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The Russian Bear sits at a table, carving a large roast beef labeled “Siberian Railway.” Serving pieces on the table are labeled “Enlarged Navy,” “New Spheres of Influence,” and “Better Financial System,” and a bottle of champagne is labeled “Port Arthur Fortification.” On the right, the British Lion labeled “England” is reclining on a small piece of land across a body of water.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-09-21
At left, two fashionably dressed, healthy young women escort a young man ill-suited for military service, carrying a valise, on his departure from a seaside resort. At right, two hearty young men, a soldier and a sailor, return home from military service during the Spanish-American War.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-09-21
President McKinley stands at the edge of a mud-hole labeled “Slander” and “Abuse,” his right hand raised in a “stop” gesture, and holding in his left hand a mud-splattered American flag. Three diminutive figures are standing in the mud-hole in the process of throwing mud. They are William Jennings Bryan, Joseph Pulitzer labeled “N.Y. World,” and William Randolph Hearst labeled “N.Y. Journal.” The U.S. Capitol is in the background.
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1898-09-28
Uncle Sam helps four little girls labeled “Philippines, Ladrones, Porto Rico, [and] Cuba” onto a wagon filled with many other young children, including “Hawaii.” Two horses harnessed to the wagon are labeled “Liberty” and “Union.” An old man, wearing a hat labeled “Monroe Doctrine,” sits on a log nearby and asks Sam if the wagon isn’t getting too full.
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1898-09-28
The Democratic donkey, wearing a harness labeled “Democratic Party” and bandages labeled “Defeat in 1896,” “Free Riot Plank,” “Bryanism,” and “Free Silver,” sits in front of a revolving saw blade labeled “Silver Question” at a sawmill.
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1898-10-05
A female figure sits on a stone bench writing a list of names in a large book, including “McKinley, Dewey, Sampson, Schley, Hobson and his crew, Wainwright, Clark, Miles, Shafter, Wheeler, Roosevelt, [and] Wood.” Behind her, Puck has erected two monuments on a “Barren Island,” topped with statues of “Pulitzer” and “Hearst.” Each monument is papered with yellow sheets of paper that give credit for the success of the American forces in Spanish-American War to both Pulitzer and Hearst. Caption: He erects a monument to two celebrities that history has neglected.
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1898-10-05
Columbia and Britannia place laurel wreaths at a monument for Thomas F. Bayard that states, “Bayard who earnestly fought to promote good feeling between England and the United States and for which he was censured by Congress.” Caption: Columbia and Britannia–Let us not forget the man who did more than any other to bring us together. Time has justified him in the eyes of his countrymen.
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1898-10-12
A well-dressed man is sitting in a chair, overwhelmed by opportunities to attend a “Last Bachelor ‘Blow Out’,” to go “See the Bogus Ballet” with its dancing girls, to go “to the Club and Join in a Quiet Game,” to “Spend a Night in Bohemia!”, to see an “Intellectual Vaudeville Show,” to go to “The Bal-Masque,” or to go “to the Hoo-Doo Athletic Club” for a boxing match.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-02-10
John Bull stands in the foreground with his arms full of foods and toys labeled “Gibraltar, Ceylon, Bermudas, British India, Canada, [and] Australia.” At his feet are items he has dropped, fruits labeled “Egypt, Honduras, British Africa, [and] British Guiana,” and a parcel of roasted chestnuts labeled “West India Islands.” A small group of figures labeled “Russia, Turkey, Germany, Italy, [and] France” and Uncle Sam are standing in the background. Caption: He has got a lot of good things, – but how long can he keep them to himself?
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1896-02-19
A gigantic snowball labeled “Morton Boom” is rolling down a hillside toward four men labeled “Allison, Reed, McKinley, [and] Harrison.” At the top of the hill are Thomas Collier Platt, Levi P. Morton, and another man.
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1896-02-19
Matthew S. Quay and Thomas Collier Platt hold papers labeled “Great Republican Farce Comedy – Presidential Aspirations – Star Part.” Around them stand Thomas B. Reed, William B. Allison, William McKinley, and Levi P. Morton as actors in costume. On the far left, Benjamin Harrison is exiting the building. Caption: The Stock Company (in chorus)–“I want that part – it requires whiskers, and I’ve got ’em!”, “Give that character to me, and I’ll keep the house in order with it!”,”Let me have it – I’m a regular Napoleon in that kind of role!”, “Don’t mind those young fellows, – a man of mature age is needed to play it right!”
