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Carr, Joseph Bradford, 1828-1895

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The rival sandwich-men

The rival sandwich-men

David B. Hill places a cap labeled “Gen’l Jones” on an old man’s head and hands him a sword labeled “Baltimore Blade.” The old man is wearing a sandwich board that states “Hill and Jones Political Outfitters, Opposition to Monopoly in the Hero Line! – Look at our War Record before purchasing elsewhere! – Try Jones’s Baltimore Brand! Jones pays the freight!!! – Don’t Forget that Jones is a General, too.” Hanging on the right are “Hancock’s Uniform” and “Sheridan’s Uniform.” In the background is another old man wearing a cap labeled “Gen’l Carr” standing outside the office of “Davenport and Carr Political Outfitters.” He is wearing a sandwich board that states “Carr’s Pat. B. Shirt – Dont deal with Traitors and Rebels! – Patronize the Old Veteran!” Mounted on the board is a bloody shirt. Caption: D. B. Hill “Here, Jones! – be a veteran, can’t you? You sail out there, too, and do some hero business for me and yourself!”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-10-28

They saw their “Flying Dutchman” – it crossed their path, and they were lost

They saw their “Flying Dutchman” – it crossed their path, and they were lost

A ship has lost its course and wrecked at the sight of the “Flying Dutchman” labeled “Speeches” with the face of James G. Blaine as the ship’s figurehead and using the “Bloody Shirt” as sails. Men cling to the wreck of the ship. Some are in the sea, and many are on the rocks. Some are identified as “Cornell, Wadsworth, Daggett, Catlin, Carr, O’Brien [who is clinging to “Davenport’s Bar’l”], Evarts, “Jake Hess,” Miller, T. Platt, Davenport, Sherman, Edmunds, [and] Jonah B. Foraker.” Among those unidentified are Whitelaw Reid holding a bottle labeled “Tribune Editorial Solace,” Joseph Pulitzer as a bird labeled “N.Y. World,” and John Logan.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-11-11

Good men on a bad platform

Good men on a bad platform

Three men labeled “Wadsworth, Davenport, [and] Genl. Carr,” hanging onto each other, stand on “The One Solid Plank” labeled “Financial & Civil-Service-Reform Resolutions” of a shaky platform that includes rotten boards labeled “The John Roach Issue,” “Protective-Tariff Fanaticism,” Bloody-Shirtism,” “Trumped-up Charges Against Cleveland,” and “Sham Patriotism.” A sign on the left states “Mugmumps Cordially Welcome” and one on the right states “Please Don’t Look at the Platform, Look at the Men,” and a sign in the background states “A Sound State Ticket – Three Honest Men.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-09-30