, [and] Altgeld's Fizz" on the floor next to the chair, his rum... More

Politics makes strange wheel-fellows / C.J. Taylor.

Politics makes strange wheel-fellows / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Grover Cleveland and Thomas B. Reed riding down the "Sound-Money Road" on a bicycle built for two, with tires labeled "Gold Standard", and honking horns labeled "Ki-Yi Gun" at a small dog labeled "S... More

The survival of the fittest / Dalrymple.

The survival of the fittest / Dalrymple.

Illustration showing to gladiators, one labeled "Gold Standard" and the other labeled "Silver Standard", in a colosseum, the "Gold Standard" gladiator stands victorious over the "Silver Standard" gladiator, his... More

Puck magazine cover - In darkest congress / J.S. Pughe.

Puck magazine cover - In darkest congress / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows President Grover Cleveland standing on the floor of the House of Representatives, among congressmen, many dressed as natives, holding a large book labeled "Sound Money Message".

The circus has come! / Keppler., Political Cartoon

The circus has come! / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Print shows William C. "Whitney" as the ringmaster at a circus where "D.B. Hill" is performing a horse riding trick by trying to ride two horses at once, a small horse labeled "Gold Standard" and a larger horse... More

Puck magazine cover - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Puck magazine cover - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A book with a cartoon of a turkey on it, 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

A painful position for nurse McKinley / F. Opper.

A painful position for nurse McKinley / F. Opper.

Print shows William McKinley dressed as a nurse, perspiring, sitting in a rocking chair with an infant labeled "Gold Standard" on his lap and another child labeled "High Protection" crying on the floor. Captio... More

Uncle Sam, US Navy Photogrpah, theatrical script
Uncle Sam, US Navy Photogrpah, theatrical script
Uncle Sam, US Navy Photogrpah, theatrical script
Caricature, He couldn't read / J.S. Pughe., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, He couldn't read / J.S. Pughe., public domain cartoon imag...

Print shows a mule and the wreckage of a wagon by the side of railroad tracks and an old man labeled "Silverite" hanging from a sign that states "Danger! Look Out for Sound Money Locomotive"; a train rumbles of... More

Uncle Sam, US Navy Photogrpah, theatrical script
Uncle Sam, US Navy Photogrpah, theatrical script