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William Jennings Bryan dressed as a farmer holds a “list of missing issues”: “Grindstone (Swollen Fortunes), Cider Press (Railroads), Yoke (Trust Regulation), Dinner Bell (Plutocratic Domination).” As he hears a dinner bell with a tag that reads, “I’m a victim of a plutocratic conspiracy,” Bryan says, “That sounds like my old bell.” In the background is the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-09
Wilbur S. Hinman investigated the matter of the HMS Guerriere‘s bell supposedly being taken when the USS Constitution captured it. He informs C. A. Foster that the Constitution‘s logbook does not mention such an incident. However, Captain Isaac Hull’s correspondence mentions taking a flag from the ship.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-10-12
A future Fourth of July celebration is depicted where women have gained suffrage and equality. Young and old women ring a bell labeled “Equal Rights.” A notice on the bell tower states “Strike Out the Word Male.” Women emerge from underground and participate in a procession, marching under banners that state “United Order of Matinee Women” and “Higher Culture Division.” The procession passes two statues, one of a woman holding a rolling pin labeled “Erected to the Memory of the First Woman Who Wore Breeches” and the second of an eagle wearing a bonnet, labeled “The American Bird is a Hen Eagle and Lays Eggs. [?] Blake Sculp.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-07-04
President Cleveland pulls on a rope labeled, “Cleveland’s letter to Citizens of Chicago,” and rings a bell labeled “Sound Money Alarm” to warn them that dark smoke labeled “Free Silver Coinage” from a raging fire is bearing down upon them.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-05-08
Print shows a “Church Bell” as a female figure, an injured elephant labeled “Republican Party” with bandages and an eye patch labeled “Nov. 1882”, and a Chinese man.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-09-05
Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913
A woman labeled “Corrupt Corporations” stands in a bell tower, hanging onto the clapper of a bell labeled “Third Term” which bears the countenance of Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-09-18