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The grim commander / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows the Grim Reaper dressed as a steamboat captain, holding a scythe and directing crowds of people on an "Annual Sunday School Excursion" through the entrance to the "Wooden Steamboat Co." to bo... More

Waiting / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows the specter of Death sitting with a scythe on its lap, on the construction site of the Panama Canal.

Gambling with death / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows, at center, a capitalist, sitting on money bags labeled "Insurance Money" and leaning against several papers labeled "New Policy", gambling with the Grim Reaper, while all around them disaste... More

Luxuries versus lifeboats / Kep., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows an ocean liner sinking amid icebergs with many passengers jumping into the sea for lack of enough lifeboats, as a few lifeboats loaded with passengers row clear of the ship. Caption: The Gri... More

A criminal combine not confined to Chicago / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows on the left, a theater manager is bribing an inspector during an inspection of fire prevention equipment, the specter of the Grim Reaper hovers above; on the right, a female figure labeled "P... More

The tenement - a menace to all / Keppler.

Illustration shows the spirits of alcoholism, opium dens, prostitution, gambling, and street crime, as well as the figure of Death, issuing from a tenement house. Caption: Not only an evil in itself, but the v... More

[Grim reaper against red sunset]

(DLC/PP-1933:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as tailpiece in: "For the Blood is the Life" by F. Marion Crawford, Collier's weekly (Dec. 16, 1905), p. 20.

The old and the new year / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows Father Time presenting the new year labeled "1886" to Puck standing in the foreground, holding his lithographic pencil; behind him are scenes of events from 1885, such as President Cleveland'... More

Waiting / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows the specter of Death sitting with a scythe on its lap, on the construction site of the Panama Canal.

[Man playing chess with grim reaper]

(DLC/PP-1933:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as headpiece in: "At Ephesus" by Georgia Wood Pangborn, Collier's weekly (Feb. 17, 1906), p. 16.

"O death, where is thy sting?" / Kep.

Illustration shows the Grim Reaper falling down a hillside, losing his crown and breaking his scythe, after being knocked away from a speeding train with a passenger car labeled "Steel Car" racing along the tra... More