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Puck Easter

Puck Easter

A little girl takes all the colored eggs from the Easter Bunny’s basket. She is putting them in her apron, but some have fallen on the ground and are broken. A hen wearing a bonnet is in the background.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903-04-08

A perfectly corking time

A perfectly corking time

In the first section of the cartoon, “Congress” holds a “public business” basket of eggs, and sticks his tongue out at President Roosevelt. In the second section, the basket is on the ground with a number of broken eggs, and both Roosevelt and “Congress” walk away. “Congress” says, “He’ll never sass me again,” while Roosevelt says, “I beat him to a frazzle.”

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Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-14

Patient waiters are no losers

Patient waiters are no losers

Uncle Sam, wearing a sombrero, stands beneath an apple tree where the apples are labeled “Hawaii, Canada, Cuba, [and] Central America,” with a large basket to catch the apples when they fall. Apples labeled “Louisiana, Texas, California, Alaska, [and] Florida” are already in the basket. Caption: Uncle Sam–I ain’t in a hurry; – it’ll drop into my basket when it gets ripe!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-01-13

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905

The campaign issue

The campaign issue

The Republican elephant labeled “G.O.P.” holds an empty “Dinner Pail” which he is asking a woman labeled “Mrs. Consumer” to fill. She is holding an “Empty Market-Basket” labeled “Tariff Tax on the Necessities of Life.” Caption: The Republican Elephant–Well, the campaign is on. Fill the Dinner-Pail for me. / The Woman in the Case–You great big Gop! How can I give you a Full Dinner-Pail from an Empty Market-Basket?

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-05-01

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956