No welcome for the little stranger
Subject(s): Abandoned children, Blackburn, Joseph C. S. (Joseph Clay Stiles), 1838-1918, Civil service reform--U.S. states, Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908, Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897, Eustis, James B. (James Biddle), 1834-1899, Gorman, Arthur P. (Arthur Pue), 1839-1906, Hedden, Edward Long, 1828-1893, Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrews), 1819-1885, Hill, David B. (David Bennett), 1843-1910, Kelly, John, 1821-1886, McLaughlin, Hugh, 1827-1904, McLean, John R. (John Roll), 1848-1916, New York (State), Orphanages, Orphans, Pulitzer, Joseph, 1847-1911, Thompson, Hubert O. (Hubert Ogden), 1848-1886
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At center, Grover Cleveland holds an infant labeled “Civil Service Reform.” They are surrounded by a bunch of angry old men as orphans labeled “Hube Thompson, Eddie Hedden, Davy Hill, Hugh, Joe Blackburn, Charlie Dana, Eustis, Johnnie McLean, Pulitzer, A.P. Gorman, [and] Johnnie K,” and one as an old woman labeled “Hendricks.” On the left is the “Republican Home – No Civil Service Infants Wanted Here” and on the right is the “Democratic Home Restored in 1884.” Caption: Father Cleveland adopts the abandoned infant of the Republican Home, to the great disgust of the Jeffersonian household.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1885-10-21
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:
No welcome for the little stranger. [October 21, 1885]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287755. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Zimmerman, Eugene, 1862-1935. No welcome for the little stranger. [21 Oct. 1885]. 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/o287755.
APA:
Zimmerman, Eugene, 1862-1935., [1885, October 21]. No welcome for the little stranger.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287755.
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.
