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High society women with big hats, dogs, a doll, and a chimpanzee, are startled at the prospect that one of their own would desire to become a mother. A young woman holding an infant is sitting at center in a rocking chair.
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1910-12-21
A beautiful, partially nude, winged woman rescues an airman who has fallen out of an airplane, and gives him a kiss. Caption: An airmaid to the rescue!
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1910-12-14
A beautiful young woman wearing a large red and green hat stands among mistletoe, in the snow, in a frame with elves on each side at the base.
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1910-12-07
A woman, standing in front of a mirror, wears a tight dress designed by the Devil, who crouches behind the mirror. Other women, wearing revealing costumes from different eras, stand on the left. Caption: His Majesty the Designer — This modern costume is the best asset my business ever had!
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1910-11-30
A knight complains to another man as his wife passes on the right, wearing a large hat held in place by the knight’s sword. Caption: Sir Bodikins — Gadsobs! What aileth thee, Sir Ronald? Something seemeth the matter. / The Knight — Matter! My wife hath swiped that long sword of mine – forged of Damascus steel – jeweled hilt – given me for bravery against the Saracens – and proposeth to use it for a hat-pin!
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1910-07-13
An enormous Theodore Roosevelt strides ashore, waving a top hat and wearing the stars and stripes clothing of Uncle Sam, to a large, adoring crowd of well-wishers waving banners, blowing horns, shooting guns and firing salutes, and chanting a new national hymn (see centerfold). Caption: Roosevelt Number.
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1910-06-15
A young man and a young woman kiss, and their reflection appears in the full moon in the background. Around them are “couples” of frogs, rabbits, birds, and mushrooms, and two trees as silhouettes of a young couple kissing. Stars form interconnected hearts in the night sky.
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1910-06-01
A bright red devil hides in a garden of white Easter lilies.
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1910-03-23
In a banner across the top, men and women dance at a dance or nightclub. The banner breaks at the center and the women fall into prostitution, separating the bottom of the cartoon into two halves. On the left, a woman with clawed feet holds up a “Red Light” lantern with a skull-shaped bulb in her left hand while holding back dogs labeled “Disease,” “Insanity,” and “Suicide” with her right hand. Behind her is “The Potters Field” cemetery. On the right are two business establishments that appear to serve as fronts for illicit activities, as a line of patrons file out of a “Chinese Rest[aurant]” and into a waiting “Police Patrol” wagon. Caption: Small wonder there are protests against “The Grizzly Bear” and “The Turkey Trot.”
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1912-01-31
An attractive young woman and an old, bald man dance the Grizzly Bear dance on the shore of a beach next to lobsters, crabs, and fish, as well as other beach goers in the background. Caption: Passé in the ballroom, but a novelty on the beach.
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1912-07-10
A young man and woman ride in an airplane. The man has his arm around the woman’s waist. Below them, angels trumpet a diamond-studded number “7.” Caption: A tour for St. Valentine’s Day. Saint Valentine Number.
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1912-02-07
A woman dives into the warm waters of Florida after shedding the furs and heavy clothing of winter. In the background are girls flying like birds from cold climates to the tropical warmth of Florida. Caption: The annual migration of the bathing-girl.
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1911-01-11
Three old men sit on a stone wall watching the clouds form beautiful ballerinas dancing a ballet.
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1911-11-08
A large African man is leaning against a tree, asleep. Several European countries are staking claims to portions of Africa, planting flags labeled “England, Portugal, Belgium, Turkey, Italy, Germany, Spain, [and] France” all around the sleeping man. Caption: Cutting a continent out from under him.
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1911-10-25
A beautiful young woman rides an ocean wave approaching the beach. A lobster and a fish appear below.
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1911-08-16
A young woman sits on a precipice, holding aloft a bouquet, and surrounded by mountainous wilderness. The faces of young women from around the world appear as cloud formations.
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1911-06-14
A woman, possibly Coco Chanel, wears a large hat with feathers and shoots at large white birds with a rifle. Two dogs labeled “French Milliner” place the dead birds on a pile at her feet.
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1911-05-24
Uncle Sam stands behind a group of legislators and businessmen who are bowing before a large hog labeled “Greed” with its front feet in a trough labeled “Wall Street.” Caption: Those who know the term but not its meaning may find enlightenment above.
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1911-04-19
A lonely man with arms crossed and chin on his chest sits in a chair next to a small table with a shelf of books and his dog at his feet. On the table rests a tobacco pipe billowing smoke showing the faces of five beautiful young women that are just pipe dreams. Includes lyrics by Breton Braley about a man who does not know how to begin attracting a girlfriend.
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1911-02-15
Uncle Sam, as Rip Van Winkle, returns from his tariff sleep to discover that other countries now dominate foreign trade. His old rifle labeled “Monopoly Tariff” is outdated. John Bull sits with other representatives of foreign countries outside the “Inn of South American Trade.” In the background, steamships with flags of many nations unload freight. An insert shows a map and “The North Americans Idea of the Western Hemisphere.” Caption: Sam Van Winkle finds a lot of hustling strangers in his place at the inn.
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1911-02-08