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President Cleveland pulls on a rope labeled, “Cleveland’s letter to Citizens of Chicago,” and rings a bell labeled “Sound Money Alarm” to warn them that dark smoke labeled “Free Silver Coinage” from a raging fire is bearing down upon them.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-05-08
A democratic approach to the mingling of social classes is depicted with vignettes showing the rich buying their clothes from “honest merchants” regardless how poorly they will fit, eating at “plain oyster-houses, like the masses,” riding in crude horse-drawn wagons rather than fine carriages and coaches, spending time at local “social organizations of the humble,” participating in barn dances, and attending “simple variety shows” where their diamonds will provide as much entertainment for the lower classes as the vaudeville show. Caption: They must give up their purse-proud extravagance, and get right down to democratic simplicity.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-02-24
On the left is a street vendor selling Christmas greens. On the right is a poem by H. A. Crowell titled “Greens to Sell,” and an interior scene with a young man kissing a young woman beneath mistletoe hanging in a doorway.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-12-29
Uncle Sam, in the role of the “Noble Hero” in a melodrama, defends a young woman labeled “Cuba” from the “Heavy Villain” labeled “Spain.” Caption: The Noble Hero (to the Heavy Villain)–Stand back, there, gol darn ye! – If you force this thing to a fifth act, remember that’s where I git in my work!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-06-03
Puck holds a mirror for a fashionably dressed young woman trying on an Easter bonnet. They are standing among several hat boxes, some showing bonnets.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-04-13
Puck rides on a winged, white horse, holding a lithographic pen with banner that states “1000th Number.” He is led by cherubs with floral garlands and blowing horns. At top are many of the characters depicted in Puck magazine over the past 19 years. Includes light verse.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-05-06
William McKinley as Ali Baba kneels before a slightly opened door in the “High-Tariff Robber Barons Cave,” holding a bag labeled “McKinley Boom Fund,” which is being filled with coins issuing from the opening in the doorway. Caption: Ali Baba McKinley.–Protection! Protection!! Protection!!!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-04-15
An elderly woman wearing late 19th century clothing labeled “Fashion” gestures toward an “Easter Bonnet” atop a maypole around which many other women have gathered. A smartly-dressed young woman labeled “New Woman” refuses to participate.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-04-08
John Sherman, wearing a vintage military uniform, uses a handgun to beat on the bottom of a pan labeled “Jingoism.” Next to him, bees from a beehive labeled “Sherman Presidential Hive” join a swarm labeled “Republican Delegates” headed toward a hive in the background labeled “McKinley Headquarters.” Caption: But it’s no use; – the presidential bees are swarming away from him.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-04-01
An elderly woman representing Britannia stands at the “European Intelligence Office” seeking help from a group of women. The women, labeled “Italy, Austria, Turkey, Russia, Spain, La France,” and one unidentified woman who may represent Germany, are seated in the office, some holding papers on their lap labeled “Character” and “References.” Caption: Mrs. Britannia–Bless my ‘art! – hi need ‘elp so bad, an’ I cawn’t engage none ‘of ’em to ‘elp me!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-03-18
Uncle Sam strolls along “Presidential Avenue” through a maze of presidential campaign posters being posted by several of the candidates, including William “McKinley on his High Charger ‘War-Tariff’,” “Levi P. Morton, the only Able Guide through the Woods, Years of Experience,” William B. “Old Bill Allison, The Farmers Friend,” Henry M.”Teller Holding up the Ratio 16 to 1,” “Samson Davis Carrying Off the Honors, ‘Monroe Doctrine’,” Matthew Quay “If you want a ‘Boss Time’ try Quay – the Reformed One,” and Thomas B. Reed, “The only Reed in Continuous Performance – Dancing Lightly on Silver.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-03-11
A well-dressed man is sitting in a chair, overwhelmed by opportunities to attend a “Last Bachelor ‘Blow Out’,” to go “See the Bogus Ballet” with its dancing girls, to go “to the Club and Join in a Quiet Game,” to “Spend a Night in Bohemia!”, to see an “Intellectual Vaudeville Show,” to go to “The Bal-Masque,” or to go “to the Hoo-Doo Athletic Club” for a boxing match.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-02-10
Edward Oliver Wolcott as the biblical Joshua rides on a horse labeled “U.S. Senate” at the head of a small infantry comprised of John Sherman, George F. Hoar, George G. Vest, William A. Peffer, David B. Hill, Julius C. Burrows, Thomas H. Carter, William V. Allen, William J. Sewell, John M. Palmer, Roger Q. Mills, Justin S. Morrill, Matthew Quay, and others unidentified. Many are carrying spears or bow and arrows. They are chasing the sun labeled “Gold Standard” and descending upon a small community of farms and factories. One man carries a military standard that states, “Resolved, that some legislation be had by the U.S. Senate looking to an international conference with the nations of the world for the promotion of Bimetallism. Wolcott’s Resolution in Caucus.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-01-06
President-elect William McKinley sits in a chair, reading a magazine, with a Christmas tree in the background. Puck is standing at the door on the left, with a lithographic pen and a sign that states “Public Office is a Public Trust” that he is presenting to McKinley for his office in the White House. Caption: Puck–Allow me, Major, to congratulate you on your coming inauguration, and to offer you this little Christmas gift, to decorate your private office in the White House.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-12-23
A well-dressed couple sit on a sofa before a fire in the fireplace, with the spirits of three young children dancing around a Christmas tree. There are art-nouveau style furnishings (lamp and flower vase) on the table in the background.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-12-09
Santa Claus holds a tankard and sits on a large chair with Puck, who holds the “Christmas Number,” sitting next to him. Their feet rest on a sack of toys.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-12-09
A large female figure wearing a fur-lined cape and holding a fan labeled “Fashion” is using a magic wand to create flower-strewn rain clouds that drive away the remnants of the presidential campaign and the marchers carrying banners that state “Down with Money Power,” “Down with Populism,” “Prosperity,” and “16 to 1,” leaving in her wake fashionably dressed men and women at a formal ball. Caption: That although the follies of the presidential campaign are vanishing, Fashion still reigns, and the doings of her votaries will amuse us the same as ever.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-11-25
The statue of George Washington, full-length, stands with right arm raised and with fasces behind him, at Federal Hall on Wall Street, New York City. A large crowd of men is standing on steps, among them William “McKinley,” holding a flag that states “The National Honor Must Be Upheld,” and from left, “Phelps, Carlisle, Sherman, Buckner, Palmer, Harrison, Hobart, Cleveland, [and] Flower.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-10-21
William McKinley walks down a street in the neighborhood of “Anarchy Slum” with a tall, well-dressed female figure labeled “Gold Standard” on his arm and two policemen labeled “Palmer” and “Buckner” walking behind them. On the wall is a presidential campaign poster that states, “Vote for Bryan, Watson and Repudiation.” In the background, Mary E. Lease is standing at the corner of a building, and Benjamin R. Tillman and John Peter Altgeld are standing on a cobblestone street labeled “Populist Alley.” An unidentified man, possibly William Sulzer, is leaning against the wall of the building, between “Miss Gold Standard” and “Palmer.” Caption: Miss Gold Standard and her escort have a brace of strong policemen to see them through the slums of Popocracy.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-10-07
A man identified as a “Sound Money Democrat” holds up a campaign banner that states “For President – For Vice President – Palmer and Buckner.” Caption: Sound Money Democrat–We may not elect our ticket this time, but we’ve put the party in shape for 1900.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-09-30