End of the summer show
Subject(s): Cherubs (Art), Fraud, Pride and vanity, Seasons, Theater--Production and direction
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At the end of the summer vacation season Puck annually chronicled the disappointing results and unfulfilled romantic hopes of young men and women. The figure of Puck invites readers to visit little cupids disassembling the settings of lovers’ scenes; of a young woman discovering that her engagement ring, and its giver, are false; and the stereotypical hosts of bucolic getaways return to normal pursuits.
Comments and Context
The end of summer was frequently memorialized by Puck not by comments on the weather, or by addressing the resumption of college, but by the end of the social convention of rural vacations at resorts — often engaged by young adults seeking romance. The virtually constant observations addressed failed romances, broken promises, and disappointments.
The “jam” by cartoonists Carl Hassmann and S. D. Ehrhart present the magazine’s 1906 reprise, built around a cynical poem by Bert Leston Taylor, one of Puck‘s editors at the time. Taylor’s greatest fame, in a busy career, was as the Chicago Tribune columnist of the personal grab-bag of poetry, commentary, humor, and clippings “A Line O’ Type or Two.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1906-09-12
Creator(s)
Hassmann, Carl, 1869-1933; Ehrhart, S. D. (Samuel D.), approximately 1862-1937
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
End of the summer show. [September 12, 1906]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o278573. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Hassmann, Carl, 1869-1933; Ehrhart, S. D. (Samuel D.), approximately 1862-1937. End of the summer show. [12 Sep. 1906]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o278573.
APA:
Hassmann, Carl, 1869-1933; Ehrhart, S. D. (Samuel D.), approximately 1862-1937., [1906, September 12]. End of the summer show.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o278573.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
