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Too many leaders / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Too many leaders / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a winter scene with a soldier labeled "Democracy" standing in front of a road sign that points in four directions "Free Trade, To Tariff Reform, To Protection, [and] No Policy", between his f... More

The new leader and the old chorus / Gillam.

The new leader and the old chorus / Gillam.

Illustration shows John Logan labeled "New Leader" of the Republican Party, the "party of Reform and Puritee", holding a paper that states "Logan Speec[h] at Boston July 1885", standing in the street between th... More

"Blowing" himself around the country / J.S. Pughe.

"Blowing" himself around the country / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows William Jennings Bryan standing on the back of a railroad caboose using a bellows labeled "16 to 1" to blow paraphrased fragments from speeches at rural citizens as the train passes. Traveling with ... More

A hint not taken / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain image

A hint not taken / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan offering a large knife labeled "16 to 1" to a laborer who is daydreaming about "Contentment", sitting next to a large bucket, labeled "1900", of golden eggs labeled "Sa... More

Declined with thanks / J.S. Pughe, Joseph Pulitzer

Declined with thanks / J.S. Pughe, Joseph Pulitzer

Illustration shows a huge Uncle Sam getting a new outfit made at the "McKinley and Company National Tailors" with President McKinley taking the measurements. Carl Schurz, Joseph Pulitzer, and Oswald Ottendorfer... More

The return of the prodigal party / Dalrymple.

The return of the prodigal party / Dalrymple.

Illustration shows a tattered old man labeled "Silver Republicans" running into the open arms of Mark Hanna, "Chairman of Rep. Natl. Com.", behind Hanna is a building flying the banner of "McKinley & Sound Mone... More

Mother Goose to date / Grant Hamilton.

Mother Goose to date / Grant Hamilton.

Illustration shows Alton B. Parker as "Little Bopeep" sitting on a rock labeled "Esopus", tending a flock of sheep labeled "Gold Democrat" and their tails stating "Vote"; the sheep are entering a pasture labele... More

The jam of the Johnson boom / Keppler.

The jam of the Johnson boom / Keppler.

Illustration shows presidential hopeful John A. Johnson as a logger struggling to break free a log jam of logs labeled "Reactionary Democracy, Wall Street Interests, Plutocracy, High Finance, Ryanism, Conservat... More

Let the political army have new drums also! / Gillam.

Let the political army have new drums also! / Gillam.

Illustration shows Ulysses S. Grant with his "Grant Boom" band comprised of Samuel J. Tilden, Lucius Q.C. Lamar, Roscoe Conkling, William W. Phelps, David Davis, James D. Cameron, John Sherman, James G. Blaine,... More

Gulliver-Cleveland takes possession of the enemy's fleet and deprives them of their strength / Gillam.

Gulliver-Cleveland takes possession of the enemy's fleet and deprives ...

Illustration shows President Cleveland as Gulliver with a rope labeled "Good Policy" tied to the ships of the "Republican Party" and pulling them toward the opposite shore where a group of men, among them Ambas... More

Good men on a bad platform / Zimmerman.

Good men on a bad platform / Zimmerman.

Illustration shows three men labeled "Wadsworth, Davenport, [and] Genl. Carr" hanging onto each other, standing on "The One Solid Plank" labeled "Financial & Civil-Service-Reform Resolutions" of a shaky platfor... More

"All aboard for the millennium!" / Opper and Keppler.

"All aboard for the millennium!" / Opper and Keppler.

