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A cabinet that could afford it - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows eight men and one woman sitting and standing around a table, each is identified with a Cabinet position: J.P. Morgan as "Sec'y Navy", Thomas W. Lawson as "Sec'y War", Thomas F. Ryan as "Att'y... More

Ready for the next / Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam as a matador wiping the blood off his sword after dispatching a bull labeled "Beef Trust" in a bullring with a portly man labeled "Monoply" anxiously leaning over the wall. Illus. ... 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

Puck Magazine Illustration - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A cartoon of a man sitting in a chair in front of a group of people, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, archi... More

The master of the hounds / Keppler.

Illustration shows a fox hunting scene with a man labeled "Special Privilege" riding on a horse labeled "Congress" through "The People's Field" labeled "Trade, Individualism, Enterprise, [and] Trade" following ... More

"O death, where is thy sting?" / Kep.

Illustration shows the Grim Reaper falling down a hillside, losing his crown and breaking his scythe, after being knocked away from a speeding train with a passenger car labeled "Steel Car" racing along the tra... More

What are the wild wives saying? / W.E. Hill '13.

Illustration shows a shapely, beautiful young woman standing on the beach between two male admirers, whose wives look on with disapproval from the background. Illus. in: Puck, v. 74, no. 1904 (1913 August 27),... More

Some-body home / F. Earl Christy.

Illustration shows a beautiful young woman, full-length portrait, facing front, dressed as a harlequin. Illus. in: Puck, v. 76, no. 1966 (1914 November 7), cover. Copyright 1914 by Puck Publishing Corporation.

Made in America / W.E. Hill '14 ; painted by W.E. Hill.

Illustration shows a young woman standing in the snow with two young children in a sled, one is holding an American flag. Illus. in: Puck, v. 76, no. 1973 (1914 December 26), cover. Copyright 1914 by Puck Publ... More

Both winners / B.W. ; painted by B. Wennerberg.

[Jules Feiffer, seated at work on cartoon, facing front] / World Teleg...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Bob Hope and Politics," Library of Congress, 2010.

Cartoon - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph related to child labor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Stop! Look!! Listen!!! / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt charging through air at a high rate of speed at an extremely large President Taft who is seated on top of the White House. Uncle Sam appears as a professor of physics "to w... More

Cartoon. - Drawing. Public domain image., Political Cartoon

Public domain photograph related to child labor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tric-Trac, semanario humoristico, Año 1, Núm 7, Junio 7 de 1903

Formerly filed under call number: LOT 6659. Gift; Alice Lee Parker; 1952.

The great fear of the period That Uncle Sam may be swallowed by foreig...

Print shows a one panel, three scene cartoon showing, in the first scene, an Irish man with the head of Uncle Sam in his mouth and a Chinese man with the feet of Uncle Sam in his mouth, in the second scene they... More

Lady Godina's rout; - or - Peeping-Tom spying out Pope-Joan / Js. Gy. ...

A fashionable crowd playing cards at two tables. In the foreground, four people playing the game Pope-Joan. One of the women is wearing a loose fitting semi-transparent dress with her breasts exposed. Behind he... More

The ghost of a guinea! or the country banker's surprise!! / Woodward, ...

Print shows a banker astonished by a guinea coin with King George III on it. The banker says, "Surely my eyes do not deceive me--it certainly must be a Guinea!--I declare I have not seen such a thing since I ha... More

The journey of a modern hero, to the island of Elba, British Cartoon P...

Print shows Napoleon I seated backwards on a donkey on the road "to Elba" from Fontainebleau; he holds a broken sword in one hand and the donkey's tail in the other while two drummers follow him playing a farew... More

Le tigre enchainé - A group of men in uniforms standing next to each o...

Cartoon showing Napoleon I as a tiger in chains held by a British officer holding a whip; two men representing Russia and Austria play musical instruments nearby. DeVinck, 9800 Forms part of: French Political C... More

Isaac Cruikshank - Familiar ghosts. Sketch 2. Ghost of the vicar!!

