Bubbles

The Russian bear blows soap bubbles labeled “Promises” through a meerschaum pipe with a Chinese face, using liquid from a bowl labeled “Manchurian soft soap.”

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903-08-12

J. P. Morgan, caricatured as a little boy and labeled “Trust Promoter,” blows a bubble labeled “Inflated Values” using “Trust Water” through a pipe labeled “Stock Exchange.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-10-22

J. P. Morgan as a stock-market bull blows bubbles labeled “Inflated Values” as many deluded investors reach for them.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1901-05-22

Photograph showing Quentin and Archie Roosevelt blowing bubbles at Sagamore Hill.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1904

Creator(s)

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

Photograph showing Archie and Quentin Roosevelt blowing bubbles at Sagamore Hill.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1904

Creator(s)

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

Photograph showing Archie and Quentin Roosevelt blowing bubbles on lawn at Sagamore Hill.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1904

Creator(s)

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

“Gen. Coxey” carries a sword labeled “Sensation” and leads a band of disgruntled citizens marching under the banner, “We Want $500,000,000 in Irredeemable Money! and Death to Interest on Bonds!” They are chasing soap bubbles and balloons labeled, “Don’t help yourself get the government to help you!, Paternalism, It is the duty of the government to furnish work to the unemployed, [and] The government must pay the freight!” William McKinley, holding a bowl labeled “McKinley’s Soft Soap Bubbles,” Benjamin Harrison, and Thomas B. Reed appear as spirits leading Coxey’s Army toward the edge of a cliff.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1894-04-18

Creator(s)

Taylor, Charles Jay, 1855-1929

A police officer holds Oscar L. Baldwin, cashier at the Mechanics’ National Bank in Newark, by the shoulder while Baldwin, using “Speculation Soap Suds,” blows a soap bubble labeled “500,000 Paid in Capital” and “Surplus Fund $400,000” that drips money into a top hat in front of many old men labeled “Bank Director” and investors entering on the right, in the background. At his feet are papers labeled “Cooked Statement.” Puck gestures toward the old men and suggests the police officer consider arresting them as well. Caption: Puck to Representative of the Law–“You have got the thief – now take the men who let him steal the money of the trusting depositors.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1881-11-09

Creator(s)

Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894

Charles A. Dana blows a large bubble that shows the face of Samuel J. Tilden. Dana is using “Sun Soap,” “Iroquois Club Suds,” and a pipe labeled with a “$.” In the background, the sun is visible on the horizon. Caption: C.A.D. “It’s no matter how big this Tilden bubble gets – I can burst it at any time!”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1883-05-02

Creator(s)

Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913