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I volatori. Les messieurs qui volent
Italian political cartoon shows a large balloon ("Politica") in the shape of a man ready to gobble up the moon ("Oriente") defended by a man ("Turco") holding a fork. Other armed men representing the nations of... More
Democracy's wild steer - Drawing. Public domain image.
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[Boy learning to cycle, injured and disabled men, men cycling]
Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Seven Stages," Life magazine.
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Garfield's bond of friendship for the unfriendly senators / SC.
James Garfield wrapping ribbon "patronage" around James Blaine and Roscoe Conkling. Illus. in: Puck, v. 8, 1881 March 2, p. 431.
Our Indian policy - a house of cards / J. Keppler.
Print shows Uncle Sam sitting at a table outside an "Indian Store" with Natives and government agents gathered around; he was constructing a house of cards labeled "Indian Policy" until the government agents an... More
Puck magazine cover - Unwelcome passengers / J.A. Wales.
Print shows a coach labeled "Rural Democracy" filled with "Rural Regulars" carrying their farm tools, racing "To the State Convention", driven by Samuel J. Tilden, with John Kelly representing "Tammany Hall" an... More
King Chester Arthur's knight(cap)s of the round table / J. Keppler ; M...
Cartoon showing Chester Arthur and cabinet members, wearing nightcaps, sleeping around table, on which are papers, "no ill-will to anyone," "we need no Navy," "Indians provided for till summer," etc. Illus. in:... More
Between two evils / Gillam [spelled backwards].
Print shows a shabbily dressed man labeled "Intemperate Drunkard" on the left, a well-dressed man labeled "True Temperance" drinking a mug of beer at center, and a man labeled "Intemperate Teetotaler", wearing ... More
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
Puck magazine cover - Self-supporter Sammy / F. Opper.
Print shows two images of Samuel J. Tilden, dressed identically, to the left and right of a barrel full of coins, labeled with monogram "SJT"; papers extending from their pockets state "For President, S.J. Tild... More
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
"With thee to support me, I defy the whole world!" / J. Keppler.
Print shows George M. Robeson dressed as a sailor and labeled "Leader of the Republican Party" and Republican Champion", leaning on a large duffle bag labeled "Surplus $150,000,000"; a group of men standing on ... More
The great floods of 1883 - Germany's need and America's aid / J. Keppl...
Illustration shows Columbia sitting on a rock on the coast as men bring packages of supplies labeled "From Ohio, Missouri, From New York, [and] California"; just offshore, men pull on the oars of a rowboat lade... More
The great rival advertising shows to "boom up" stocks / Gillam.
Print shows three "advertising" sideshows, on the left, the "Great Northern Pacific R.R. Show Patronized by the European Aristocracy" with Henry Villard as the barker and Carl Schurz playing a drum; includes po... More
Getting them into line for 1884 / Gillam.
Print shows Benjamin F. Butler as a military officer sitting on a horse, gesturing with his "Programme" to a snickering man labeled "Solid South" to get him to fall into line with Butler's support for his presi... More
The balance of trade with Great Britain seems to be still against us--...
Page of advertisements with cartoon showing people on steamship carrying "Poor house from Galway." Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 27, 1883 April 28, p. 272.
Rotten to the core / J. Keppler.
Print shows Uncle Sam with a toothache labeled "Mormonism!", sitting on a chair in the office of "Washington Dental Association" offering "S.S. Cox's Laughing Gas - Mild & Harmless", as two arms labeled "Senate... More
He missed the chair, but he has the floor / Gillam.
Print shows Samuel S. Cox, as a court jester, booted off a podium by a man sitting in the "Speaker's Chair" in a congressional chamber, and about to land on the floor; he is holding a stick with balloons attach... More
The harder he pumps, the dirtier his case gets / F. Opper.
Illustration shows Robert G. Ingersoll, attorney in the Star Route trials, pumping Montfort C. Rerdell, depicted as a pump, for more "Evidence" as Thomas J. Brady and Stephen W. Dorsey stand in the "Prisoners B... More
A played-out tenor - from star to street-singer / F. Opper.
Illustration shows Roscoe Conkling as a street musician singing in the street outside the "Washington Senatorial Opera-House", with him is a small dog labeled "Howard Carroll" who is holding a hat into which Pu... More
The cave of despair / F. Opper.
Print shows Jay Gould as a giant holding a large club labeled "Monopoly", sitting on rocks, gleefully watching a line of downtrodden people entering a cave labeled "Western Union Telegraph Company - All Hope Ab... More
Puck magazine cover - Spoiling their slide / F. Opper.
Illustration shows Benjamin F. Butler spreading ashes labeled "Censure, Exposure, Desire for Reform, [and] Criticism" on a slide in the snow labeled "Slide of Public Mismanagement" to the dismay of a group of c... More
Puck magazine cover - A destructive worm / F. Graetz.
