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The devil delivers a tiny piece of ice to a bloated businessman labeled “The Ice Man” wearing a fur coat and sitting on a heater in Hell. Caption: Satan — Yep, this is the biggest fifty pounds I can let you have. On account of the mild winter, ice is very scarce here!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-08-08
Nelson Aldrich sits on a throne as king of the “U.S. Senate,” with a diminutive Theodore Roosevelt kneeling before him bearing the “President’s Message.” Around them senators are reading ticker tape or enjoying the success of their investments. The surrounding vignettes show Chauncey M. Depew as a doorman welcoming a man labeled “The Trusts” into the “U.S. Senate”; John D. Rockefeller sitting at a desk pouring over “Reports” and “Expenditures”; Charles W. Fairbanks as an office boy stopping Uncle Sam at the top of the stairs demanding who he needs to see and why; and two men stuffing papers labeled “Esch-Townsend Rate Bill, Tariff Legislation, House Bill” and others into a trash can. Caption: Formerly known as the Upper House of Congress.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-10-25
A large William H. Taft wears a stars and stripes turban, with a large knife labeled “The Big Bolo” stuck in his belt and a notice attached stating “For Stand Patters.” He is speaking to a group of diminutive figures labeled variously “Congressman” with a “Manila Souvenir Spoon,” “Philippine Industries, Free Trade Promises, [and] Senate Bill.” In the background, on the left is the boarding ramp to a ship, and on the right are two entrances to a railroad station platform labeled “To Washington Direct.” One entrance is labeled “Philippine Free Trade” and the other is labeled “Stand Pat.” Taft is telling them to be sure to choose the correct train, i.e., not to enter through the “Stand Pat” gate. Caption: Our Foremost Filipino — Now, boys, after all my talking, don’t go and take the wrong train.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-09-27
An elderly man labeled “Corporation Magnate” is sandwiched between the Republican Elephant and the Democratic Donkey, each holding out cups labeled, respectively, “Rep. Campaign Funds” and “Dem Campaign Funds”, seeking contributions. Caption: “Gentlemen, I cannot; my moral sense forbids!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-10-25
Jessie A. Price provides her perspective on the political climate in America for Theodore Roosevelt. She believes that Democratic newspapers are trying to get Republicans to repudiate President William H. Taft to help their cause. Price urges Roosevelt to fight for unity within the Republican Party and not to cave to pressures from the Republican Progressive League. She believes that tariff reform is not immediately necessary, and that it would benefit businessmen if tariff changes were done slowly, with studies and time for public comment. She believes that a friendship between Roosevelt and Taft is important for the country’s future.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-08
On the left, many businessmen and women appear in stocks and pillories for such offenses as serving guests wine on Sunday, “for shaving on Sunday,” “for delivering ice on Sunday,” “for selling a glass of beer on Sunday,” “for blacking shoes on Sunday,” and “for working the growler on Sunday.” A notice states, “Behold the Punishment of the Wicked Sabbath Breaker. Let All Evil Doers Beware.” On the right is a group of New York legislators dressed as Puritans, including Lieutenant Governor Charles T. “Saxton,” Thomas C. “Platt,” Jacob M. “Patterson,” Hamilton “Fish,” Frederick S. “Gibbs,” Warner “Miller,” Governor Levi P. “Morton,” Chauncey M. “Depew,” and Jacob S. “Fassett.” Caption: The glorious revival of blue Sundays, stocks and pillories, that our good Republican Puritans are trying to bring about.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-10-16
A wealthy businessman with his family boards a steamer “to Europe,” while a porter carries their single bag of luggage. When the family returns home, at the end of their summer shopping spree, the businessman’s pockets are empty, and the porter is burdened with countless bags of luggage reflecting their overseas purchases. Caption: He talks loudly of fostering America’s industries – but he will go to Europe every summer and do his shopping there, to save money.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-09-11
The father of an upwardly mobile family is forced to keep pace financially with his wife’s ambitions. The main vignette shows the father perspiring as he works harder, using a large pump labeled “Business” to pour more money into “Paterfamilias’ Pocket Book” to which a queue of tradesmen labeled “Caterer, Chef, Modiste, Carriage dealer, Milliner, Decorator, Furniture dealer, Florist, Jeweler, [and] Wine dealer” help themselves. The surrounding vignettes depict lavish parties, artwork on the walls, more frequent purchases of clothing for the children, his wife’s new understanding of the term “cottage,” and the increase in the size of the servant staff.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-08-21