Cartoon of a parson with an astonished expression, looking at a man holding a beer stein and smoking a pipe. Imp. Folios of Caricatures Lent London Published by S W Fores N50 Piccadilly June 4 1799 No copyrig... More

The gentler sex - charity for the drunken brother, contempt for the un...

Print shows three fashionably dressed women helping a drunken man on the sidewalk, one holds a paper that states "Total Abstinence Pledge - Sign and Be Saved"; a pathway leads toward the "Drunkard's Nursery and... More

The moths and the candle / F. Graetz.

Print shows Cyrus W. Field and Jay Gould as parts of a candle holder labeled "Wall Street" with a candle burning the flame of "Speculation" which draws moths with their savings to the light, as they get too clo... More

Another restorer of antiquities à la Cesnola / Gillam.

Print shows Charles A. Dana as an archaeologist who has just excavated a statue labeled "S.J.T." and "Buried in 1876" from "Greystone", behind which Henry Watterson, on the left, and John Kelly, on the right, g... More

Puck magazine cover - British benevolence / J. Keppler.

Print shows an oversized British Lion wearing boxing gloves labeled "Army" and "Navy", standing over its most recent victim labeled "Egyptian", trailing off to the left are other victims labeled "Ashantee, Afgh... More

Caricature, What 's in it? / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows Uncle Sam sitting at a table in the "Congresssional Lunch Rooms", he is being served a large sausage labeled "Tariff Bill" by a waiter labeled "Republican", another waiter labeled "Democrat" ... More

The protectors of our industries / Gillam ; Mayer Merkel & Ottmann lit...

Cartoon showing Cyrus Field, Jay Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Russell Sage, seated on bags of "millions", on large raft, and being carried by workers of various professions.

A family party - the 200th birthday of the healthiest of Uncle Sam's a...

Print shows Uncle Sam standing at the head of a table at a dinner party in honor of the "Bi-Centennial Celebration of the First German Settlement", with Columbia sitting next to him; around the table are a "Spa... More

Where is the difference? / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows a "New York Police" officer accepting money from a woman's hand extending from a window labeled "N.Y. Den" and a man labeled "U.S. Senate" accepting "Stock" from a hand extending from a window label... More

They can't fight / F. Opper. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows Uncle Sam and John Bull about to come to blows, possibly over the Venezuela boundary dispute, but are tied together in ribbons that are labeled "Financial Ties, Mutual Needs, Property Interests, Int... More

"Give it another twist, Grover - we're all with you!" / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows President Grover Cleveland, wearing military uniform, giving a twist to the British Lion's tail as it stands on a small island labeled "Great Britain" just off the coast of the "United States" where... More

On to the abyss / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a huge throng of people, some carrying banners labeled "Populism, Silverites, [and] Socialists", eagerly following a fairy labeled "Paternalism" carrying a transparent balloon or bag labeled "Govern... More

For once, science and religion agree / Keppler.

Print shows Chauncey M. Depew and Robert G. Ingersoll, each in the arms of the other, pointing to quotations attributed to them that justify American imperialist activities in the Philippines through the introd... 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

Puck magazine cover - The political vaudeville / Keppler.

Illustration shows the business representative or "walking delegate" for the Pennsylvania coal miners' union doing a song and dance on a stage for the benefit of striking coal miners; lurking in the shadows is ... More

The best balance for Uncle Sam / Keppler.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam holding up a balance scale with "Labor" on the left and "Capitol" on the right; when the two are balanced the scale points toward "Prosperity" and when uneven, the scale points towa... More

An easier Hill to tackle than San Juan / Keppler.

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt wearing his Rough Rider uniform, standing with arms folded across his chest, looking at a hill labeled "David Hill". Illus. in: Puck, v. 52, no. 1328 (1902 Augus... More

A rank foozler / J.S.P. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as a golfer holding a club labeled "Spite", stuck in a sand trap trying to hit a golf ball labeled "Cleveland" and showing his likeness. Shafts of broken clubs lie in t... More

Puck magazine cover - Taking his medicine / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt giving the Republican elephant labeled "G.O.P." a spoonful of "Trust Legislation Tonic"; on the elephant's abdomen is a "Reciprocity Plaster". Illus. in: Puck, v... More

"Terrible Teddy" waits for "the unknown" / Keppler.

