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A man wearing a hat labeled “Oregon,” and holding two handguns, gives Chinese men a “Hobson’s choice” or the option of leaving by jumping off a cliff into the sea below (on the right) or staying and being shot to death (on the left). At his feet is a “Treaty with China” torn in half.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1886-02-24
A large parrot with New York Governor David B. Hill’s face perches on a stand next to President Cleveland’s desk. The parrot fills the air with its cry, “A Public Office is a Public Trust,” repeating a statement once made by Cleveland and that appears on a sign on his desk. President Cleveland is sitting at the desk with his hands over his ears. Caption: Will this political poll-parrot ever stop imitating President Cleveland?
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1886-01-13
John Logan, dressed as a Native American, sits on the ground, trying to ignore Dorman B. Eaton who is showing him a notice that states “Confirmation of Dorman B. Eaton as Civil Service Commissioner in spite of Logan’s speech.” Three men, “A. P. Edgerton, Voorhees, [and] Sherman” are standing in the background near tipis. Caption: “Ugh! Me don’t want no civil-service reform.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1886-01-20
A man, possibly Jacob Sharp or one of the aldermen he bribed, holds a carpetbag labeled “Broadway Street Car Boodle,” and looks up at a street sign pointing in two directions, to the left “To Canada” and to the right “To Sing Sing” where a policeman waits, holding a “Warrant Arrest.” A man on the left, carrying a similarly labeled carpetbag, is running toward the river where there is a sign labeled “Ferry.” Across the river are estates labeled “Chase, Stewart, Scott, Eno, [and] Mandelbaum.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1886-01-27
Print shows three fashionably dressed women helping a drunken man on the sidewalk, one holds a paper that states “Total Abstinence Pledge – Sign and Be Saved”; a pathway leads toward the “Drunkard’s Nursery and Palatial Asylum”. Behind them, up the sidewalk, a woman carrying an infant is turned away from the “Woman’s Home” where a window is labeled “Charity”. A young bootblack gestures toward her.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1881-09-21
Print shows Wayne MacVeagh wearing a workman’s apron and holding papers labeled “Wayne McVeagh Resignation,” standing in front of a brick wall with a large star on it labeled “To be Bricked up for Star Route Jobbery,” with an opening showing Stephen W. Dorsey and Thomas J. Brady. Bricks and mortar labeled “Retribution Mortar” are at the base of the wall, and a pile of “Investigation Sand” is to the left. Caption: McVeagh “Good bye, my brethren; you thoroughly deserve to be bricked up; but I’m afraid I can’t wait to finish the job!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1881-10-05
Print shows New York Herald editor James Gordon Bennett, holding a shotgun and carrying a bag labeled “Game Bag for Sensations J. G. Bennett,” standing next to a scarecrow labeled “$500.00 Herald Cheque” and “This is not the Original Hartman.” The scarecrow, armed with bombs, a knife, and a handgun, looks like Leo Hartmann who was apparently involved in the 1879 assassination attempt of Alexander II, Emperor of Russia. Looking over a stone wall is Secretary of State James G. Blaine who stated in the press that he could not make a statement regarding the extradition of Hartman prior to a request for such action by Russian authorities. In the background, on a mound of earth labeled “Russia,” Alexander III, Emperor of Russia, is sitting on a large chair labeled “Chair of Alexander III,” reading the “New York Herald.” An opening beneath the chair is labeled “The Real and Only Hartman Private Office” and shows a man who also looks like Leo Hartmann, waving. Caption: J.G.B. – This has been a hard hunt for a sham Hartmann!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1881-09-07
Print shows a coach labeled “Rural Democracy” filled with “Rural Regulars” carrying their farm tools, racing “To the State Convention”, driven by Samuel J. Tilden, with John Kelly representing “Tammany Hall” and John Fox representing “Irving Hall” hitching a ride, sitting on the rear step. The driver looks annoyed.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1881-09-14