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Theodore P. Shonts milks a cow labeled “Canal Commission” that is feeding on a mixture of hay and money labeled “Appropriation.” Shonts has a bucket labeled “Progress” between his knees. Secretary of State William H. Taft stands in the background holding a pitchfork. Up a hill on the right is an outbuilding labeled “U.S. Treasury” full of hay.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-11-15
Richard Croker as the Tammany Tiger clutches a large bag labeled “Spoils” and holds a whip labeled “Tammany” and, in his claws, a diminutive man who appears to be holding a paper that states “Robinson. Straight Republican Nomination 1893.” On the ground in front of the Tammany Tiger are bones labeled “1890, 1891, [and] 1892.” “Tom Platt” appears to have tossed Henry C. Robinson to the Tiger and is now fleeing to safety. Five men, one labeled “Republican,” are on the right and left, in the background, behind the safety of high walls. Among them, holding a long spear atop a palm tree, is Chauncey M. Depew. Caption: Rather than stand up and fight, they throw him a sop and run away.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1893-11-08
A disgruntled Uncle Sam, as a dairy farmer, stands on the right, holding a bucket labeled “U.S. Treasury” and a stool, on his way to milk a cow. At center is a cow labeled “Commonwealth” and a fat calf labeled “Infant Industries” that is helping itself to the cow’s milk.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-06-23
Print shows William Jennings Bryan as a goose flapping his wings and squawking, perched on a nest with a large egg labeled “Free Silver 16 to 1.” At his feet is a bowl of food labeled “Republican Non-Interference with the Money Question.” In the background, Mark Hanna and William McKinley are standing behind a gate that leads to the White House.
Caption: Chairman Hanna–We must be careful not to take that food away from him. We wouldn’t be nearly so sure of our jobs without those eggs.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-09-20
Print shows Chester Alan Arthur offering a “Bill Excluding Chinese for 10 Years,” in the shape of a Chinese man’s face, to a three-headed Cerberus labeled “Western Vote” with the heads labeled “Demagogue, Hoodlum, [and] Irish.” At Arthur’s feet is a basket labeled “Sops for Everybody,” and he holds a rope behind his back labeled “2nd Term Aspirations.” The Cerberus is guarding the narrow path through the forest to the White House labeled “1884,” which shines in the distance.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1882-05-17
Uncle Sam, as a pig farmer, holds a bucket labeled “Ship Subsidy” that he is about to pour into an overflowing trough labeled “Dingley Tariff” for a large hog labeled “Organized Greed.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-02-20
Two women and a child, along with other spectators, stand in front of a cage, offering a peanut to an unseen chimpanzee or ape named “Jocko.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-02-22
President Taft, wearing a large hat, offers a corn stalk labeled “Excuse, Apology, Explanation, Defense, [and] Persuasion” to a cow labeled “The West” and with a bell labeled “Insurgency” around its neck. The cow is not interested in Taft’s excuses or explanations.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-10-11