Print shows "Captain Bill McKinley" standing at the bow of a steamboat labeled "High Protection" and "Monopoly & Co. builders" that has been patched in several places, listing to the stern, and is overloaded wi... More

"Busted!" / J.S. Pughe. Joseph Pulitzer, Political Cartoon

"Busted!" / J.S. Pughe. Joseph Pulitzer, Political Cartoon

Print shows William Jennings Bryan carrying a "Cross of Gold", a "Crown of Thorns", and a carpetbag labeled "W.J.B. Speeches" as he walks along railroad tracks headed in the opposite direction of Washington, D.... More

Caricature, The "fake" beggar / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, The "fake" beggar / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan with a prosthesis labeled "Anti-Expansion" attached to the knee on his right leg, which is labeled "16 to 1" and walking with the aid of a wooden cane labeled "Populism... More

Fire protection wanted / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Fire protection wanted / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows the Democratic Party platform in flames with a donkey labeled "Democratic Party" rising from the flames as the mythological phoenix; eleven Democratic Party members have gathered around the f... More

But you can't make him drink / Keppler.

But you can't make him drink / Keppler.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan, his hat falling to the ground and with one foot braced against a water trough, trying to pull a donkey labeled "Democracy" to the trough where the water is labeled "Br... More

"Take your choice, gentlemen" / Keppler., Political Cartoon

"Take your choice, gentlemen" / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Puck standing on a ballot box between President Theodore Roosevelt, who has one foot on the "Constitution", is waving a sword labeled "Militarism" in a threatening manner above his head, and ... More

The convention spring at Saratoga / L.M. Glackens.

The convention spring at Saratoga / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows a "Medicinal Spring" with water labeled "A Clean-Cut Progressive Platform" flowing from a stone figure shaped like Theodore Roosevelt; "Sherman, Woodruff, Wadsworth, [and] Barnes" are standin... More

The combination / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

The combination / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan trying to open a safe labeled "The Presidency" using a combination from a sheet of paper labeled "16 to 1, Populism, Anti-Imperialism, Predatory Wealth, [and] Anti-Ever... More

Uncle Sam gets a reassuring view of what the new tariff will do to him / Kep.

Uncle Sam gets a reassuring view of what the new tariff will do to him...

Illustration shows Uncle Sam standing before two mirrors that distort the reflected image, one mirror is labeled "Seeing is Believing - the Republican Minority" and shows Uncle Sam as a tall, thin, gaunt figure... More

Where both platforms agree--no vote--no use to either party / J.A. Wales.

Where both platforms agree--no vote--no use to either party / J.A. Wal...

Illustration shows James Garfield and Winfield S. Hancock nailing a Chinese man between two "Anti-Chinese" boards labeled "Republican Plank" and "Democratic Plank". Illus. in: Puck, v. 7, no. 175 (1880 July 14... More

Republican platform and presidential nominees

Republican platform and presidential nominees

Print shows bust portraits of presidential candidate Benjamin Harrison and vice presidential candidate Levi P. Morton; between them are two columns topped with bust portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. G... More

Caricature, The rivals in Ohio / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, The rivals in Ohio / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows Allen G. Thurman on one side of a man labeled "Liquor Interest" and John Sherman on the other side; Thurman represents "The Ohio Democracy is the liquor dealers old friend!!", while Sherman e... More

Blundering again! / Gillam., Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon

Blundering again! / Gillam., Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon

Print shows a group of Democrats on a log raft that is breaking up within sight of land, with two logs labeled "New Jersey [and] New York" coming loose and drifting away; there is a small sail labeled "Democra[... More

Delilah Randall betrays the democratic Samson / Gillam.

Delilah Randall betrays the democratic Samson / Gillam.

Illustration shows Samuel J. "Delilah" Randall sitting in a chair labeled "Protection", holding scissors labeled "41 Democrats" in one hand and hair labeled "Tariff Reform Bill" in the other, his feet are resti... More

A hard job with the hogs / Gillam.

A hard job with the hogs / Gillam.

Illustration shows President Cleveland as a pig farmer getting tangled in leashes attached to the hind legs of several hogs, each with a distinctive brand, labeled "Hugh McLaughlin, H.O. Thompson, Higgins, Beat... More

Puck magazine cover - False weather-prophets / F. Opper.