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1896-02-26
A female figure labeled “Civilization” pulls the pigtail labeled “Worn Out Traditions” of a man labeled “China.” She is holding a pair of scissors labeled “19th Century Progress” and is about to cut the pigtail. There are telegraph poles, plows, and locomotives hanging from her waist.
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1898-10-19
A young man and a young woman are sitting on a love seat. He holds her hand and appears ready to propose to her, while behind them question marks labeled “Tariff Question, Chinese Question, Armenian Question, Silver Question, Cuban Question, Venezuelan Question, Boundary Line, Mafia Question, [and] Bering Sea Question” hover in the air. Caption: “Questions” may come, and “questions” may go; but, thank goodness, this “question” goes on for ever!
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1896-03-04
Presidential hopefuls labeled “Davis, Tillman, Chandler, Lodge, Quay, Frye, Wolcutt, Turpie, Hoar, Morgan, [and] Hill” are wading through a swamp labeled “Financial Buncombe, Jingoism, Blunders, Demagogism, [and] Brag,” chasing a glowing chair with wings labeled “Presidency.” Puck, standing on the side of “Statesmanship Highway,” tells them they are taking the wrong way to the White House. Caption: Puck–My short-sighted friends, none of you will ever reach the White House by that road!
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1896-03-04
David B. Hill is shown as an arctic seal hunter anxiously sitting on a block of ice next to a hole, holding a harpoon labeled “Peanut Politics.” Behind him a seal labeled “Dem. Presidenti[al] Nomination” emerges through a hole in the ice.
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1896-03-11
Uncle Sam strolls along “Presidential Avenue” through a maze of presidential campaign posters being posted by several of the candidates, including William “McKinley on his High Charger ‘War-Tariff’,” “Levi P. Morton, the only Able Guide through the Woods, Years of Experience,” William B. “Old Bill Allison, The Farmers Friend,” Henry M.”Teller Holding up the Ratio 16 to 1,” “Samson Davis Carrying Off the Honors, ‘Monroe Doctrine’,” Matthew Quay “If you want a ‘Boss Time’ try Quay – the Reformed One,” and Thomas B. Reed, “The only Reed in Continuous Performance – Dancing Lightly on Silver.”
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1896-03-11
Matthew Quay, senator from Pennsylvania and political boss of dubious character, stands at a podium labeled “Keystone Auction Rooms, Matt. Quay, Auctioneer.” Quay is auctioning off Pennsylvania’s 32 electoral votes, labeled “32 Delegates for Quay,” to the highest bidder. The four men at the foot of the podium are William McKinley, Thomas B. Reed, Henry M. Teller, and a man labeled “Morton.” Caption: Auctioneer Quay–Now then, gentlemen, what am I offered for this lot? – the highest bidder gets ’em!
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1896-03-18
An elderly woman representing Britannia stands at the “European Intelligence Office” seeking help from a group of women. The women, labeled “Italy, Austria, Turkey, Russia, Spain, La France,” and one unidentified woman who may represent Germany, are seated in the office, some holding papers on their lap labeled “Character” and “References.” Caption: Mrs. Britannia–Bless my ‘art! – hi need ‘elp so bad, an’ I cawn’t engage none ‘of ’em to ‘elp me!
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1896-03-18
A band of street musicians is comprised of yellow journalism newspaper editors/publishers. Two men are playing “The War Wave” on horns labeled Daily Sensation (Joseph Pulitzer) and Morning Exciter (possibly James Gordon Bennett, Jr.). A man (possibly Charles A. Dana) is playing a tune labeled “Rumblings of War” on a bass drum labeled Daily Brawler. Two other men are playing tunes labeled “War Talk” and “War News.” A man with one hand over his right ear is standing at the entrance to a building labeled “Business Interests” and “Commerce and Manufactures”; with his left hand he gestures toward the musicians to stop or move on.
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1896-03-25
Several men are on a ship at sea, with a waterspout labeled “Western Republican Silver Sentiment” and looking like Thomas H. Carter bearing down on the ship. At the helm, labeled “Sound Money,” is John Sherman. Others on deck are “Platt, Allison, Reed, McKinley, Quay, Morton, Hackett, Wellington, Chandler, Burrows, Clarkson,” and an unidentified man who may be George F. Hoar.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-03-25