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"The Kaisesr's coat" / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Print shows William II, the German Emperor, sitting on horseback before an effigy mounted on a pole with a "Notice" that states "All civilians must bow before those who wear the Kaiser's coat"; there are a grou... More

The nations' holiday feast / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Uncle Sam and Puck offering a toast to the New Year and Peace, with several heavily armed representatives of nations labeled "France, J. Bull, Turkey, Russia, Germania, [and] Italy" sitting around a... More

Some popular conceptions that the wheeling mania will change / F. Oppe...

Print shows a vignette cartoon depicting changes to folklore, fairy tales, courtship, and punishment, as though penance in Hell was not bad enough, that will result from the cycling craze, such as witches ridin... More

McKinley's valentines from his expectant and hopeful fellow-citizens /...

Print shows President McKinley standing at center holding a large cornucopia and emitting rays labeled "Prosperity", while around him are vignettes showing people from all walks of life, doctors, cabbies, club ... More

Extra session of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-fifth Congr...

Print shows Thomas B. Reed, Speaker of the House, sitting at the Speaker's desk and, oversized, as the only member of Congress present. Caption: Speaker Reed What is the pleasure of the House? Illus. from Puc... More

The annual surplus and its consequences - a study inspired by the comm...

Print shows, on the left, a long line of recent graduates with their "Diploma", some labeled "Doctor" and "Lawyer", passing by a man with a sign that states "Wanted Skilled Labor - Mechanics, Designers, Carvers... More

Trying to float the old wreck / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan, standing in the "Presidential Sea", pulling on a rope tied to a shipwreck labeled "Democracy" which was "Stranded 1896" on rocks labeled "16 to 1", "Bryanism", and "Bo... More

The real German-American / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a German American man standing in front of a banner showing bust portraits of President William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt; as he casts his vote, he uses his left hand, holding papers la... More

Caricature, Their best friend / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows a female figure labeled "Arbitration" standing between a laborer labeled "Strike" who is holding a bomb and about to throw a brick, with the words "Riot" and "Arson" appearing in the smoke bi... More

Two things he can't stop on sunday / Dalrymple.

Illustration shows an old man labeled "Sabbatarian Bigot" dressed as a Puritan, holding a book labeled "Blue Laws" and standing in front of "Niagara Falls." A man walking with his wife and child is suggesting t... More

Many happy returns of the day / Keppler.

Illustration shows Puck giving a bouquet of roses labeled "With the Compliments of the People" to President and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. Illus. in: Puck, v. 52, no. 1348 (1902 December 31), centerfold. Copyrig... More

July the 4th 1902 / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam hugging a youthful John Bull on the Fourth of July cover, with firecrackers on both sides of the cover image and a remarque across the bottom showing a Revolutionary War soldier sen... More

[The owl's limitations] - Drawing. Public domain image.

A fox conducts a chorus of animals outdoors under a tree. Wolves, squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits, crows and other birds hold sheet music and sing. An owl sits in the tree, holding sheet music, but his mouth is... More

Caricature, A sound sleeper / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows Sir Thomas Lipton beating a hand-drum labeled "American Progress", trying to wake John Bull who is sound asleep in a chair.

A tidy job; but-- / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows New York City mayor Seth Low, as a lion tamer holding a whip, standing next to the Tammany Tiger which is bound in ribbons labeled "Civic Honesty, Fusion, Decent Government, Municipal Reforms... More

Will it hatch? / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image

"De-light-ed!" / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a large donkey sitting on its haunches, it is wearing a rough-rider hat and spectacles, and smiling like Theodore Roosevelt at the diminutive figures of Alton B. Parker and William Jennings B... More

The American invasion of Europe, Political Cartoon

(DLC/PP-1933:0112). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Chicago Tribune, May 5, 1907.

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

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows three smiling, bloated monks labeled "Food Monopoly, Clothing Monopoly, [and] Building Material Monopoly" walking over flames labeled "Tariff Revision" in a superheated furnace. Caption: Wil... More

Nothing left but a statue / K. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Illustration shows a troop of soldiers wearing red coats, some labeled "Clothing Trust, Franchise Grabber, Food Trust, [and] Land Trust", marching past Daniel Chester French's sculpture "The Minute Man". Among ... More

It's a shame the way they treat that cat! / K.

Illustration shows a cat labeled "The Consumer" sitting on the steps to the U.S. Capitol where a sign has been posted stating "Out of Town for the Summer Republican Congress".

How times have changed! / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Uncle Sam sitting on a throne, reading a "Petition of the Railroads for Permission to Raise Rates" while diminutive representatives of railroad companies stand before him; the ghost of Cornel... More

Circumstances alter cases. It is most humiliating ...

(DLC/PP-1933:0112). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Chicago Tribune, Sept. 3, 1926.

La polenta Grossi - Print, Library of Congress collection

Italian political cartoon shows an interior view of a kitchen with a large cauldron of soup labeled "Asia" at center; leaning over the pot are two men, on the left a Russian man is leaning on a large ladle labe... More

Un ingresso trionfale Grossi - Political cartoon, public domain image

Italian political cartoon shows a man riding in a chariot labeled "Grecia" drawn by two donkeys who have stopped short in their tracks before broken wine bottles and bones littering the street in front of them;... More

Rhode Island - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5576

Belle arti-gallerie politiche Beaux arts galeries politiques Grossi

Italian political cartoon shows Otto von Bismarck standing on the left with his arms spread wide and draped with a cape to obscure the view of statues in the "Salon Delle Republiche" gallery at a museum. Procee... More

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon

A black and white drawing of a pile of rocks, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, ... More