Puck magazine cover - False weather-prophets / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Whitelaw Reid on the roof top of a building, looking through a telescope at the sun labeled "Civil Service Reform", and Charles A. Dana on the neighboring roof top checking a "Sun Barometer";... 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 silver-tongued ventriloquist and his dummies / F. Opper.

The silver-tongued ventriloquist and his dummies / F. Opper.

Print shows a "Silver Mine Owner" as a "silver-tongued ventriloquist" sitting on a box labeled "16 to 1" on a stage, with William Jennings Bryan as a dummy sitting on his lap, holding papers labeled "Free Silve... More

Puck magazine cover - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Puck magazine cover - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A magazine with a cartoon of a man and a woman, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington... More

The spider and the three silly flies / J.S. Pughe.

The spider and the three silly flies / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as a large spider labeled "Free Silver" with three flies labeled "White, Schurz, [and] Godkin" caught in his web labeled "16 to 1," "Anti-expansion," "Chicago Platform"... More

A hard game of "follow your leader" / Keppler.

A hard game of "follow your leader" / Keppler.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan leading a donkey labeled "Dem" loaded down with a platform, including bunting, labeled "Democratic Platform" and boxes labeled "Anti-expansion," "Anti-trust," and "Free... More

The promised feast / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

The promised feast / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows President William McKinley, on the left, offering up a steaming plate of bloated male figures labeled "Commercial Trusts" and, on the right, William Jennings Bryan offering up a similar plate... More

A hint to the Democratic platform makers / Keppler.

A hint to the Democratic platform makers / Keppler.

Illustration shows several men identified by last name "Hill, Jones, Olney, Clark, Bailey, Shepard, Watterson, [and] Lamont" carrying planks of lumber which are identified as Democratic policies from previous e... More

The leader / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

The leader / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows President Taft leading the Republican elephant in circles creating a rut; among those riding the elephant are Joseph G. Cannon, Nelson W. Aldrich, and James S. Sherman. Illus. in: Puck, v. 6... More

Managing a candidate - Print, Library of Congress collection

Managing a candidate - Print, Library of Congress collection

A caustic portrayal of the abolitionist Whigs' manipulation of Winfield Scott during the 1852 campaign. Influential Whigs (left to right) New York "Times" editor Henry J. Raymond, "Tribune" editor Horace Greele... More

Puck magazine cover - Democracy's opportunity / J. Keppler.

Puck magazine cover - Democracy's opportunity / J. Keppler.

Print shows a man labeled "Republican War Record" standing in a pond labeled "Republican Corruption Water", yelling to an Irishman wearing a hat labeled "Democracy", gathering up the Republican's clothing label... More

Consistent civil service reform / F. Opper.

Consistent civil service reform / F. Opper.

Illustration shows President Cleveland handing a paper that states "Re-appointment for Honesty and Efficiency" to Henry G. Pearson for his appointment as Postmaster in New York. Pearson is carrying a box labele... More

Among the silent ones / C.J. Taylor.

Among the silent ones / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Uncle Sam holding a paper labeled "Political Guide" and riding on a camel being led by Puck through the "City of Silence", past several silent sphinxes labeled "Tom Reed, Allison, McKinley, Morton, ... More

Last ghost-dance of the free silver tribe - just before being sent to the Salt River Reservation / Dalrymple.

Last ghost-dance of the free silver tribe - just before being sent to ...

Print shows a Native encampment of the Democrat/Populist presidential candidate and his followers dancing around a campfire labeled "Repudiation"; depicted are, from left, "Peffer, Jerry Simpson, Teller, Vest, ... More

Fun for the politicians, but rough on the business man / C.J. Taylor.

Fun for the politicians, but rough on the business man / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows a "Silverite", a "Democrat", a "Populist", and a "Republican" holding a sheet labeled "Politics" with which they are tossing a "Business Man". Illus. from Puck, v. 39, no. 1005, (1896 June 10), cov... More

Twenty years after / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Twenty years after / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a man labeled "Republican Party" picking up the clothing of a man labeled "Democratic Party" swimming in the "Democratic Issue Pond" which is labeled "Socialism, Bryanism, Populism, Free Silv... More

"I wonder if it's loaded!" / J.S. Pughe.

