A Senatorial Blondin - Public domain dedication image
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A Senatorial Blondin - Public domain dedication image
Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
"Freedom of suffrage to the blacks means freedom of suffrage to the wh...
Illustration shows the Temple of Liberty boarded up by Southern states to disenfranchise black voters while inviting the North, represented by New York's Tammany Hall, to do the same in spite of Secretary of St... More
Puck's own Yorktown celebration / J. Keppler.
Print shows Puck sitting on a wooden cut-out Pegasus reviewing a procession of soldiers, among whom are John A. Logan, Roscoe Conkling carrying a flag labeled "Third Term", Joseph W. Keifer, William M. Evarts, ... More
A new bull in the ring / F. Graetz.
Print shows Chester A. Arthur riding the Republican elephant tossed high in the air in a "Political Arena", the elephant is patched with scandals labeled "Credit Mobilier, Collusion with Monopolies, Back Pay Gr... More
Rushing the season / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon
Print shows the interior of the "Political Hot House" where many plants with the heads of politicians are potted and labeled with botanical names, for example "Butleria Cockeya", "McVeaghia No Chancea", "Tilden... More
Our national dog-show / Gillam., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows a dog show where a variety of breeds are competing; in the upper left corner, labeled the "Judges' Stand" are several newspaper editors, among them are James Gordon Bennett (N.Y. Herald), Whi... More
The political Sam'ls of Posen / Gillam.
Print shows a large group of political peddlers trying to sell their goods to Columbia as mistress of the house. Among those shown are Samuel J. Tilden selling "Tribulation Toys", Benjamin F. Butler with "Elast... More
"The Mulligan guard lies, but - surrenders" / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows an explosion at the "Claim Agency, Formerly Republican Head Quarters" with William M. Evarts peeking through the opening in the tent to survey the damage; several small kiosks labeled "Machin... More
Theodore Roosevelt - Bottom's dream, Political Cartoon
Illustration shows Puck's stereotypical Irishman labeled "Democracy" in the role of "Bottom" from Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream", with Puck holding the head of an ass above him. He is holding a paper t... More
Puck magazine cover - "Love's labor's lost" / Gillam.
Illustration shows heavily tattooed James G. Blaine sitting on a stool while Whitelaw Reid, using a brush labeled "Tribune Excuses" and a "Explanation Pumice Stone", and William W. Phelps, using "Vindication Sa... More
Leap-year / J. Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows a wetland labeled "Campaign Swamp" with William M. Evarts and John G. Carlisle as two cranes on the left and several frogs identified as "Lincoln, Arthur, Robeson, Edmunds, Cameron, Sherman, ... More
The knight of the wind-bag enters the senatorial field / Gillam.
Illustration shows William M. Evarts as a knight on horseback with Whitelaw Reid as his page who is blowing a horn labeled "Evarts Letter" outside the "Albany Legislature" castle to announce Evarts' arrival. Re... More
The national dime-museum - will be run during the presidential campaig...
Illustration shows a gallery of presidential candidates, clockwise, from bottom left: John Kelly as a card-playing pig, Chester A. Arthur as "The Snake Charmer" charming a snake labeled "Stalwart Vote" with a h... More
The Presidential recruiting-office / Gillam., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows the interior of a recruiting office for the presidency with Uncle Sam and Puck examining potential recruits against a height chart labeled, from low to high, "Notoriety, Popularity, Capabilit... More
Peace, and the good will of all men / Gillam.
Illustration shows a large group of men, some laying wreaths at the base of a bust portrait statue of Ulysses S. Grant that also includes "Grant's Last Letter"; the wreaths are labeled "Southern Soldiers, North... More
The opium-joint of the Republican "irreconcilables" -- a cheap way of ...
Illustration shows a scene in an opium den labeled "Bloody Shirt Joint - Blaine & Reid Managers" with James G. Blaine passing out pipes labeled "Tribune Editorials, Blaine's Augusta Speech, Blaine Speeches, [an... More
The old and the new year / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows Father Time presenting the new year labeled "1886" to Puck standing in the foreground, holding his lithographic pencil; behind him are scenes of events from 1885, such as President Cleveland'... More
Puck's notion of the kind of fancy-dress charity ball that would be a ...
Illustration shows a costume ball with a band of newspaper editors labeled "Herald, Sun, Staats-Zeitung, World, Times, [and] Evening Post" conducted by Puck; among those present are James G. Blaine, Whitelaw Re... More
They saw their "Flying Dutchman" - it crossed their path, and they wer...
Illustration shows the shipwreck of a ship that lost its course at the sight of the "Flying Dutchman" labeled "Speeches" with the face of James G. Blaine as the ship's figurehead and using the "Bloody Shirt" as... More
Our good ship "National Credit" in danger from a silver-spout / G & Z.
Illustration shows the bow of a ship approaching a waterspout labeled "80ct $" and "$2,000,000 a Month", and a shark labeled "Panic"; along the side of the ship are President Cleveland as captain, and several m... More
"The sleeping party" / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...
Illustration shows a woman labeled "Republican Party" asleep in the background, with members of her court, some dressed as women, also asleep, in the foreground; depicted are Whitlaw Reid, Murat Halstead, Russe... More
Grand triumph of brains over "boodle"! / Gillam.
Illustration shows gladiator William M. Evarts standing over fallen and wounded gladiator Levi P. Morton, coins spill from a gash in his left side, earning Evarts a wreath of "Popular Approval". Illus. from Pu... More
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
The monopolists' may-pole / F. Opper.
Illustration shows several wealthy men, "Gould, W.K. Vanderbilt, W.H. Vanderbilt, Sage, Cornell, [and] Cornelius Vanderbilt", some dressed as women, holding ticker tape and dancing around a may pole; Cyrus W. F... More
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
The Administration sawmill / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows President Cleveland standing next to a large "Reform Buzz-Saw" labeled "Pat. 1884 by G. Cleveland" at a sawmill, where three members of his cabinet "Manning, Whitney, [and] Bayard" are millin... More
Snowed in / J. Keppler. - coin, public domain photograph
Illustration shows Puck offering an "Anti Silver Coinage" snow shovel to William M. Evarts during a snowstorm that is depositing silver coins on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol and the Department of Treasury bu... More
A hint from the world's fair - why not have a "bureau of public comfor...
Print shows a vignette cartoon with, at center, a place for Republican's to go to commiserate while awaiting the next election with such stalwart Republicans as George F. Edmunds, John Sherman, William M. Evart... More
Phryne before the Chicago tribunal / Gillam, with apologies to J.L. Ge...
Illustration showing Republican presidential candidate James G. Blaine as the prostitute "Phryne", revealed by Whitelaw Reid, wearing shorts, a bib labeled "Magnetic Pad", and covered with tatoos relating to hi... More
Phryne before the Chicago tribunal / Gillam, with apologies to J.L. Ge...
Illustration showing Republican presidential candidate James G. Blaine as the prostitute "Phryne", revealed by Whitelaw Reid, wearing shorts, a bib labeled "Magnetic Pad", and covered with tatoos relating to hi... More
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
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
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