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Pioneer Cleveland / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain image

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Print shows President Cleveland standing on the right, holding an axe labeled "Political Wisdom", in a forest where he has been cutting trees labeled "Gold Standard"; approaching from the left is a procession led by Mark A. Hanna, as drum major, followed by William McKinley, Garret A. Hobart, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas B. Reed, George F. Hoar, John Sherman, Henry Cabot Lodge, and others, one is carrying a banner that states "The Repubican Party is unreservedly for Sound Money - the existing Gold Standard must be preserved. Rep. Platform."

Caption: He blazed the path that they have got to follow.

Illus. from Puck, v. 40, no. 1016, (1896 August 26), centerfold.

Copyright 1896 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. He was the first Democrat elected after the Civil War in 1885. Grover Cleveland was the only President to leave the White House and return for a second term four years later. He is the only President in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office. Cleveland was the leader of the pro-business Democrats who opposed high tariffs, Free Silver, inflation, imperialism, and subsidies to business, farmers, or veterans. His will for political reform and fiscal conservatism made him an icon for American conservatives of the era. Cleveland won praise for his honesty, self-reliance, integrity, and commitment to the principles of classical liberalism. As his second administration began, disaster hit the nation when the Panic of 1893 produced a severe national depression, which Cleveland was unable to reverse. "The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity."

Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was the grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison. Before ascending to the presidency, Harrison established himself as a prominent local attorney, Presbyterian church leader, and politician in Indiana. During the American Civil War, he served the Union as a colonel and later a brevet brigadier general. He was later elected to the U.S. Senate by the Indiana legislature. A Republican, Harrison was elected to the presidency in 1888, defeating the Democratic incumbent Grover Cleveland after conducting one of the first "front-porch" campaigns by delivering short speeches to delegations that visited him in Indianapolis. "We Americans have no commission from God to police the world."

Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.

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cleveland grover hanna marcus alonzo hobart garret a mckinley william harrison benjamin reed thomas hoar george frisbie sherman john lodge henry cabot republican party us 1854 presidential elections political platforms gold standard drum majoring woodcutting frontier and pioneer life parades and processions cartoons commentary chromolithographs color periodical illustrations pioneer cleveland dalrymple garrett augustus hobart thomas brackett political cartoons vintage images prints representative 19th century us presidents garret augustus louis dalrymple pioneer cleveland ultra high resolution high resolution politics and government elections political campaigns library of congress ohio public domain comics
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01/01/1896
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Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905, artist
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President Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 22nd and 24th President of the United States

President Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison served as the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893

Chromolithographs

Chromolithograph is printed by multiple applications of lithographic stones, each using a different color ink.
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cleveland grover hanna marcus alonzo hobart garret a mckinley william harrison benjamin reed thomas hoar george frisbie sherman john lodge henry cabot republican party us 1854 presidential elections political platforms gold standard drum majoring woodcutting frontier and pioneer life parades and processions cartoons commentary chromolithographs color periodical illustrations pioneer cleveland dalrymple garrett augustus hobart thomas brackett political cartoons vintage images prints representative 19th century us presidents garret augustus louis dalrymple pioneer cleveland ultra high resolution high resolution politics and government elections political campaigns library of congress ohio public domain comics