Illustration shows a caterpillar labeled "Communism" on a grape leaf showing "$" and labeled "Capital"; also a bunch of grapes, some of which are labeled "Law, Order, Rights, Talent, Worth, Industry, Education,... More
Put 'em on ice! / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows Uncle Sam putting politicians, newspaper editors, and others on "Ice" in an icehouse to keep them cool until campaign time for the presidential election. Among those depicted are Ulysses S. G... More
Bottled politics / J. Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows two old men, one of whom may be Uncle Sam holding a glass, sitting at a table in a saloon, on which is a large bottle of alcohol labeled "Regulated Ohio Brand", on a shelf behind them are other bott... More
"A sail! A sail!!" / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows a woman labeled "Dem. Party" on the rocky coast of a deserted island, nearby is an empty jug labeled "Bourbonism the Only Subsistence for 16 Years (1860-76)" and a broken cask labeled "For 8 ... More
More than she can carry / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows Whitelaw Reid placing a bundled-up package labeled "Blaine" and "Rotten Record" on top of a large pile in a basket being carried by a woman labeled "Republican Party" who is stooped under the... More
The bogus workingman and his lonsome boom / F. Opper.
Illustration shows Benjamin F. Butler as a laborer standing next to a box of tools labeled "Tools for Exhibition Purposes", telling his valet, labeled "Butler's Valet" to "keep an eye on the valuables", at whos... More
The slave-market of to-day / Gillam.
Illustration shows trade union laborers, some in chains labeled "High Tariff" and "Tariff", and one standing on a block labeled "Trade Unions", being auctioned by a man labeled "Protectionist Statesman" to capi... More
Once the senatorial Apollo - now the court-jester / F. Opper.
Illustration shows Roscoe Conkling and a court jester during proceedings in "Surrogate's Court - Hort Will Case"; papers extending from his pocket state "There's Millions in it" and "Fee". Illus. from Puck, v.... More
Puck magazine cover - Our merciless millionaire / F. Opper.
Illustration shows Puck hanging onto the coat-tails of William H. Vanderbilt, who is holding a money bag labeled "Donation of $500,000 to Build a New Medical College", as he climbs the steps to a building label... More
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 monopolists' may-pole / F. Opper.
Illustration shows several wealthy men, "Gould, W.K. Vanderbilt, W.H. Vanderbilt, Sage, Cornell, [and] Cornelius Vanderbilt", some dressed as women, holding ticker tape and dancing around a may pole; Cyrus W. F... More
Peace, but not business / Gillam., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows a perplexed Uncle Sam standing in front of a store labeled "Notice - No Reciprocity in Trade Here" that is well-stocked with items available for international trade; a man labeled "Trade" is ... More
President Cleveland and his cabinet / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows President Cleveland sitting at a desk between his cabinet members, from the left, "W.C. Whitney, Secretary of the Navy, Daniel Manning, Secretary of the Treasury, A.H. Garland, Attorney-Gener... More
Puck magazine cover - "Our mutual friend" / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows a man labeled "Doctor" and a man labeled "Sexton" standing in the street outside a "Confectionery", with a large colorful candy stick between them, it is labeled "Chrome Green, Chalk, Red Lea... More
The three buddensieks of the American navy / F. Opper.
Illustration shows George M. Robeson, William E. Chandler, and John Roach sitting on the hull of a ship resting on its side with patches labeled "Repairs" partially covering holes. Caption: A historical pictur... More
A flirtation that may lead to serious results in the fall / F. Opper.
Illustration shows Whitelaw Reid holding a folding fan labeled "Tribune Windiphone" and dressed as a woman, standing on a beach with John Kelly who is wearing a swimsuit and bonnet, at his feet is a dead fish l... More
Help refused / Zimmerman. - coin, public domain photograph
Illustration shows a woman labeled "Business Interests" drowning in a pond of silver coins labeled "85 cents"; she is wearing waterwings labeled "Patent Air-Bladder" and "Life Preserver", also "Makeshift Silver... More
[The simian, the slumberer, and the everlasting get-there, no. 4]
An organ grinder wakes up and looks angrily at his monkey who is eating up their profits, as the animal scatters empty peanut shells all over the sidewalk.
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A well earned rest after an unusually busy summer season, which culmin...
