They mourn their loss / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows William McKinley, Benjamin Harrison, and John Sherman as old women in mourning among gravestones labeled "Here lies our dear McKinley Bill. Ruthlessly assassinated in the flower of its youth by the ... More
Relief at hand / Dalrymple. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows a St. Bernard rescue dog with a blanket labeled "Tariff Reform" strapped to its back and a small barrel labeled "The Wilson Tariff Bill" under its chin, next to a man labeled "Labor" caught in snow ... More
The extermination of Tammany with a straight Republican ticket / F. Op...
Print shows a tableau painting showing Whitelaw Reid subduing the Tammany Tiger with a broken knife labeled "Straight Rep. Ticket" is being displayed on a stage; Thomas C. Platt, standing on the left, is admiri... More
"Love me, love my dog" / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows Uncle Sam sitting on a bench with a young woman wearing a coat labeled "Wilson Bill" and a hat labeled "Tariff Reform"; she is holding a bull dog on her lap that is wearing a collar labeled "Income Tax".
The chorus of the newly-converted communists / Dalrymple.
Print shows Benjamin Harrison playing the "Communists' Chorus" on a large pipe organ, with "Tom Reed" and "McKinley" singing along; all are wearing liberty caps. Includes text of the chorus, which laments "The ... More
The bounty jumper of 1894 / Dalrymple.
Print shows Benjamin Harrison standing on the deck of a ship labeled "Republican Party", under sails labeled "Prohibitory Protection"; he is holding a rope that leads to a rowboat labeled "McKinleyism" with Wil... More
"Who laughs last laughs best" / Dalrymple.
Print shows Grover Cleveland driving a stagecoach labeled "Administration Coach" carrying "Columbia" and being pulled by two horses labeled "Honest Principles" and "Sound Policy"; it is stuck in a hole labeled ... More
In the nick of time / Keppler, Jr.
Print shows two medieval monks labeled "McKinley" and "Reed" constructing a wall using blocks labeled "War Tax on Dinner Pails, Heavy Duty on Laborers Tools, Prohibitory Duty on Necessaries, High Duty on Raw Ma... More
"In at the death" J.S. Pughe, chromolithograph
Print shows Charles H. Parkhurst holding a sword labeled "Evidence Against Tammany" and waving the tail he has cut off the Tammany Tiger labeled "Lexow Investigation Exposures", lying dead at his feet. In the b... More
"I am a Democrat!" / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows David B. "Hill" holding a knife labeled "Spite" and sneaking up behind a woman labeled "National Democratic Party" who is sitting at a table, reading a paper labeled "Wilson Bill". Illus. from Puck... More
The industrial "cold snap" is over / F. Opper.
Print shows William McKinley as a snowman holding papers labeled "Prohbitory [sic] Tariff" and melting beneath a blazing sun labeled "Business Revival"; in the foreground, Matthew S. Quay and James D. Cameron t... More
After the hold-up / Dalrymple. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows William L. Wilson standing in the street outside the White House, holding open a large carpet bag labeled "Wilson's Free List" which contains papers labeled "Free Wool", he has an umbrella labeled "... More
An unpromising pair of racers / F. Opper.
Print shows a doubtful Uncle Sam watching as two horses pass on a racetrack headed for the start of the race. On the first horse labeled "Wilson Bill" is jockey William L. Wilson wearing a ribbon labeled "Tarif... More
Puck magazine cover - Tariff reform tonic / Dalrymple.
Print shows a "Before" and "After" comparison with Uncle Sam in the "before taking" vignette as listless and fatigued, sitting next to a table on which is a bottle of "Tariff Reform Tonic", and in the "after ta... More
Caricature, In dire distress / F. Opper., public domain cartoon image
Print shows the Tammany Tiger wearing tattered clothing and a patch over the left eye, sitting on the steps outside the entry to "Tammany Hall", holding a sign on his lap that states "Please Help a Poor Tiger U... More
Puck hopes - that Philadelphia will follow the good example of Brookly...
Man "Pattison" and two other men seated in chairs "Mayoralty" and holding papers "Reform", with man "New York" and two women "Philadelphia" and "Brooklyn" standing behind them. Illus. in: Puck, v. 36, no. 936 (... More
Not this time! / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows President Cleveland at the helm of the "Ship of State", it's sails labeled "Honest Pensions, Wilson Tariff Bill, Sound Financial Policy, Adherence to the Traditional Policy of Non-Interference", [an... More
Make a complete job of it, this time! / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows three men labeled "Dr. Schurz" holding a large carving knife and sharpening tool, "Dr. Grace", and "Dr. Parkhurst" holding a saw, examining a sick tiger labeled "Tammany"; a medicine case in the for... More
Caricature, Cause for worry / J.S. Pughe., public domain cartoon image
Print shows William L. Wilson as a nurse feeding an infant labeled "Infant Industries" from a large bowl labeled "Tariff Reform"; entering through a door in the background is William McKinley, also as a nurse, ... More
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Prison Reform - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
19th century - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
A cartoon of a man sitting in a chair, 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. an... More
The movement for tenement reform in manwork - discussion of the commit...