"I wonder if it's loaded!" / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows an elephant labeled G.O.P. holding a double-barrel shotgun in its trunk, pointed toward itself, the rifle is labeled "Trust Issue Tariff Reform" and "1904". Illus. in: Puck, v. 53, no. 1366 ... 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

Not in it - Drawing. Public domain image.

Not in it - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

Coxey'[s ... patern]alism" / C.J. Taylor.

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

He did not think so in '92 / Keppler.

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

The foolish resurrectionists / Keppler., Political Cartoon

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

Impudence / Ehrhart. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Impudence / Ehrhart. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan offering his small, ineffective umbrella labeled "16 to 1," "Anti-trust," and "Anti-Expansion," to a woman labeled "Columbia" who is carrying a more effective umbrella ... More

Picking his way / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Picking his way / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows the Republican elephant labeled "Republican Party" walking on stilts labeled "Senate" and "House" on a path covered with eggs labeled "Monopoly, High Tariff Excuses, 'Bad Trusts', Labor Quest... More

Transformed / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Transformed / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows an old woman labeled "Miss Democracy" riding on the Democratic donkey along a dirt road labeled "Political Pike"; there is a banner labeled "S and S" (Safe and Sane) hanging from the donkey's... More

The Republican Party going to the right House

The Republican Party going to the right House

Abraham Lincoln's supporters are portrayed as radicals and eccentrics of various stripes. The satire is loosely based on an anti-Fremont cartoon from the previous presidential race, "The Great Republican Reform... More

Republican platform and presidential nominees

Republican platform and presidential nominees

Print shows bust portraits of presidential candidate Benjamin Harrison and vice presidential candidate Levi P. Morton; between them are two columns topped with bust portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. G... More

An awful blow / K. - Public domain dedication image

An awful blow / K. - Public domain dedication image

Illustration shows a weather vane with an elephant labeled "G.O.P." being blown in all directions by clouds labeled "New Nationalism, Radicalism, Insurgency, Conservatism, [and] Standpatism" showing the face of... More

Why they dislike him -- he will not prove himself a cat's-paw in the enterprise / Gillam.

Why they dislike him -- he will not prove himself a cat's-paw in the e...

Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as a lion with his paw on a monkey labeled "T. Grady" on top of a rock labeled "Civil Service Reform" near a small fire in which are roasting chestnuts labeled "City Spoils, ... More

Uncle Sam's summer girl for '95 / Dalrymple.

Uncle Sam's summer girl for '95 / Dalrymple.

Print shows Uncle Sam flirting with a young woman labeled "The New Tariff"; she is holding a bouquet of flowers tied with ribbons labeled "Prosperity and Good Times" and "Increased Wages". An elderly woman labe... More

Silly old women! - their little brooms can't sweep back the great big ocean / Dalrymple.

Silly old women! - their little brooms can't sweep back the great big ...

Print shows several men dressed as maids holding brooms, standing on shore or awash in huge waves labeled "Business Revival" and "Sound Money"; the men are identified on their bonnets or on their brooms as "Hoa... More

His triumphal progress / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

His triumphal progress / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows a nervous William McKinley riding in a lop-sided chariot with a large gold dollar labeled "Gold Standard" on one side and a tiny wheel labeled "Tariff?" on the other; the chariot is being pulled by ... More

We are not a nation of swindlers! / C.J. Taylor.

We are not a nation of swindlers! / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows the statue of George Washington, full-length, standing with right arm raised, with fasces, at Federal Hall on Wall Street, New York City, N.Y., and a large crowd of men standing on steps, among them... More

Bryan is the ablest worker for sound money / F. Opper.

Bryan is the ablest worker for sound money / F. Opper.