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[Louis Napoleon escaping from Ham in 1846]
Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III, 1808-1873) and two accomplices make their escape from the fortress of Ham. Leading the procession is "Doctor Conneau" carrying a suitcase. Behind him is Napoleon disguised as a wor... More
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Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
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Launched at last! - good luck to her! / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows a cherub labeled "1894" smashing a bottle of champagne as he launches a large, modern ship, the Ship of State, under the banner "Tariff Reform" with Grover Cleveland and members of his cabinet stand... More
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Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
The return from exile / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon
Print shows William McKinley, as Napoleon I, riding a white horse labeled "Ohio" and carrying a sword labeled "McKinley", on the banks of a river, leading an army that includes Benjamin Harrison, Thomas B. Reed... More
Caricature, A bad outlook for him, public domain cartoon image
Print shows a man labeled "Bossism" armed with weapons labeled "False Count", "Fraudulent Registration", "Intimidation", and "Deals"; behind him are two policemen labeled "Independent Democrat" and "Independent... More
It doesn't look much like it / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows Uncle Sam using a pitchfork to pile up money labeled "$160,000,000.00 Yearly" as food for an elephant labeled "U.S. White Elephant" wearing a military hat labeled "Pensions". Caption: "Has the moth... More
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
Twenty years in a bar-room / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows "Father Knickerbocker" standing at a bar at the "Tammany Inn", drinking "Irish Whiskey", with Richard Croker as the bartender, standing behind the bar, offering "Mixed Drinks Croker Style"; a weepin... More
Puck's political weather forecast for Fourteenth Street and vicinity /...
Print shows the angry countenance of Father Knickerbocker looking down from storm clouds on a flood that has broken up "Tammany Hall" with the Tammany Tiger sitting on a building labeled "Tammany" and a group o... More
Puck's valentines for 1894 / F. Opper. Joseph Pulitzer
Print shows a vignette cartoon with, at center, Uncle Sam and President Cleveland shaking hands, a portrait of Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, is in the background; the surrounding vignettes feature a cast of ch... More
Friendship, charity, benevolence, Political Cartoon
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Caught in his own trap / Dalrymple.
Print shows David B. Hill caught in a large claw-type animal trap labeled "Nomination for N.Y. Governorship"; a sign posted next to the trap states "This Trap was set by David B. Hill to catch an Anti-Snapper".... More
Coxey'[s ... patern]alism" / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows "Gen. Coxey" carrying a sword labeled "Sensation" and leading a band of disgruntled citizens marching under the banner "We Want $500,000,000 in Irredeemable Money! and Death to Interest on Bonds!"; ... More
The national honor and credit in good hands / Dalrymple. Joseph Pulitz...
Print shows President Cleveland holding papers labeled "National Honor and Credit" behind his back, as he faces a group of newspaper editors and legislators labeled "Tribune, N.Y. Sun, Tom Reed, Hill, World, Te... More
The Republican Ponce de Leon and his followers / Keppler, Jr.
Print shows a group of conquistadors labeled "Hoar, Sherman, Depew, Harrison, Reed, McKinley [as Ponce de León], Wanamaker, W. Reid, Boutelle, [and] Foraker" gathered around a pool of water labeled "High Protec... More
Now let the lion beware! / Dalrymple.
Print shows Henry C. Lodge playing a horn labeled "Discrimination Against England", Benjamin Harrison playing cymbals labeled "Bimetallic Standard", Thomas B. Reed beating a tub labeled "Bimetallism" with a clu... More
Caricature, "United we stand!" / Hutchins., public domain cartoon imag...
Print shows Richard Croker as a large dog standing over a smaller dog labeled "New York Police"; they are looking at a cat with its back, labeled "Investigation", arched and tail raised, and wearing a ribbon la... More
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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.
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
"I'll take care of you, Grandma!" (after the original masterpiece) / D...
Print shows Arthur P. Gorman labeled "Gormanism" hugging Theodore A. Havemeyer sitting in a chair, dressed as an old woman and labeled "Sugar Trust" and "$". Illus. from Puck, v. 36, no. 931, (1895 January 9),... More
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Trying to make an April fool of him / F. Opper.
Print shows Uncle Sam dancing through a minefield of political issues, such as "Catholic Demands for part of School Funds", "Single Tax Fad", "Populism", "Prohibition Foolishness", "Women's Rights Nonsense", an... More
Too much like Cæsar / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows Benjamin Harrison as Caesar, standing in the foreground, wearing a Roman toga and a laurel wreath; Thomas B. Reed as Cassius and William McKinley as Brutus are standing in the background, wearing Ro... More
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Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
The poster craze in candidateville / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows Uncle Sam strolling through a maze of presidential campaign posters along "Presidential Avenue" being posted by several of the candidates, including William "McKinley on his High Charger 'War-Tariff... More
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Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
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An awful day of reckoning at hand for John Bull - Ireland's dream of a...
Print shows Puck's stereotyped Irish man labeled "Ireland" as a military general sitting on a rocking horse labeled "Home Rule", holding papers that state "Muster-Roll of the Anti-English Army", and addressing ... More
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
The old leading man retires / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows Matthew S. Quay and Thomas C. Platt holding papers labeled "Great Republican Farce Comedy - Presidential Aspirations - Star Part", with Thomas B. Reed, William B. Allison, William McKinley and Levi ... More
He did not think so in '92 / Keppler.
