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Photograph of the De Mores Hotel in Medora, North Dakota, with several effigies hanging from a tree in protest of the decision in a murder trial. The murdered man, Ed Sievers, was widely believed to have been killed by his employer, Mark Wadsworth, due to the fact that Sievers was owed a considerable sum of back wages.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1895-10-21
A large group of members of the Fifty-fourth Congress are pictured. Many are dressed as natives, with some wearing grass skirts. Most are armed with spears or clubs, while some have shields. Four are reading the “Reminiscences of John Sherman,” one turns the crank on a spit where John Bull is being roasted, and Thomas B. Reed is standing on a platform on the left. A statue labeled “Jingoism” appears at center. Grover Cleveland appears in effigy with several spears or arrows stuck in him. Joseph G. Cannon sits on the floor on the right.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-05-27
Puck stands between two types of Americans depicted on large sheets of paper. On the left are “The Jingoes” identified as “Reid, Frye, Hoar, [and] Lodge” among others. Reid carries a flag that states “We Will Stand No Nonsense from Tyrannical England!!! Our Blood is Always Boiling.” Atop a tall pedestal is an effigy of John Bull with an eagle labeled “U.S.” perched on his chest. On the right are “The Anglo-Maniacs” who prostrate themselves before everything British, such as “English Clothes, English Manners, English Fiction, English Lord, English Actor, English Butler,” even “‘is Royal ‘ighness.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-04-24