Uncle Sam’s dismal swamp
Subject(s): Corruption, Criminals, Croker, Richard, 1843-1922, Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897, Ghosts, Guiteau, Charles J. (Charles Julius), 1841-1882, McLaughlin, Hugh, 1827-1904, Patronage, Political, Political corruption, Prendergast, Patrick E. (Patrick Eugene), 1868-1894, Quay, Matthew Stanley, 1833-1904, Raum, Green B. (Green Berry), 1829-1909, Tanner, John R., 1844-1901, Trees, Tweed, William Marcy, 1823-1878, Uncle Sam (Symbolic character), Wetlands
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Uncle Sam sits on a log in a swamp labeled “Spoils System” from which snakes labeled “Quayism, Bardsleyism, [and] Tannerism,” and noxious fumes rise in the form of shades labeled “Raumism – Pension Swindler, Crokerism, McLaughlinism, Tweedism, Prendergast – Political Assassin, [and] Guiteau – Political Assassin.” Also shown among the tree roots is Charles A. Dana. Caption: It will have to be drained to get rid of the noxious miasmas that arise from it.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1893-11-15
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
Civil Service Commissioner (1889-April 1895)
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:
Uncle Sam’s dismal swamp. [November 15, 1893]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o289291. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905. Uncle Sam’s dismal swamp. [15 Nov. 1893]. 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/o289291.
APA:
Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905., [1893, November 15]. Uncle Sam’s dismal swamp.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o289291.
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.