Print shows William Jennings Bryan casting a vote for the nomination of J.B. Weaver, the Populist Party candidate in 1892, instead of the Democratic Party candidate, Grover Cleveland. Bryan supported the "Popul... More
Their first Christmas eve; - a vision of the future / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows a well-dressed couple sitting on a sofa before a fire in the fireplace, with the spirits of three young children dancing around a Christmas tree; there are art-nouveau style furnishings (lamp and fl... More
The modern St. Anthony - and his terrible struggle to resist the tempt...
Print shows a well-dressed man sitting in a chair, overwhelmed by opportunities to attend a "Last Bachelor 'Blow Out'", to go "See the Bogus Ballet" with its dancing girls, to go "to the Club and Join in a Quie... More
The foolish resurrectionists / Keppler., Political Cartoon
Print shows William Jennings Bryan and James K. Jones digging up a grave labeled "16 [to] 1 Free Silver. Politely executed by a large and enthusiastic body of voters Nov. 1896"; other tombstones in the cemetery... More
A look ahead at Newport / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows a late summer scene at Newport, Rhode Island, with a carnival atmosphere, food vendors, merry-go-round, and entertainment at the "Marble House Casino" and "The 'Breakers' Coolest Pleasure Resort in ... More
The new girl / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows a fashionably dressed young woman carrying a bag labeled "1897" arriving at the entrance of a building and being greeted by a small man with a bespectacled, globe-shaped head, as another woman carry... More
Puck magazine cover - Settling affairs of state / Dalrymple.
Print shows John Sherman, Secretary of State, dressed as an old woman with a purse labeled "Sec. Sherman", plucking the petals off daisies labeled "Hawaii, Cuba, [and] Bering Sea" picked from a flowerpot labele... More
New York's new solar system / Keppler.
Print shows Richard Croker as a radiant sun at the center of New York's "Solar System" with such figures labeled "Pawnbroker, Brewer, Laborer, Hayseed, Fireman, Gambler, Liquor Dealer, Contractor, Soubrette, [a... More
New York's new solar system / J. Ottmann Lith. Co., N.Y. ; Keppler.
Caricature showing politicians and people representing different professions revolving around head of Richard "Boss" Croker as the Sun. Illus. in: Puck, v. 43, no. 1099 (1898 Mar. 30), centerfold. Copyright by ... More
Caricature, A handicap needed / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon imag...
Print shows a bicycle race on the "National Track" with the man in the lead labeled "National Expenses" easily outstripping the second bicyclist labeled "National Revenue"; a man labeled "Dingley" is giving the... More
A modern crusade without fire and sword; - will it end in a rival esta...
Print shows German emperor William II, wearing a two-tiered tiara, being welcomed by throngs of Arab muslims who carry a banner that proclaims "Allah is Great, and William His Prophet". Across a narrow body of ... More
The modern maid - as changeable as the seasons / Ehrhart.
Print shows a fashionably dressed, healthy young woman hanging on the arm of an injured football player; in the background, two hearty young men, a soldier and a sailor, home from military service during the Sp... More
After the campaigns - return of the conquering heros / Ehrhart.
Print shows on the left, two fashionably dressed, healthy young women escorting a young man ill-suited for military service, carrying a valise, on his departure from a seaside resort; on the right, two hearty y... More
Puck magazine cover - Will she be rescued? / Dalrymple.
Print shows an ape-like figure wearing a hat labeled "Militarism" and holding a stone labeled "Forgery"; he is wounded in the side with an arrow labeled "J'Accuse", and he is holding a female figure labeled "Fr... More
A look ahead; - but not so very far ahead, either! / Ehrhart.
Print shows an Irish American woman labeled "Walking Delegate" displaying the "By-Laws of the Help Lady's Union" during a dinner party hosted by an elderly woman sitting at a table with her guests. Women domest... More
Puck Christmas 1899 / Frank A. Nankivell '99.
Print shows Puck pushing a fashionably dressed young woman on ice skates on a pond or river in a wooded area. Illus. from Puck, v. 46, no. 1188, (1899 December 13), cover. Copyright 1899 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Looking forward / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows a female figure labeled "Cuba" on one knee appealing to Uncle Sam for a continued American presence in Cuba, as a means to prevent "Famine, Pestilence, War, [and] Revolt" and for providing "Prosperi... More
The French exposition of 1899 / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows Uncle Sam, John Bull, and a crowd of spectators looking at seven French military officers standing and sitting in stocks, they are labeled "Zurlinden, Du Paty de Clam, Gonse, Roget, Mercier, Boisdef... More