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Thomas Johnstone Lipton beats a hand-drum labeled “American Progress,” trying to wake John Bull who is sound asleep in a chair. Caption: “There is no more loyal Britisher than myself; but I can’t close my eyes to one thing, and that is we are a decaying nation, commercially, as compared to your country, and the United States is the greatest country on the face of the earth to-day.”–Speech of Sir Thomas Lipton.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903-09-23

A hand labeled “Republican Party” pours champagne from a bottle labeled “Tariff Revision” into a glass held by another hand labeled “Protected Interests.” Two hands labeled “Consumer” are holding an empty glass.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1908-09-23

Two arms emerge from the clouds and reach across the landscape in opposite directions. On the right is the hand of the arm that extends from the left. It is labeled “Politics” and is about to grab hold of a building labeled “The Banks.” On the left is the hand of the arm that extends from the right. It is labeled “The Banks” and is using its thumb to squash the U.S. Capitol labeled “Politics.” Caption: Which is worse, financial control of politics, or political control of finance?

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1913-08-20

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Uncle Sam tries to get the attention of Joseph Gurney Cannon who is talking with Sereno E. Payne in the House chamber, as a large hand labeled “The Big Interests” wearing “Stand Pat” cufflinks, appears from above with its thumb extended as though to squash Cannon. Caption: He can’t get the speaker’s eye.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1908-04-29

A large hand labeled “Special Privilege” has its thumb poised to squash a typical Independence Day celebration. A large crowd is listening to a man making a speech from a platform where others are sitting and a man is waving an American flag. Fireworks are going off in the background.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1908-07-01

A hand labeled “Protective Tariff League” sprinkles salt from a bag labeled “Sophistry Salt” onto the tail feathers of a red, white, and blue bird labeled “First Voter” in an effort to capture the bird. Reproduced in the upper left corner is a card, “Circular no. 216,” addressed to “Dear Sir” and instructing him to provide the name and home address of a “person who will cast his first vote” in the 1908 election. The Protective Tariff League, the issuer of the cards, would like to be able to forward information “on the Subject of Protection.” It is signed “Yours truly, American Protective Tariff League, 339 Broadway, New York.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1908-03-18

A large red hand labeled “Organized Murder” drips blood over the western states on a map of the United States.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1907-07-03

A hand labeled “Collections” holds a pin, about to pop a big red balloon labeled “Big Business Orders.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1907-07-31

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956