Print shows William Jennings Bryan standing on one side of a scale, cranking out speeches labeled "Wind, Weak Speech, Cheap Oratory, Boy Talk, Silly Speech, Free Silver Sophistry, Dangerous Propositions, Mercen... More

A hint to the fifty-sixth Congress / Keppler.

A hint to the fifty-sixth Congress / Keppler.

Print shows a gladiator labeled "Sound Money", holding a sword labeled "Currency Reform", standing over a fallen gladiator labeled "Free Silver" who appeals to the crowd for mercy, but instead receives the thum... More

Jack ashore / Keppler. Joseph Pulitzer, Political Cartoon

Jack ashore / Keppler. Joseph Pulitzer, Political Cartoon

Illustration showing two men escorting Admiral George Dewey down a street, on the left is a man labeled "McLean" and on the right is Joseph Pulitzer; on the left is the "Democratic Museum" and on the right is t... More

The vote of the gold democrats; -- their country's welfare before their party's welfare / Dalrymple.

The vote of the gold democrats; -- their country's welfare before thei...

Illustration shows members of the Democratic Party labeled "Sound Money Democrats" casting votes for President McKinley and showing their support for the "Sound Money" platform of the Republican Party; on the l... More

Puck magazine cover - The distracted hen / J.S. Pughe.

Puck magazine cover - The distracted hen / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration showing Thomas C. Platt as a chicken labeled "Republican Party" cackling at a duck labeled "Expansion" swimming in a pond labeled "Free Trade." Caption: No use cackling - ducks will swim. Illus. i... More

Caricature, A late version / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, A late version / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan playing a drum labeled "Populism" while standing on a hatch labeled "Chicago Platform" on a ship that is going up in flames and billowing clouds of dark smoke labeled "... More

Caricature, Viewed from Elysium / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Viewed from Elysium / Keppler., public domain cartoon imag...

Illustration shows Thomas Jefferson, laughing, sitting on a bench, holding papers that state "Dem. Doctrine, 1901 'We oppose, with Jefferson, the conspiracy of National Expansion'" and "New York State platform ... More

Conflict of authority / K. - Public domain book illustration

Conflict of authority / K. - Public domain book illustration

Illustration shows the Democratic donkey recklessly driving an automobile labeled "Democratic Party", bearing down on the Republican elephant labeled "G.O.P." standing in the middle of the roadway; an arm label... More

The false loves of chantecler / Keppler.

The false loves of chantecler / Keppler.

Illustration shows President Taft as a rooster with members of his flock labeled "Tawney, Ballinger, Aldrich, [and] Cannon", as well as James S. Sherman, under his wings. In the background, on the left, the sun... More

The Democratic platform, US Democratic party

The Democratic platform, US Democratic party

Again the 1856 Democrats are characterized as friendly to proslavery interests. Old guard Democrats Martin Van Buren and Thomas Hart Benton are also resurrected for abuse here. Van Buren appears as a fox, lurki... More

George Hunt - Democratic harmony under the Jeffersonian banner / J. Keppler.

George Hunt - Democratic harmony under the Jeffersonian banner / J. Ke...

Illustration shows Thomas F. Bayard carrying a banner that shows a portrait of Thomas Jefferson and is labeled "Jeffersonian Principles", with a streamer at top that states "A Government of the People, by the P... More

Caricature, "A unit" / F. Opper., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, "A unit" / F. Opper., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows Grover Cleveland shaking hands with Puck's figure for the Independent Party labeled "Independent Voter"; behind them are bell tents with banners labeled "Reform". In the lower left corner is ... More

Well protected / C.J. Taylor. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Well protected / C.J. Taylor. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows William McKinley walking down a street in the neighborhood of "Anarchy Slum" with a tall, well-dressed female figure labeled "Gold Standard" on his arm and two policemen labeled "Palmer" and "Buckne... More

