A summer smoke-cloud
Subject(s): Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906, Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886, Bennett, James Gordon, 1841-1918, Capitalists and financiers, Civil service reform, Clouds, Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888, Corruption, Curtis, George William, 1824-1892, Davis, David, 1815-1886, Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892, Gould, Jay, 1836-1892, Grace, William Russell, 1832-1904, Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885, Hubbell, Jay A. (Jay Abel), 1829-1900, Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899, Kelly, John, 1821-1886, Legislators, Low, Seth, 1850-1916, Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891, Newspaper editors, Religion, Robeson, George M. (George Maxwell), 1829-1897, Sage, Russell, 1816-1906, Smoke, Summer, Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt), 1832-1902, Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886, Vanderbilt, William H. (William Henry), 1821-1885
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Puck reclines before a table covered with alcoholic beverages, some labeled “V. H. Dusenbury’s P.P. Brandy” and “Puck Punch [No London Punch],” smoking and blowing smoke rings. Among the figures appearing in Puck’s smoke cloud are Chester Alan Arthur labeled “For a Good Veto” and fishing for “Popularity”; George M. Robeson at the helm of a boat carrying a large money bag labeled “Appropriation”; Jay Gould, Russell Sage, and William H. Vanderbilt sailing on a boat labeled “Monopoly”; Susan B. Anthony and another woman, George William Curtis labeled “Civil Service Reform,” Roscoe Conkling, Jay A. Hubbell labeled “Deform,” Ulysses S. Grant labeled “No Third Term,” David Davis, Robert Green Ingersoll boxing with Thomas De Witt Talmage, James Gordon Bennett, “Old Rossa” with “Dynamite,” Cyrus W. Field trying to net a “Coronet,” John Kelly and Samuel J. Tilden on a seesaw, William Russell Grace standing on a rock labeled “Public Esteem” with Seth Low trying to climb up, and James Russell Lowell on a “British Mission.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1882-08-09
Creator(s)
Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894
Period
New York State Assemblyman (1882-May 1884)
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:
A summer smoke-cloud. [August 9, 1882]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287509. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894. A summer smoke-cloud. [9 Aug. 1882]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 18, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287509.
APA:
Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894., [1882, August 9]. A summer smoke-cloud.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287509.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
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. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 18, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
