The national dime-museum – will be run during the presidential campaign
Subject(s): Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886, Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893, Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893, Carlisle, John Griffin, 1835-1910, Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888, Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889, Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897, Davis, David, 1815-1886, Edmunds, George F. (George Franklin), 1828-1919, Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901, Hewitt, Abram S. (Abram Stevens), 1822-1903, Kelly, John, 1821-1886, Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926, Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886, Mahone, William, 1826-1895, Morrison, William R. (William Ralls), 1825-1909, Museums, Platt, Thomas Collier, 1833-1910, Presidents--Elections, Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890, Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912, Robeson, George M. (George Maxwell), 1829-1897, Sherman, John, 1823-1900, Sideshows, Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886, Watterson, Henry, 1840-1921
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A gallery of presidential candidates includes, clockwise, from bottom left: John Kelly as a card-playing pig, Chester A. Arthur as “The Snake Charmer” charming a snake labeled “Stalwart Vote” with a horn labeled “Patronage,” Benjamin F. Butler as “What is it?,” “Siamese Twins Keifer [and] Robeson,” John A. Logan as the “Wild Zulu on the Warpath,” “Carlisle, Morrison, [and] Hewitt” as a “Wax Group of Three Heroes Who Perished in an Attempt to Reach the Pole of Tariff Reform,” “‘Richelieu’ Robinson” as a “Fire Eater,” Charles A. “Dana” as a “Screech Parrot,” a cage containing an “Un-Happy Family – N.Y. Board of Aldermen,” an “Ancient Mummy Exhumed Lately” labeled “1876 Fraud Issue – S. J. T.,” John “Sherman” as “The Man in the Bloody Shirt,” Henry Watterson as a buffalo, Whitelaw Reid as a giraffe, and Samuel J. Randall(?) as “The Democratic White Elephant,” William “Evarts” as the thin man, Roscoe Conkling as the bearded lady, David “Davis” as the Fat Lady, Robert Todd “Lincoln” and George F. “Edmunds” as “The Two Giants,” James G. Blaine as the tattooed man, T. C. “Platt” and William “Mahone” as Tom Thumb and his bride, and Samuel S. “Cox” as a dancing poodle. In the center is a stuffed tiger labeled “Tammany” on a pedestal labeled “Killed by Roosevelt.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1884-04-16
Creator(s)
Period
New York State Assemblyman (1882-May 1884)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
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These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
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Chicago:
The national dime-museum – will be run during the presidential campaign. [April 16, 1884]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287920. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896. The national dime-museum – will be run during the presidential campaign. [16 Apr. 1884]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287920.
APA:
Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896., [1884, April 16]. The national dime-museum – will be run during the presidential campaign.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287920.
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 29, 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.