Caricature, Put in his place / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Put in his place / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Print shows William Bourke Cockran, labeled "Democratic Sound Money League" delivering a speech at Madison Square Garden in New York City, during which he presses down upon the back of William Jennings Bryan wh... More

Poor Tammany! / F. Opper. - Public domain portrait engraving

Poor Tammany! / F. Opper. - Public domain portrait engraving

Print shows the Tammany Tiger wearing a campaign button that states "16 to 1 Bryan and Sewall", and a watch chain with a "Pawn Ticket" instead of the watch, bemoaning the fact that the Republican Party platform... More

Puck magazine cover - "McKinleyism" / Keppler. Businessman

Puck magazine cover - "McKinleyism" / Keppler. Businessman

Print shows, on the left, a fat businessman labeled "Monopolist" being welcomed into the "U.S. Senate", and on the right, a "Tax Payer" being booted out by a large shoe labeled "Tariff Legislation". Illus. fro... More

The cunning Republican scheme / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

The cunning Republican scheme / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows William Jennings Bryan as a goose flapping his wings and squawking, perched on a nest with a large egg labeled "Free Silver 16 to 1", at his feet is a bowl of food labeled "Republican Non-Interferen... More

How will our German-American vote? / Dalrymple.

How will our German-American vote? / Dalrymple.

Illustration shows an elderly German American man with one hand pointing to his head and the other pointing to a coin bank labeled "Savings Bank" on a table, he winks to reinforce that he thinks his investments... More

The puzzled chicks / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

The puzzled chicks / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan as hens among confused chicks labeled "Reciprocity, Anti-Money Devil, Over-Capitalization, Gov't Control of Rail Roads, Income Tax, Anti Wall St.... More

Ruth and Naomi / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Ruth and Naomi / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt as Naomi and William H. Taft as Ruth from the biblical story of loyalty. Caption: Ruth Taft Whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy polic... More

The mower / designed and lith. by D.C. Fabronius.

The mower / designed and lith. by D.C. Fabronius.

Print shows a curiously pastoral scene that actually carries a strongly anti-Copperhead message. The artist contrasts the blessings of Northern free labor with the inhumanity of the Southern plantation system. ... More

Where both platforms agree--no vote--no use to either party / J.A. Wales.

Where both platforms agree--no vote--no use to either party / J.A. Wal...

Illustration shows James Garfield and Winfield S. Hancock nailing a Chinese man between two "Anti-Chinese" boards labeled "Republican Plank" and "Democratic Plank". Illus. in: Puck, v. 7, no. 175 (1880 July 14... More

Protection to home industry 1888 / CK 88.

Protection to home industry 1888 / CK 88.

Print shows a campaign poster for the presidential election of 1888, featuring bust portraits of Benjamin Harrison labeled "For President Ben. Harrison", Levi P. Morton labeled "Vice President L.P. Morton", and... More

Managing a candidate - Print, Library of Congress collection

Managing a candidate - Print, Library of Congress collection

A caustic portrayal of the abolitionist Whigs' manipulation of Winfield Scott during the 1852 campaign. Influential Whigs (left to right) New York "Times" editor Henry J. Raymond, "Tribune" editor Horace Greele... More

Waiting for the good times to blow over / Dalrymple.

Waiting for the good times to blow over / Dalrymple.

Print shows a large female figure holding a cornucopia labeled "Prosperity 1895", floating toward rays of light that illuminate industrial facilities; she hovers above a group of men gathered around a platform ... More

Puck magazine cover - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Puck magazine cover - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A book with a cartoon of a turkey on it, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. ... More

Political pirates / C.J. Taylor., Political Cartoon

Political pirates / C.J. Taylor., Political Cartoon

Print shows William Jennings Bryan as a pirate on a ship labeled "Popocracy", standing on a barrel, playing a violin, attempting to lure a nearby ship labeled "National Prosperity" close enough so that his band... More

The Supreme Court, - "as it may hereafter be constituted" / F. Opper.