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Wrapped up in his pet idea / Dalrymple.
Print shows President McKinley wearing a long cape labeled "Protection Monomania", sitting at a desk working on his "Tariff Plans", while ignoring a businessman who offers "Suggestions for Financial Reform"; in... More
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
Caricature, A new crime / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image
Print shows New York City Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck as a judge and Richard Croker(?) as a policeman, holding a club labeled "Tammany", bringing a man labeled "Reform" before the judge in a courtroom. Capt... More
House leaders study president's message. Washington D.C. President Roo...
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To the rescue; mythology up-to-date Keppler
Illustration shows Seth Low, possibly as Odysseus, with raised sword labeled "Nonpartisanship" about to strike a sea monster labeled "Misrule" as a woman, labeled "Greater New York", standing on rocks and chain... More
An effective battering ram in the hands of the right men / Kep.
Illustration shows two strong men labeled "Labor" and "Commerce" using a battering ram labeled "Tariff Reform" to knock down a door in a building flying a banner that states "High Protection"; a fightened man l... More
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
Worse than none / Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows Edward M. Shepard, with papers extending from his back pocket labeled "Reform" and "Tammany", standing in front of an old woman labeled "Democracy" who is holding a piece of paper labeled "Br... More
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
A needed change in the Senatorial lobby / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows a man labeled "Candidate for Senate" holding wads of cash, standing in front of a sign that states "Sale of seats to the United States Senate has been prohibited", nearby the "Senatorial Box ... More
High school and Second Reform Church, Tarrytown, N.Y.
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Puck magazine cover - Light in darkest Russia / Keppler.
Illustration shows Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, kneeling on one knee before a pillow on which rests a scroll of papers labeled "Ukase civil and religious Reforms"; rays of light labeled "Enlightenment" beam ... More
"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
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
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
A tidy job; but - / J.S. Pughe.
Seth Low, as an animal trainer, standing by tiger wrapped in ribbons "civil honesty", "decent government", municipal reforms", etc.; as Charles Francis Murphy stands behind, with large scissors "election 1903".... More
Regulars and irregulars-- but all arrayed against a common enemy / Kep...
Illustration shows New York Mayor Seth Low directing the bombardment of a Tammany Hall bunker flying a flag labeled "Tammany Graft"; several men, among them, Charles V. Fornes, pass shells labeled "Clean record... More
Regulars and irregulars--but all arrayed against a common enemy--"That...
Tiger in fort with flag "Tammany graft" looking through telescope at Seth Low, who is commanding men as they load large gun "anti-Tammany", with bullets "clean record" "capable administration", and "just return... More
An unexpected challenge / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows the newly elected Democratic governor of Massachusetts, William L. Douglas, as a gladiator holding a sword labeled "Popular Approval" and a shield showing the Seal of the State of Massachuset... More
Protection / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows an ostrich labeled "Republican Party" with its head stuck in a hole labeled "'Stand Pat' Policy" as a tornado advances from behind with dark clouds labeled "Tariff Reform". Illus. in: Puck, ... More
A haystacker near the reform school in Kearney, Nebraska
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Landed / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows Alton B. Parker pulling a donkey to safety across a bridge constructed of planks labeled "Conservatism, Sanity, Tariff Reform, Anti-Trust, [and] Financial Plank" that is breaking apart; falli... More
"Business is business" / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows two cameo scenes separated by a telegraph pole labeled "Western Union"; on the left is a civic meeting claiming that "We must uphold our Public Morals and Civic Decency" where seated on a sta... More
Caricature, Left again / Kep., public domain cartoon image
Illustration shows an elderly woman labeled "Tariff Revision" angrily shaking her umbrella after being left standing on the railroad station platform as the "Republican Special" departs in a cloud of dust; two ... More
His first bath / Keppler. - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Cartoon showing "Murphy" putting up sign "Democratic Convention St. Louis July 6th", as "McAdoo" and "McClellan" clean "corruption" and "graft" off of tiger. Illus. in: Puck, v. 55, no. 1418 (1904 May 4), cover... More
The Hoosier Don Quixote / J.K. after Doré.