A “Silverite,” a “Democrat,” a “Populist,” and a “Republican” hold a sheet labeled “Politics” with which they are tossing a “Business Man.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-06-10
A woman wearing a crown labeled “Commerce” lies sleeping on a bed. A “Business Man” stands on the left with cobwebs and a top hat at his feet. A sleeping “Laborer” sits on a wall with cobwebs around him. Caption: May the new Secretary of the Treasury be the prince who will awaken her to a long and happy life.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-02-17
A large Trojan Horse labeled “Sound Money” is shown with many businessmen climbing out, carrying papers labeled “Tobacco, Steel, Wool, Coal Demands for More Protection, We Want More Protection Iron, Drugs We Demand Higher Protection, Give Us More Protection Coal, [and] Tin and Iron.” The businessmen clamber down a ladder and up the steps to the U.S. Capitol, attempting to take Congress by storm. Caption: Intrepid attempt of the Protection Greeks to capture the Capitol.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-02-03
Sanford B. Dole, President of the Republic of Hawaii, conducts a land auction, selling property that he probably does not own, and contributing to the Americanization of Hawaii. Caption: The annexation hustlers in Hawaii will start a genuine American real estate boom, and reap all the profits there are in it.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-01-27
President McKinley, wearing a long cape labeled “Protection Monomania,” sits at a desk working on his “Tariff Plans,” while ignoring a businessman who offers “Suggestions for Financial Reform.” In baskets beneath the desk are papers that state, “Don’t forget the issues of the last campaign. [signed] A Banker” and, “Please give a little attention to the money question. [signed] Businessman.” Caption: Citizen–Mr. McKinley, I have called to offer a few suggestions about some needed reforms of our financial system. / McKinley–My dear sir, you must excuse me; – I’ve turned all that over to Senator Wolcott.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-01-27
A businessman sleeps in a bed with the spirit of a two-headed congressman labeled “House” and “Senate” howling at his bedside, trying to ruin his sleep with “War Talk!, Extravagant Talk!, Appropriations!, [and] Jingoism!” Papers on a nightstand state “Business Disturbance, Upsetting of Values, Etc.” and “Doings of Congress – Jingoism – Tariff Tinkering – Etc.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-01-20
A bloated businessman, holding an American flag labeled “Victory,” rides in a wheelbarrow being pushed by another man. In the background, a young boy is explaining to a stranger that the scene is the result of a bet over the outcome of the presidential election. Caption: Boy–Yes, it was an election bet and Dad won. Ain’t he making an awful fool of the other fellow? / Stranger–Yes! Which one is your Dad?
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-11-11
A diminutive William Jennings Bryan stands on a street before two gigantic men representing labor and business, waving a red flag labeled “Repudiation” and a paper that states, “We demand that the Savings of Labor, Life Insurance Policies, and Business Obligations in general shall be Paid in Fifty Cent Dollars.” Caption: Labor and business must stand together to protect their interests […].
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-08-19
On the left, a fat businessman labeled “Monopolist” is welcomed into the “U.S. Senate,” while on the right, a “Taxpayer” is booted out by a large shoe labeled “Tariff Legislation.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-07-21
The employees of a commercial establishment take credit and responsibility for the success of a business. Those depicted are the “Office Boy,” the “Typewriter” secretary, a “Bookkeeper,” “Drummer,” “Freight Elevator” operator, a “Bill Collector,” “Foreman,” and an “Office-Cleaner.” At center, the business owner sits at a desk and prays to that “divine and merciful Providence which watches over fools.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-06-16
Print shows Uncle Sam, on the left, giving a bag of money to a man labeled “Socialist” and a bag of money to a man labeled “Businessman,” he tells them “Gentlemen, I have divided the wealth of the country equally among all the people. Here are your shares, now go ahead and be happy!” At center, “The Start”, the two men part ways with the socialist taking the path “To Idleness and Extravagance” and the businessman taking the path “To Industry and Thrift.” On the right, at “The Finish,” the two men again stand before Uncle Sam, this time the businessman is holding two bags of money and the dejected socialist is showing that his pockets are now empty.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-06-14
Print shows William Jennings Bryan standing on his toes on a platform, with his coat spread to the sides, trying to hide a huge female figure labeled “Prosperity,” who is pouring money from a cornucopia onto the platform; standing in the foreground are a businessman, a laborer, and a farmer. Caption: “It’s no use, Billy Bryan; – it’s grown too big!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-05-17