The only plumber busy in the hot season
Subject(s): Anxiety, Hill, David B. (David Bennett), 1843-1910, Patronage, Political, Perspiration, Plumbers, Plumbing
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A dejected and perspiring New York Governor David B. Hill, as a plumber, sits on a road between the “Irving Hall Democracy” on the right and the “Tammany Democracy [and] County Democracy” on the left. The road leads up a hill to the “Mugwump Head-Quarters” where there is a sign that states “No Connection with Machine Politics.” He is attempting to fit a connection labeled “To Connect with Mug-Wumps” that is hanging over his shoulder to a pipe labeled “Albany Main,” from which there are branches that extend “To Buffalo, To Rochester, To Brooklyn, To Tammany, To County De[mocracy], [and] To Irving Hall.” Caption: And he fails to make his principal connection.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1885-08-19
Creator(s)
Period
Dakota Rancher (June 1884-1886)
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:
The only plumber busy in the hot season. [August 19, 1885]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287580. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Zimmerman, Eugene, 1862-1935. The only plumber busy in the hot season. [19 Aug. 1885]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287580.
APA:
Zimmerman, Eugene, 1862-1935., [1885, August 19]. The only plumber busy in the hot season.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287580.
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. January 15, 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.
