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A man beating a large drum and a woman playing the cymbals in a street in the middle of the night disturb the sleep of everyone in the neighborhood. The drum is labeled “Salvation Army.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-06-30
Joseph Gurney Cannon, as the cruel, autocratic Sultan of the Turks, Abdülhamid II, sits on a throne, smoking a hookah labeled “Obstruction,” as two men, in the background, dressed as Turks labeled “Payne” and “Dalzell,” suffer from a chill or other deprivation.
Udo J. Keppler, a brilliant caricaturist, seldom practiced the iconic method of representation — a large head on a small body. But in the exception, and despite the thematic statement that Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon’s odious character could be suggested by hoary facial features as well as by actions or labels.
Vignettes depict the presidential candidates for the 1908 election, each learning their fortunes regarding the outcome of the election. Norman Edward Mack as a palm reader tells William Jennings Bryan that his “line of ambition is phenomenally long. Likewise your line of talk. You can’t lose.” Frank H. Hitchcock as a seer gazing into a crystal ball, which shows the face of Theodore Roosevelt, tells William H. Taft that he sees “nothing but success.” Thomas L. Hisgen is reading cards labeled “W. R. Hearst.” Thomas E. Watson sees the word “Cinch” in the stars. Eugene W. Chafin is reading tea leaves. Eugene V. Debs is dropping hot lead into a cauldron showing the White House.
Puck had grown comfortable with double-page cartoons comprised of vignettes on a theme, and ran them approximately once a month. This cartoon is a rare three-man “jam,” the central drawings by Will Crawford. In keeping with the magazine’s routine depictions, Republican William H. Taft is happy and confident; his Democrat rival William Jennings Bryan is unkempt, seedy, and in need of a shave (the power of subconscious graphic subtleties!)
Thomas B. Reed, Speaker of the House, sits at the Speaker’s desk and, oversized, is the only member of Congress present. Caption: Speaker Reed–What is the pleasure of the House?
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-06-30
President McKinley, as a young boy, attempts to light the fuse to a fireworks-rocket labeled “Prosperity” using “McKinley Administration Matches” during a rain storm beneath dark clouds labeled “Tariff for Trusts.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-07-07
At the center, a group of working class individuals complain about the selfish accumulation of wealth by a small percentage of society. The surrounding vignettes illustrate the philanthropic deeds of the rich, such as a “Museum of Art” open to all, “Low-Rent Tenements,” “Free Milk for the Poor,” “Free Ice for the Poor,” “Fresh Air Excursion for Poor Mothers and Children,” “Free Kindergarten for Poor Children,” colleges endowed by wealthy citizens, health care centers, and “Free” libraries. Caption: Chorus of the Poor Man, the Socialist, the Dissatisfied Laborer, the Populist Farmer, the Demagogue, the Chronic Idler, and the Struggling Professional Man–“Down with Selfish, Grasping Capital!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-07-07
John Sherman, Secretary of State, dressed as an old woman with a purse labeled “Sec. Sherman,” plucks the petals off daisies labeled “Hawaii, Cuba, [and] Bering Sea” picked from a flowerpot labeled “Diplomatic Questions.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-07-14
A huge throng of people, some carrying banners labeled “Populism, Silverites, [and] Socialists,” eagerly follow a fairy labeled “Paternalism” carrying a transparent balloon or bag labeled “Government Support” as she floats toward a cliff or abyss.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-07-14
On the left, a fat businessman labeled “Monopolist” is welcomed into the “U.S. Senate,” while on the right, a “Taxpayer” is booted out by a large shoe labeled “Tariff Legislation.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-07-21
This vignette cartoon depicts changes to folklore, fairy tales, courtship, and punishment, that will result from the cycling craze. Vignettes include witches riding bicycles instead of brooms, Father Time riding a bicycle, Cupid running over victims with a bicycle instead of shooting arrows at them, fairies on bicycles, and a cyclist’s nightmare in Hell.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-07-21
Marcus A. Hanna is Shylock, wearing a robe and holding a paper that states, “Understanding between Wm. McKinley and Mark Hanna. The aforesaid Mark Hanna shall have the Dictation of all Ohio Appointments, etc., etc.” Hanging from his waist are a purse labeled “Boodle” and a “Patronage Knife,” and extending from his pocket are balance scales.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-07-28
A huge figure labeled “Tariff for Trusts,” wearing a quilted cape labeled with products and percentages and holding papers labeled “Concessions,” sits between the Senate and House chambers. Garret A. Hobart sits on the left and Thomas B. Reed sits on the right. Nelson Dingley and William B. Allison, holding enormous pincers labeled “Ways and Means Committee” and “Finance Committee” with a crown labeled “Sherman’s Bluff Anti-Trust Law of 1890” in the jaws, are placing the crown on the head of the devilish figure at center.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-07-28
President McKinley sits in a sailboat labeled “Prosperity,” using a bellows labeled “Tariff for Trusts” to try to generate enough wind to fill the sails and propel the boat.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-08-04
Puck as Diogenes carries a lantern and a lithographic pen and seeks the perfect mayor for New York City. At center Puck gets the opinion of “The Republican Machine” (Thomas Collier Platt with the tail and ears of a fox) and “Tammany” Hall (Richard Croker with the tail and ears of the Tammany Tiger). In the surrounding vignettes, he hears the opinions of “The Sunday Closers” who respect the Sabbath, “The Reformers” who seek “a man of the highest ideals … and irreproachable character!” and have “Seth Low” at the top of their list, as well as “The Germans” and “The Bicyclers,” before returning to the “Office of Puck,” somewhat dismayed. Caption: Diogenes Puck starts out to find him, and gets a lot of varied information on the subject.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-07-04
A farmer holds a large sheaf of wheat labeled “Enormous Wheat Crop of 1897,” representing the bounty of Nature, with other farmers harvesting grains in the background.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-07-11
Diary of Theodore Roosevelt for the year 1880. Major events include Roosevelt’s graduation from Harvard, entry into Columbia Law School, and a Midwestern hunting trip with Elliott Roosevelt. Roosevelt also engaged, married, and honeymooned with Alice Lee Roosevelt. The diary concludes with notes on Roosevelt’s personal finances and “game bag” totals for several years.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1880
Diary of Theodore Roosevelt for the year 1879. Roosevelt attended Harvard College, spent the summer in Oyster Bay, New York, and went on two expeditions to Maine. The diary concludes with notes on Roosevelt’s personal finances and his “game bag” for the year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1879
Diary of Theodore Roosevelt for the year 1878. Roosevelt attended Harvard College and spent the summer in Oyster Bay, New York, and on an expedition in Maine. The major event of the year was the death of Roosevelt’s father. Roosevelt reflects on the death of his father many times throughout the year. The diary concludes with notes on Roosevelt’s personal finances and his “game record” for the year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1878
The International Printing Pressmen’s Union passed a resolution forming a committee to coordinate with other labor unions to select a “proper champion” for the presidential election. The union supports William Randolph Hearst’s candidacy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-08
Judge Alton B. Parker, the Democratic nominee for the presidency, gave a speech about the Fourteenth Amendment which neglected to address the political consequences surrounding suffrage and discrimination. Rather, Parker focused on whether or not the Supreme Court would void legislation that aimed to “fetter and degrade State Governments.” The writers of the article point out that the second section of the amendment allows Congress to make laws ensuring equal protection for black and white voters.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-08