Puck, v. 48, no. 1247

An old man reaches for a bottle of “Glycero-Phosphate of Sodium,” a patent medicine that apparently restores youthfulness to aged people. The spirit of Juan Ponce de León stands in the background, laughing. Caption: Ponce de Leon. — They laugh at me, but they still keep it up!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1901-01-30

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905

In a series of vignettes, a rural family arrives in the city to stay at the “Walledoff,” a fashionable hotel [the unsophisticated rural man’s pronunciation of “Waldorf”]. The patriarch of the family repeatedly mistakes each encounter for something grander than its appearance.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1901-01-30

Creator(s)

Ehrhart, S. D. (Samuel D.), approximately 1862-1937