Illustration shows Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks as Don Quixote sitting in a chair, reading, with a sword in raised right hand, with visions of former (and current) presidents, as well as some of the soci... More
The tariff tots / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows a group of children labeled "Sugar Trust (eating "Dingley Baby Food"), Clothing Trust, Tobacco Trust, Steel Trust, Beef Trust, Paper Trust, [and] Coal Trust", some are playing in a rough mann... More
"Down!" / K. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows a group of football players labeled "Steel Trust, Tool Trust, Tobacco Trust, Clothing Trust, Leather Trust, Oil Trust, Coal Trust, [and] Beef Trust" tackling a "Consumer" with a football labe... More
Dutch Reform Church, Washington, D.C.
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The endless game / Ehrhart. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows a game of chess between a hand labeled "Political Pull" showing a cufflink labeled "Brass Check" and a hand labeled "Reform". The chess board is labeled "[Depar]Tment of Police" and some of t... More
The crusaders / C. Hassman. - A book with a picture of a group of peop...
Illustration shows a large group of politicians and journalists as knights on a crusade against graft and corruption. Many carry large pens like a lance; periodical mentioned are "Colliers, Harper's Weekly, Lif... More
The fair trade minute men / Keppler.
Illustration shows Sereno E. Payne in the role of British Major John Pitcairn, commander of an occupying troop of British soldiers in Massachusetts in 1775, standing before a group of Patriots under the banner ... More
A tip to Fatima Ted / Kep. - Public domain dedication image
Illustration shows a gigantic figure of Bluebeard labeled "Protected Monopolies" holding a set of keys identified as the "Keys to Rate Regulation, Meat Inspection, Pure Food and Anti-Trust Laws"; he is speaking... More
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
Farthest north / J.S. Pughe. - Public domain dedication image
Illustration shows the frozen heads of Joseph G. Cannon, Leslie M. Shaw, Nelson W. Aldrich, and Joseph B. Foraker around two shipwrecks labeled "Philippine Free Trade" and "Tariff Reform"; other heads are label... More
The Thirteenth census. The President's special message sent to Congres...
U. S. Census. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 240, Folder 13a.
Oliver Twist asks for more / Keppler.
Illustration shows a large, bloated man labeled "Tariff-made Monopoly" holding a small dish labeled "Dingley Schedule", asking Uncle Sam, standing next to a large fireplace with a large cauldron labeled "Protec... More
"Here's how!" / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows a hand labeled "Republican Party" pouring champagne from a bottle labeled "Tariff Revision" into a glass held by another hand labeled "Protected Interests"; two hands labeled "Consumer" are h... More
Not yet, and probably not soon / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows a wagon drawn by a single donkey labeled "American Consumer" chasing a carrot labeled "Promised Tariff Reform" dangling from a stick held by the wagon driver labeled "Republican Congress". Th... More
The tariff "wait" / K. - Public domain book illustration
Illustration shows on a winter's night a small figure labeled "Consumer" sings Christmas carols at the bottom of the steps to a large federal building where, standing on the steps, a large, bloated man labeled ... More
Puck Magazine Illustration - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
A book with a picture of a man riding a horse, 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 leader of the minority / Keppler.
Illustration shows Uncle Sam trying to get the attention of Joseph G. Cannon who is talking with Joseph B. Foraker and Sereno E. Payne in the House chamber, as a large hand labeled "The Big Interests" wearing "... More
"James" / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows Joseph G. Cannon handing a shoe labeled "Stand Pat" to James S. Sherman who is shining shoes labeled "Conservatism, Reactionary, Special Privileges, [and] Vested Interests"; an unidentified m... More
The pit and the pendulum - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows a man labeled "Consumer" tied to a bed with cords labeled "Graft Tariff", watches as a pendulum labeled "Cost of Living" with a sharp blade afixed to the bottom swings over his body, coming c... More
"The ultimate consumer" / Keppler., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows Liberty striding forward, carrying a flaming torch labeled "Revolution" and an American flag, wearing a phrygian cap with tricolor cockade, as she crushes underfoot a scepter and a crown labe... More
"The bug-a-boo will get you if you don't take this" / K.
