Fizz! Boom!! Ah!!!
Subject(s): Altgeld, John Peter, 1847-1902, Anarchists, Blackburn, Joseph C. S. (Joseph Clay Stiles), 1838-1918, Bland, Richard Parks, 1835-1899, Crisp, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1845-1896, Fireworks, Fraud, Harvey, W. H. (William Hope), 1851-1936, Morgan, John Tyler, 1824-1907, Peffer, William Alfred, 1831-1912, Populist Party (U.S.), Shell games, Silver question, Stewart, William M. (William Morris), 1827-1909, Teller, Henry Moore, 1830-1914, Waite, Davis Hanson, 1825-1901, Wolcott, Edward Oliver, 1848-1905
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A fireworks display is being prepared. An “Anarchist” and John Peter “Altgeld” are lighting a rocket labeled “Altgeld Anarchistic Boom,” and several men identified as “Bland, Crisp, Teller, Waite, Blackburn, Wolcott, Morgan, [and] Stewart” are lighting rockets around a large medallion labeled “Free Silver Coinage Craze” with a silver coin labeled “In 16 to 1 We Trust.” Blackburn is holding a rocket labeled “Silver Speech” and on the ground are fireworks labeled “Snap Silver Resolutions.” At a table on the right, labeled “Coin’s Financial Hocus Pocus Game,” is William H. Harvey operating a shell game, and behind him is William A. Peffer, the “Windy Man from Kansas.” Caption: They are making great preparations for their Populistic Pyrotechnical display; but it will be only another fizzle.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1895-07-03
Creator(s)
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:
Fizz! Boom!! Ah!!!. [July 3, 1895]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o289204. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905. Fizz! Boom!! Ah!!!. [3 Jul. 1895]. 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/o289204.
APA:
Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905., [1895, July 3]. Fizz! Boom!! Ah!!!.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o289204.
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.
