Simple solution of the Panama labor problem / Ehrhart.
Illustration shows a frenzy of activity as many politicians and capitalists join the labor forces to construct the Panama Canal; Theodore Shonts, chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission, is standing on the ri... More
Caricature, Out of reach / J.S.P., public domain cartoon image
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan sitting on a donkey on the "Democratic Merry-Go-Round"; he is holding up a yellow, diminutive William Randolph Hearst who has a small sword labeled with dollar signs ($... More
Puck magazine cover - The Lucrezia Borgia of journalism
Illustration shows William Randolph Hearst, wearing a bright yellow dress, as Lucrezia Borgia painting poison from pots labeled "Slander, Riot, Scandal, Malice, [and] Spite" on various newspapers labeled "San F... More
Reading his future / Frank A. Nankivell.
Illustration shows an old woman, known as "Madame Democracy Palmist", reading William Randolph Hearst's palm and speaking of the future. Caption: "You have reason to fear a large, dark man, who will shortly re... More
Willie and his make-up - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows William R. Hearst wearing the clothing of past presidents as he embarks on a campaign for the presidential election in 1908. He is wearing Washington's shoes, Lincoln's pants and whiskers, Je... More
The charmer / Keppler. Joseph Pulitzer, Political Cartoon
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as Orpheus singing and playing a lyre labeled "Harmony", attracting a motley group of wild animals identified as: G. Gray, Kern, Folk, Gompers, McCarren, Mitchell, Hear... More
Give the town a good flushing out. It needs it / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows Father Knickerbocker, symbolic figure of New York City, using a hose attached to a fire hydrant to wash the city streets clean of mud labeled "Mr. Mud, Mrs. Mud, Gaynor Mud, Hearst Mud, Ivins... More
Anything to oblige / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as Romeo, hanging off a balcony, speaking to an old woman labeled "Democrary" as Juliet, with "Nurse Grover" Cleveland standing behind her. The full moon in the upper l... 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
Puck to the rescue / Keppler. Joseph Pulitzer
Print shows a female figure sitting on a stone bench writing a list of names in a large book, including "McKinley, Dewey, Sampson, Schley, Hobson and his crew, Wainwright, Clark, Miles, Shafter, Wheeler, Roosev... More
Back to the woods / Kep. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan walking along railroad tracks, following a sign "To Salt River" (on the 1896 free silver dime), he is dragging a carpet bag which contains a gold cross, crown of thorns... More
A tight r[ac]e ahead / Keppler.
Illustration shows Alton B. Parker, William Jennings Parker, David B. Hill, Arthur P. Gorman, an unidentified rower, William Randolph Hearst, unidentified rower, and Grover Cleveland in an eight-oared racing sh... More
Puck magazine cover - "There they blow" / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows William Randolph Hearst holding a harpoon labeled "Independence League" in a small boat labeled "The Comic Supplement" with two cartoon characters in pursuit of two whales that have the faces... More
Kite time / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt sitting on a fence on a hill, flying a kite labeled "Popularity"; below are several potential Democratic presidential candidates, all of whom are having difficult... More
The democratic microbes / P. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows Puck as a professor showing a slide of the germs infecting the Democratic Party; shown are William Jennings Bryan labeled "Bryanism" and William Randolph Hearst who is labeled "Yellow Journal... More
Signs and divinations / Will Crawford., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows a vignette cartoon depicting the presidential candidates for the 1908 election, each learning their fortunes regarding the outcome of the election: Norman E. Mack as a palm reader telling Wil... More
Theodore Roosevelt - If-- / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows William Randolph Hearst hosting a dinner for a gathering of cartoon characters at the White House. On the left, a dinosaur is eating a portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt.
A saffron dream / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows William R. Hearst accepting opium from Arthur Brisbane and, while in a drug induced state, dreams of the state house in Albany, New York and the White House in Washington, D.C. Illus. in: Pu... More
Honor to McKinley! / Keppler. Joseph Pulitzer
Print shows Joseph Pulitzer and a monkey, possibly meant to represent William R. Hearst, as editors of yellow journalism newspapers wrapped up in their papers with outrageous headlines, calling for a declaratio... More
An unequal contest; they can find no flaw in his armor / Dalrymple.
Print shows diminutive gladiators labeled "Jones", "J.D. Sayers" with large sword labeled "State Anti-Trust Laws", "Bryan" with large sword labeled "Demagogism", "Hearst", "Pingree", "Hogg of Texas" with sword ... More
A chance at last / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...
Illustration shows Alton Parker, David Hill, John Williams, Arthur Groman, Richard Olney, and Grover Cleveland riding on a camel labeled "Reorganization" crossing the "Desert of Bryanism" with William Jennings ... More
Hoist, the friend of the comic people / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with panels from comic strips featuring Foxy Grandpa, Alphonse and Gaston, Happy Hooligan and the donkey Maud, Buster Brown, and the Katzenjammer Kids around a central pane... More
The yellow press / L.M. Glackens., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows William Randolph Hearst as a jester tossing newspapers with headlines such as "Appeals to Passion, Venom, Sensationalism, Attacks on Honest Officials, Strife, Distorted News, Personal Grievan... More
Anything for a scandal / J.S. Pughe. Joseph Pulitzer
Print shows President William McKinley standing at the edge of a mudhole labeled "Slander" and "Abuse", his right hand raised to a "stop" gesture, and he holds a mud-splattered American flag in his left hand. T... 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
"Let me sit heavy on thy soul tomorrow!" Richard III / Keppler.
Illustration shows William Randolph Hearst as Shakespeare's Richard III in a dream-state when various ghosts appear before him; his armor hangs on a nearby wall in preparation for battle, to which the ghost of ... More
Money talks / K. - coin, public domain photograph
Illustration shows William Randolph Hearst sitting with two large, animated, money bags resting on his lap, with arms and legs, and showing two large coins as heads; on the floor next to Hearst is a box labeled... More
Puck magazine cover - Sir Hudibras / L.M.G. with apologies.
Illustration shows William Randolph Hearst as Sir Hudibras riding a mule labeled "Maud" being led by a man labeled "Gloomy Arthur" on a quixotic adventure; papers protrude from Hearst's pockets stating "The dan... More
The national bench show / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows the "Republican Kennels" and the "Democratic Kennels" at the "National Bench Show" with President Theodore Roosevelt as a dog with his trainer Mark "Hanna" and an old woman labeled "Dem. Part... 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
The cleansing of New York / Dalrymple. Joseph Pulitzer
Illustration showing a large hand labeled "LAW" holding up by the collar newspaper publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, with view of New York City in the background. Caption: Why not make a ... More
The most important thing in the universe / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows two Martians, one holding a telescope and yawning, expressing relief now that the election for governor of New York has been decided (in favor of Charles Evans Hughes); in the background, on ... More