Illustration shows President William H. Taft offering a spoonful of "Square Revision" to an oversized child labeled "Infant Industries", telling her that if she doesn't take the medicine the "Free Trade" bug-a-... More
Puck magazine cover - The "fixed" umpire / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows a baseball game between the "Ultimate Consumer A.C." and the "Monopoly Giants" where a "Giants" ballplayer is sliding head-first into a base and is being tagged out by an "Ultimate Consumer A... More
"Turned out of meh own home!" - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows a woman labeled "Democracy" carrying a satchel with papers labeled "Free Trade" is lamenting being turned out of her home into a shower of torn paper labeled "Protection Sentiment"; the door ... More
The runaway / L.M. Glackens. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows a runaway pig labeled "The Tariff Issue" dragging Joseph G. Cannon behind it; they are being chased by John Dalzell, Nelson W. Aldrich, Sereno E. Payne, and James S. Sherman. There is an over... More
Puck Magazine Illustration - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
A painting of a man standing on top of a mountain, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washing... 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
The swing of the pendulum / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows a large, rotund male figure as a pendulum labeled "Vox Populi" swinging between San Francisco, on the left, labeled "Down with Reform" and "Good Government Defeat" and New York City, on the r... More
Sucking the good out of them / Kep.
Illustration shows President Taft as a hen sitting on eggs labeled "Reform Measures" on a nest that is infested by rats labeled "Cannon, Aldrich, Gallinger, [and] Smoot". Caption: If the trustful hen doesn't w... More
In the Republican dark-room / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows President Taft as a photographer working in a darkroom illuminated by a small red light labeled "Public Support", developing glass plates labeled "Progressive Measures", one labeled "Tariff R... More
Dist. Reform School, main bldg.
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George Woodward - A ticklish feat / K.
Illustration shows President Taft balancing a cone of papers labeled "Administration" and showing the Republican elephant, on his nose; struggling to get in the cone is "Ballinger" while already inside are "Elk... More
Chapel Dist. Reform School - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
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International Reform Bureau - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...
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The coming lava / L.M. Glackens., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows in the left background, "Mount Sam" erupting, spewing lava labeled "Revolt Against Cannonism, Havens' Victory in New York, Indiana Upheaval, Increased Cost of Living, Demand for Lower Tariff,... More
International Reform Bureau - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...
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International Reform Bureau - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...
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Dist. Reform School, main bldg.
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Meyer Slein a 12 year old newsie who has been on streets until late at...
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Meyer Slein a 12 year old newsie who has been on streets until late ni...
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The Slein boys. Meyer Slein (12 yrs. old) his brother Abe (10 years ol...
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Meyer Slein (12 years old) his brother Abe (10 years old) who has just...
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The walls of Jericho / Keppler., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows supporters of a "Square Tariff Deal", carried in an ark by "Folk, Clark, Gore, Harmon, [and] Beveridge", march on Jericho, blowing ram-horns labeled "The Voice of the People" causing the wall... More
Some class to this rail-splitter / J.K.
Illustration shows President Taft using an axe with the handle labeled "Tax Reform" and the head labeled "Argument" to drive a wedge labeled "Reciprocity" into a log labeled "Party Solidarity". Illus. in: Puck... More
"Co', Boss! Co', Boss!" / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows President Taft wearing a large hat, offering corn stalk labeled "Excuse, Apology, Explanation, Defense, [and] Persuasion" to a cow labeled "The West" and with a bell labeled "Insurgency" arou... More
Doctor's orders / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows a man labeled "Trusts" sitting at a table spread with large dishes of food for a Thanksgiving Day feast, including a large turkey labeled "Restraint of Trade" and a bowl of soup, from which h... More
The hemlock cup of the Republican Socrates / Kep.
Illustration shows the Republican elephant labeled "G.O.P." about to drink from a cup labeled "Reciprocity", with him are several men labeled "Root, Sherman, Cannon, La Follette, Crane, Lodge, Payne, Dick, Gall... More
Laocoon in the toils / K. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows Uncle Sam as Laocoön with two men, one labeled "Business" and the other labeled "Labor", entwined with snakes labeled "Tariff Uncertainty", with the U.S. Capitol in the background. Illus. in... More
Woodrow and the bean-stalk / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows a man labeled "Wilson" with an axe labeled "Tariff Revision" has chopped through vines labeled "Excessive Protection" causing a giant labeled "Monopoly" to fall to the ground. Illus. in: Puc... More
Eat, drink, and be merry / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows an angry, well-dressed man labeled "Monopoly" sitting at a table eating from a plate heaped with "Benefits of Protection"; standing next to him is a minstrel holding a song sheet labeled "Tar... More
The dope-fiends / Ehrhart. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows Woodrow Wilson as a doctor holding aloft a bottle of "Tariff Subsidy Morphine" among a group of men at the "Democratic Sanitarium - Morphine and other Drug Habits Cured"; on a table are bottl... More
To swat 'em is waste of time / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows a swarm of mosquitos labeled "Trust" flying over a swamp labeled "High Protective Tariff"; an insert shows an oil can labeled "Revision Downward Oil - Wilson Brand". Caption: Pour oil, and p... More
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