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Puck magazine cover - Rival political gardeners / F. Opper.

Puck magazine cover - Rival political gardeners / F. Opper.

Print shows Roswell P. Flower and Levi P. Morton watering flowers labeled "Presidential Hopes" by pouring money on them; Morton's flower is much taller than Flower's flower. Caption: The same method, but diffe... More

Which brand? / Ehrhart. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Which brand? / Ehrhart. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a young boy labeled "1914" sitting in a chair, smoking, and offering Uncle Sam, sitting opposite him, a drink; he gestures toward two bottles labeled "Hope" and "Fear". Caption: The New Year... More

A saffron dream / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

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

L'espoir de la France / N. Trevisiani del. ; Verité sulpsit [sic].

L'espoir de la France / N. Trevisiani del. ; Verité sulpsit [sic].

Allegorical print showing Father Time parting the stormy skies of recent days to reveal Louis XVI eagerly accepting the truth offered by Justice and the arrival of Jacques Necker, recalled on 16 July 1789, as F... More

Susan B. Anthony, portrait with Carrie Chapman Catt quotation on Anthony's courage and optimism

Susan B. Anthony, portrait with Carrie Chapman Catt quotation on Antho...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century photomechanical print, book illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drowned in the flood / F. Opper.

Drowned in the flood / F. Opper.

Print shows Roswell P. Flower kneeling over the drowned body of a young girl labeled "Presidential Hopes"; in the background, a figure labeled "Maynard" appears to be half-buried and stuck in the mud in the aft... More

Puck's presidential possibilities. No. III, The czar out of a job / Dalrymple.

Puck's presidential possibilities. No. III, The czar out of a job / Da...

Print shows Thomas B. Reed standing on a low platform labeled "Maine", looking through a bent and crooked telescope, labeled "Presidential Aspirations", at the White House in the distance. A diminutive "Joe Man... More

Carolingian The new aspirant / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Carolingian The new aspirant / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Print shows a scruffy man labeled "Russia" carrying a rope and attempting to set a ladder against a pillar labeled "Supremacy" topped with a statue of "Britannia"; at the base of the pillar is a pile of fallen ... More

All over but the shouting - Newspaper, public domain, Library of Congress

All over but the shouting - Newspaper, public domain, Library of Congr...

Includes newspaper clipping with statement by Quay. No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985.... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

The democratic Micawber / K with thanks.

The democratic Micawber / K with thanks.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, as the eternally hopeful Mr. Micawber from the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield. Caption: "Waiting for s... More

Caricature, Fall hunting / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Fall hunting / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows a hunter in the woods, carrying a rifle labeled "Gov. B. Odell" and standing next to a tree with a sign that states "Presidential Timber"; he is looking at a tiger labeled "Tammany." Caption... More