Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905

Unpleasant plight of the “advance agent of prosperity”

President McKinley rides on the back of a large tortoise labeled “Congress,” its body bound with ribbons labeled “Demands of Populists,” “Concessions,” “Demands, East, West, North, and South,” “Demands of Silverites,” and “Demands of Monopolists.” McKinley is holding a whip labeled “Administration.” They are making slow progress on the road “To Prosperity.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-05-05

Attacking him in broad daylight

A large policeman labeled “Civil Service Reform,” holding a nightstick labeled “Public Opinion,” stands outside a building labeled “Public Offices.” He is about to be assaulted by two diminutive men. On the left is Frank Swett Black wearing a hat labeled “Gov. of N.Y.” and carrying a large blackjack labeled “Black’s Civil Service Reform Bill.” On the right is Charles H. Grosvenor holding a brick labeled “Grosvenor’s Anti-Civil Service Reform Bill” and “Congress” that he intends to throw at the officer.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-05-19

He never could stand prosperity

A “Hayseed” legislator wearing a hat labeled “N.Y. Republican Party” sits in a stupor on a large jug labeled “Raines Law,” holding a large wine bottle labeled “Hayseed Legislation.” He is slumped against a wall labeled “Albany,” with a bottle of alcohol at his feet labeled “Progressive Inheritance Tax,” and a bottle in his coat pocket labeled “Black’s Civil Service Bill.” The figure may represent Frank Swett Black, governor of New York. A man wearing a cap labeled “Tammany” is pulling papers labeled “Greater New York Patronage” from inside the coat of the legislator.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-05-26

“Accept me, or I’ll let loose the tiger!!!”

Thomas C. “Boss Platt,” adorned with a ribbon of “Patronage Deals,” holds back a hungry tiger labeled “Tammany,” threatening a female figure holding a shield labeled “Greater New York.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-06-02

Puck to Victoria, R.

Puck bows and hands a bouquet of flowers labeled “1837 1897” to Queen Victoria, who is sitting on a throne, holding a scepter, and leaning forward to accept the flowers. Includes a few lines of light verse.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-06-23

Trying his patience

A disgruntled Uncle Sam, as a dairy farmer, stands on the right, holding a bucket labeled “U.S. Treasury” and a stool, on his way to milk a cow. At center is a cow labeled “Commonwealth” and a fat calf labeled “Infant Industries” that is helping itself to the cow’s milk.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-06-23

A fourth of July celebration under difficulties

President McKinley, as a young boy, attempts to light the fuse to a fireworks-rocket labeled “Prosperity” using “McKinley Administration Matches” during a rain storm beneath dark clouds labeled “Tariff for Trusts.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-07-07

Settling affairs of state

John Sherman, Secretary of State, dressed as an old woman with a purse labeled “Sec. Sherman,” plucks the petals off daisies labeled “Hawaii, Cuba, [and] Bering Sea” picked from a flowerpot labeled “Diplomatic Questions.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-07-14

Crowning the abomination

A huge figure labeled “Tariff for Trusts,” wearing a quilted cape labeled with products and percentages and holding papers labeled “Concessions,” sits between the Senate and House chambers. Garret A. Hobart sits on the left and Thomas B. Reed sits on the right. Nelson Dingley and William B. Allison, holding enormous pincers labeled “Ways and Means Committee” and “Finance Committee” with a crown labeled “Sherman’s Bluff Anti-Trust Law of 1890” in the jaws, are placing the crown on the head of the devilish figure at center.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-07-28

His foolish effort to raise the wind

President McKinley sits in a sailboat labeled “Prosperity,” using a bellows labeled “Tariff for Trusts” to try to generate enough wind to fill the sails and propel the boat.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-08-04

The true agent of prosperity

A farmer holds a large sheaf of wheat labeled “Enormous Wheat Crop of 1897,” representing the bounty of Nature, with other farmers harvesting grains in the background.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-07-11

No wonder he was frightened off!

Print shows Admiral George Dewey carrying a suitcase labeled “Dewey U.S.A.,” and coming ashore where he is beset by gnats carrying signs that state, “Write us a soap advertisement, This house you can’t use but please accept it (Brooklyn Eagle), Invitation to attend county fair, Request for autograph, Invitation to dinner, Nomination for President, Proposal of marriage, Request to lecture, [and] Write us a war story.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-06-21

Deserting the old idol

Print shows William Jennings Bryan kneeling on steps labeled “Socialism, Inflation, [and] Paternalism” with his back to a statue of an old man labeled “Populism” sitting in a chair labeled “Free Silver” that is covered with cobwebs. He is appealing to a crowd of men, some of whom are labeled “Voter”, and a female figure labeled “Prosperity” skipping or running along a road that leads to a building labeled “Regular Party Politics.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-07-05

The lynching problem

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 man cowers behind the sheriff. A large building labeled “Courthouse” is in the background. Caption: If motives of humanity and justice won’t stop them, may be this will.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-06-14

Bryan’s thanksgiving

Print shows William Jennings Bryan chasing a turkey labeled “Nov. Election.” The tail feathers of the turkey are labeled with the states of the union, and Bryan has managed to pull out the one labeled “Nebraska.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-12-06

New York’s new senator

Print shows Chauncey M. Depew wearing a tuxedo and a bib labeled “Depew,” standing at a small table on which is a tea cup and a cigar, a lamp and a cordial glass in the “U.S. Senate.” A few men gathered in the background are laughing. Caption: Puck suggests a way to get the best results.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-02-15

The outcome

Print shows General William R. Shafter looking through binoculars at General Nelson A. Miles, who is emerging from the small opening of a large ear trumpet labeled “Spanish-American War.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-03-01

Smashed!

Print shows a large gloved fist with an American flag on it crashing down on Emilio Aguinaldo riding on a rocking horse labeled “Dictatorship” next to a large sword labeled “Aguinaldo” on the “Philippines.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-03-08

Pouf! goes the “league”

Print shows a large frog labeled “La Ligue Patriotique” and “Paul Déroulède” sitting on a lily pad labeled “Anti-Semitism”; standing on the shore is a man, wearing a phrygian cap and holding a paper that states “Vive La Republique,” watching the frog explode.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-03-22

The next thing to agree upon

Print shows Uncle Sam standing on one side of a street, in front of a store with a sign that states “Beware of All German Goods,” while William II, the German Emperor, stands on the opposite side of the street, in front of a store with a sign that states “Beware of All American Goods.” They are trying to come to an agreement to remove both signs. Caption: Uncle Sam / Emperor William–If you take down your sign I’ll take down mine.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-04-12