Puck’s labor-saving suggestion for Cupid’s summer work
Subject(s): Couples, Cupid (Roman deity), Men--Social life and customs, Women--Social life and customs
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Puck, at top center, manipulates an electric bow-shooting device, which sends arrows toward couples in the surrounding vignettes, where they are sitting beneath trees on the shores of a lake, riding bicycles, canoeing, swimming, boating, playing tennis and golf, and riding in a carriage. Caption: An electric arrow-shooting battery would beat the old-time bow, and […] the hearts of forty times as many victims, with neatness and despatch.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1896-08-19
Creator(s)
Taylor, Charles Jay, 1855-1929
Language
English
Period
NYC Police Commissioner (May 1895-March 1897)
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:
Puck’s labor-saving suggestion for Cupid’s summer work. [August 19, 1896]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o288592. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Taylor, Charles Jay, 1855-1929. Puck’s labor-saving suggestion for Cupid’s summer work. [19 Aug. 1896]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o288592.
APA:
Taylor, Charles Jay, 1855-1929., [1896, August 19]. Puck’s labor-saving suggestion for Cupid’s summer work.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o288592.
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.