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt as a boxer sitting on a stool with his arms resting on the ropes in the near corner of a boxing ring, waiting for a challenger to enter the ring and sit in the va... More

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

Caricature, No limit / L.M. Glackens., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows a high-stakes poker game with Uncle Sam, William II, the German Emperor, Meiji, the Emperor of Japan, Emile Loubet, of France, and Edward VII, King of Great Britain; the emperor of Japan is r... More

The apotheosis of Theodore / K., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a bust portrait of Theodore Roosevelt in an oval wreath of oak and laurel or holly, surrounded by cartoons from previous issues of PUCK depicting his rise in politics and his years as preside... More

"The trouble, my friends, with socialism is that it would destroy init...

Illustration shows a large gorilla-like monster with human head, clutching clusters of buildings labeled "Public Utilities, Competition, [and] Small Business" with his right arm and left leg, as he crushes a bu... More

Start the recall of judges with this one / Will Crawford.

Illustration shows the ghostly figure of a manic-looking man, labeled "Judge Lynch," carrying a book labeled "Lynch Law," and a lighted torch, hovering over a procession of people. The procession is led by thre... More

Next! / Art Young. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows a large ghoul wearing a dark shroud labeled "Necessity", holding a whip, leading a small child out of a home where an unemployed parent is slumped over a table in the background; over the doo... More

The vision of Joan of Arc / J. Norman Lynd (after Jules Bastien Lepage...

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt in a grove of trees, as a young Joan of Arc experiencing a vision of himself wearing a suit of armor and receiving a large sword labeled "Third Term". Illus. in: Puck, v. ... More

A sketch-book at Newport / Raymond Crawford Ewer Newport '04 R.I. ; dr...

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with several scenes of events at Newport, Rhode Island during the summer: fashionably dressed young women arriving by carriage and automobile, women socializing among thems... More

[Raging ape of war with bloody sword carrying crying baby of 1915]

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-20th century drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

[The sky is now her limit] / Bushnell.

Cartoon shows a young woman carrying buckets on a yoke, looking up at ladder ascending up to the sky, bottom rungs labeled "Slavery," "House Drudgery," and "Shop Work." Top rungs labeled "Equal Suffrage," "Wage... More

The laundress, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon

This record contains unverified, old data from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Cartoons, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British Museum," compiled in 1968 (NC 1470... More

Taming of the shrew: -Katharine & Petruchio; -The modern Quixotte, or,...

Cartoon shows Catherine II, faint and shying away from William Pitt, who appears as Petruchio, and Don Quixote on horseback (a lean and scarred George III whose authority has been usurped by Pitt), seated behin... More

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

The spirit of Tweed is mighty still "...and even yet you don't know w...

Cartoon drawing shows a ghostly William Marcy "Boss" Tweed standing in prison with a diamond shining bright despite his prison uniform and the fact that he had died eight years previously. He leans against a pl... More

The OP spectacles / Cruikshank del., British Cartoon Print

Satire showing head of Clifford with two circles representing huge spectacles, "Old house old prices & no private boxes" and "Old house old prices & no pigeon holes," over his eyes. Each circle contains a symme... More

She is getting too feeble to hold them / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows an elderly woman labeled "Spain", possibly María Cristina, Queen Regent, struggling to maintain control of two diminutive figures, one labeled "Cuba", armed with a gun and sword, and the other label... More

The heroic Charlotte la Cordé, upon her trial,... / Js. Gy., desn. et ...

"The interior of the Revolutionary Tribunal crowded with figures. Charlotte Corday (right) stands at the bar, a raised circular stone platform, her wrists linked by a chain, addressing her judges (left), who li... More

The old sow in Distress, or the country parsons return from tithing, B...

Cartoon showing an obese parson on horseback, holding a pig and a chicken. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collection (Library of Congress).

The abolition of the slave trade Or the inhumanity of dealers in human...