The Supreme Court, - "as it may hereafter be constituted" / F. Opper.

Print shows a trial taking place at the U.S. Supreme Court where the regular justices have been replaced by hayseed justices; in the foreground is a "Waiting Pen for Gold Bugs and Millionaires" where "W. Rockef... More

Out of a clear sky comes a fierce nor'wester! / Dalrymple.

Out of a clear sky comes a fierce nor'wester! / Dalrymple.

Print shows several men on a ship at sea with a waterspout, labeled "Western Republican Silver Sentiment" and looking like Thomas H. Carter, bearing down on the ship; at the helm, labeled "Sound Money" is John ... More

Senator Hill says he would rather see the Democratic Party in ..

Senator Hill says he would rather see the Democratic Party in ..

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

Making-up for a new rôle / Dalrymple.

Making-up for a new rôle / Dalrymple.

Print shows David B. Hill dressed as a hayseed with hat and feather labeled "I am a Popocrat", a fake beard labeled "Populism", and a button labeled "16 to 1" on his vest; he is holding a feather labeled "I am ... More

A painful position for nurse McKinley / F. Opper.

A painful position for nurse McKinley / F. Opper.

Print shows William McKinley dressed as a nurse, perspiring, sitting in a rocking chair with an infant labeled "Gold Standard" on his lap and another child labeled "High Protection" crying on the floor. Captio... More

Still a donkey - Public domain dedication image

Still a donkey - Public domain dedication image

Print shows the Democratic donkey wearing a harness labeled "Democratic Party" and bandages labeled "Defeat in 1896", "Free Riot Plank", "Bryanism", and "Free Silver", sitting in front of a revolving saw blade ... More

Another explosion at hand / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Another explosion at hand / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan, using the hot-air from his "speeches", to inflate a large balloon labeled "Imperialism", of President McKinley dressed as the "Emperor of USA", holding a sceptor in on... More

The bigger stick / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

The bigger stick / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt, holding upright a big stick that is almost as tall as he is, standing next to an enormous stick labeled "Party Expediency" with the club-end resting on a paper labeled "Ta... More

William the Conqueror getting into his armor / Will Crawford.

William the Conqueror getting into his armor / Will Crawford.

Illustration shows President Taft wearing a suit of armor and holding a standard labeled "Campaign of the Full Dinner Pail", a squire labeled "Sherman" is placing the helmet with plume labeled "W.H. Taft" over ... More

The star in the east / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

The star in the east / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a scene in the desert with five men, Woodrow Wilson, Judson Harmon, Champ Clark, Oscar W. Underwood, and William Jennings Bryan, and a donkey overburdened with "Pledges", following a star lab... More

Or bust / K. - Public domain scenic print

Or bust / K. - Public domain scenic print

Illustration shows a large bull labeled "Lincoln" with the head of Abraham Lincoln, standing among the reeds of a swamp where a puffed-up frog labeled "Roosevelt" is standing on a piece of driftwood labeled "Pr... More

Where both platforms agree--no vote--no use to either party / J.A. Wales.

Where both platforms agree--no vote--no use to either party / J.A. Wal...

Illustration shows James Garfield and Winfield S. Hancock nailing a Chinese man between two "Anti-Chinese" boards labeled "Republican Plank" and "Democratic Plank". Illus. in: Puck, v. 7, no. 175 (1880 July 14... More

A new way of "waking" the Democratic shaughraun / Gillam.

A new way of "waking" the Democratic shaughraun / Gillam.

Print shows a small, rustic room crowded with members of the Democratic Party, some dressed as old women, others drinking and smoking clay pipes; one man, the "Shaughraun" labeled "Democratic Party" is lying on... More

Two political paths / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

Two political paths / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows "Evarts, Reid, Robeson, Logan, [and] Blaine" and William W. Phelps standing on the remains of a bridge "Washed Away by the Freshet of Nov. 1884" labeled "Partisan Civil Service" and finding i... More

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