Print shows sailor on a slave ship suspending an African girl by her ankle from a rope over a pulley. Captain John Kimber stands on the left with a whip in his hand. Attributed to I. Cruikshank in BM CPPS. Cat... More

The dissolution; or The alchymist producing an ætherial representation...

"Pitt as an alchemist, but dressed as usual, sits in his laboratory blowing a furnace with bellows formed of a royal crown..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Pol... More

--Affairs. The sweet prospect behind us, or The outs in office, Britis...

Print shows rear views of the Prince of Wales, Maria Fitzherbert, Charles James Fox, Lord North, Edmund Burke, a prospective Lord Chancellor, and Richard B. Sheridan, with buttocks exposed, defecating. On the w... More

A new drop scene for D. L. T. / Thaumaso Scrutiny, Esqr., delt. & scul...

"A fantastic scene on the stage of Drury Lane Theatre. Tradegy and Comedy are being done to death by the management, while dogs and imitation animals are made ready to perform ..." (Source: George) This record ... More

The spirit moving the Quakers upon worldly vanities!! / Yedis, invt., ...

"Many quakers ride velocipedes, see No. 13399, towards a plain building, with Society of Friends Meeting House over the door..." (Source: George) Library of Congress copy is hand-colored. British Museum record... More

The hoaxer hoaxed / J.A. Wales. - Public domain engraving

Print shows New York Herald editor James Gordon Bennett, holding a shotgun and carrying a bag labeled "Game Bag for Sensations J.G. Bennett", standing next to a scarecrow labeled "$500.00 Herald Cheque" and "Th... More

The Irish declaration of independence that we are all familiar with / ...

Illustration shows a scene in a kitchen with a petite woman imploring her muscular Irish cook to continue in her duties; the cook shakes her fist in defiance. Illus. from Puck, v. 13, no. 322, (1883 May 9), co... More

Coming to the wrong shop / F. Opper.

Illustration shows the Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby holding a paper that states "Petition for the Reduction of the Grog Shops in New York --Dr. Crosby"; he is standing in the "Council-Chamber of the New York Board of... More

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

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

According to the ideas of our missionary maniacs, the Chinaman must be...

Print shows a British missionary with a bag labeled "£ for Foreign Missions" at his feet and an American missionary with a bag labeled "$" at her feet, preaching to a Chinese man; at the far left are soldiers o... More

A result of the system / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows a devil wearing a business suit, holding a fire brand labeled "Arson" in one hand and hanging from the other is a large knife labeled "Murder"; he is accepting a payment for $10,000 from a hand labe... More

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

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

The free silver highwayman at it again / Keppler.

Print shows a highwayman identified as a "Silverite", holding two handguns labeled "Free Coinage" and "McKinleyism", and with papers extending from a pocket labeled "Paternalism" and "Wild Cat Schemes"; he is h... More

The day we sillybrate - 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.

The true agent of prosperity / Dalrymple.

Print shows a farmer holding a large sheaf of wheat labeled "Enormous Wheat Crop of 1897", representing the bounty of Nature, with other farmers harvesting grains in the background. Illus. from Puck, v. 41, no... More

Singed paws / Dalrymple. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows Benjamin F. Tracy as a cat who got his paws burned on a hot stove labeled "Mayoralty Campaign 1897" on which food labeled "Budget of Greater New York 70,000,000 Dollars" is cooking. Thomas C. Platt ... More

Puck magazine cover - Better than Klondike! / Dalrymple.

Print shows a bloated man labeled "Trusts" holding a gold mining pan with large gold nuggets, sitting by a stream labeled "Dingley Tariff" that flows from the U.S. Capitol building. Illus. from Puck, v. 42, no... More

The American millionaire at home and abroad; or, why a great many of o...

Print shows a vignette cartoon showing a dignified and respected millionaire in familiar surroundings at home; and while traveling through major European cities, he is ignored, ridiculed, laughed at as the butt... More

A new legend in an old dress / Keppler.

Print shows William II, Emperor of Germany, as a knight holding a large sword labeled "Germany", keeping guard over two female figures in chains labeled "Alsace" and "Lorraine" in the tower of a medieval castle... More

The song of freedom / Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows Cuban General Máximo Gómez sitting on a horse, listening to an eagle perched on the U.S. Capitol building singing "the song of freedom". Caption: "I think I hear a little bird, who sings 'The peopl... More

Puck magazine cover - The lynching problem / Dalrymple.

Print shows a southern vigilante holding a rope with a noose and a "Sheriff" holding a paper that states "2000 dollars must be paid by the county, for each lynching. Law of South Carolina". An African American ... More

In Georgia / O'Neill Latham. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration showing an African American family on a small farm, in the background, a group of men, carrying rifles and a length of rope, are heading into a wooded area. Caption: Pete Am dis much bettah dan d... More

A strenuous job on the Cuban ranch / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt as a cowboy, on horseback, and Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma, on foot, driving cattle labeled "High Protectionist, Senatorial Pledge Breaker, [and] Beet Sug... More

Bubbles / Kep. - Public domain engraving

Illustration shows the Russian bear blowing soap bubbles labeled "Promises" through a meerschaum pipe with a Chinese face, using liquid from a bowl labeled "Manchurian soft soap". Illus. in: Puck, v. 54, no. 1... More

Visitors' day / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows a rowdy classroom scene at the "Pan-American School" where Uncle Sam is the teacher admonishing Cipriano Castro, holding a slingshot, for a prank; four other adults are present, "Holland, Fra... More

A Kansas David in the field / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows Henry Harrison Tucker, Jr. as the youthful David with sling confronting John D. Rockefeller as Goliath, holding a large club labeled "Standard Oil". Illus. in: Puck, v. 57, no. 1464 (1905 Ma... More

The touring car of the future Albert Levering

Illustration shows a huge triple-decker touring vehicle with "Dining Hall, Kitchen, Servants Hall, High Finance and Recuperation Apartment, State Rooms, Hair Dressing Studio, Gossip Den, Nursery [and] "to Gymna... More

Prosperity / Kep. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows a hand labeled "Collections" with a pin, about to pop a big red balloon labeled "Big Business Orders".

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall-- / Frank A. Nankivell 1910.

Illustration shows a smug-looking Humpty Dumpty labeled "Increased Cost of Living" sitting on a stone wall labeled "Corners in Food Stuffs, Graft Tariff, Gambling in Futures, Cold-Storage Abuses, High Tariff Ra... More

"Goodness gracious! I must have been dozing!"

Illustration shows President Taft sitting in a rocking chair, tangled in yarn from balls labeled "Conservation, Rail Road Legislation, Postal Savings Tax, Income Tax, [and] Corporation Tax" that have fallen ont... More

The fight for the water-hole / Keppler.

Illustration shows a group of Natives, four are identified as "Dixon, Teddy, Perkins, [and] Pinchot", on horseback, circling a water hole labeled "The Presidency", which is being guarded by two men labeled "Taf... More

He doesn't realize what is coming to him / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows President Taft swimming in a sea of "Presidential Surf"; below the waves, unseen by Taft, are many crabs listed by state of the union, and one large crab with the face of Theodore Roosevelt, ... More

Puck magazine cover - The morning after / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows President Wilson as the father of the bride the day after the wedding, brushing confetti off of himself and addressing three figures, one labeled "The Trust Question" is sitting on the floor ... More

Don't be a dope! Handle equipment right! To prove that he's game as th...

Poster shows Joe Dope driving a military jeep on a bumpy road.

Don't be a dope - care for your sidearms By fireball pilots like Joe, ...

Poster shows Joe Dope crawling on shore from a raft and needing his gun to kill wild boars to eat.

The pen is mightier than the sword

Signed illegibly. Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983. Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Modern reformers, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon

Reform by bicycle - coin, public domain photograph

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

A presidential conjuror / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

Print shows President Chester A. Arthur as a magician on a stage, pulling cards out of a hat and tossing them into the audience; the cards are labeled "Secretary of Navy, Foreign Minister, Interior, Consulate, ... More