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Merry Christmas in Boston

Merry Christmas in Boston

Thomas William Lawson stands among Christmas gifts and a notice posted on the wall, which states “Christmas Greeting to Lawson Put all insurance proxies in your possession on the State House Steps by 11:15 to night or–!!!” Lawson is surrounded by such gifts as a box of “Dynamite Perfectos Smoke Up! [from] Addicks,” a box of “Poisoned Candy Merry Xmas from McCall,” a large box labeled “Infernal Machine Best wishes of Wall St.,” a large jug with a skull and crossbones labeled “Drink Hearty from PA McCurdy,” a smoking bomb labeled “To Tom from John D.” nestled among flowers “From Rogers,” and a sword “From Hyde.” In the background is a Christmas tree with an oil can and one ornament showing a face.

comments and context

Comments and Context

Udo J. Keppler’s cartoon is a caricature of Thomas William Lawson, whose 14 magazine articles, collected in a sensationalist best-selling book, Frenzied Finance, marked him at the time and in subsequent history as a prototypical Muckraker on a par with Upton Sinclair (the meat industry), Ida M. Tarbell (Standard Oil), and Samuel Hopkins Adams (medicines). Lawson’s expose was of the mining business, specifically Amalgamated Copper and related companies.

Christ is risen

Christ is risen

Easter greeting card with an art print of an aviator walking in a graveyard with a plane flying overhead. Inscribed in ink on the print is “To Quentin Roosevelt who at the front had fought like an eagle.” Includes a music score: “A Litany.” The item also includes an envelope printed with “Easter Greetings.”

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

Unknown

Christ in Flanders

Christ in Flanders

A pamphlet regarding an Easter celebration on the front. The poem is one Edith Roosevelt had shared with Quentin Roosevelt before. He sent this back to her with an April 7, 1918, letter.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1918-03

A false alarm on the fourth

A false alarm on the fourth

Uncle Sam, holding a firecracker, tries to reassure a concerned-looking female figure with wings labeled “Peace” that all the noise she hears is for the celebration of the Fourth of July. Celebrating with Uncle Sam are several figures labeled “Alaska, New York, Texas, Mass., Hawaii, Porto Rico, North, South.” One disgruntled figure labeled “Philippine” is climbing over a wall. An African American is sitting near Uncle Sam. Some are lighting strings of firecrackers, “Texas” is shooting guns, and “Mass.” is firing a cannon in celebration. The “Philippine” climbs over a wall, the only disgruntled child in the group. The U.S. Capitol building is in the background and a dove with olive branch hovers over the figure of “Peace.” Caption: Uncle Sam–It’s all right! There’s no fighting! The noise you hear is just my family celebrating!

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Comments and Context

Since the founding of the United States, its enlargement and expansion of territories was relatively gradual and organic. Texas, Alaska, and even the recent annexation of Hawaii were slow-paced compared to the “population explosion” depicted by Keppler in this cartoon. Puck Magazine consistently approved.

Puck Easter

Puck Easter

A young woman walks arm in arm with a rabbit carrying a basket of Easter eggs. A tonsured monk standing in the background is startled by what he sees.

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Comments and Context

Humor magazines of the day frequently published Easter issues or focused on seasonal themes which were seldom religious in nature. In this case, either a dreaded Lenten sacrifices, or the end of such strictures. Cartoonist L. M. Glackens was beginning his role as a major staff member on Puck at this time. After a decade drawing magazine cartoons, he entered the nascent animated-cartoon field. His brother William Glackens was a member of “The Eight,” or the “Ashcan School,” major Post-Impressionist and Naturalist schools of American art.

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Quentin Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Quentin Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt thanks his son Quentin for sending him a copy of the Grotonian. He hopes that, unlike the rest of his family, Quentin Roosevelt will keep writing. Theodore hopes that over Easter the family can be together at Oyster Bay. He thought of visiting Groton School over Washington’s birthday but did not think he would be able to see Quentin then, so he has postponed his visit until the spring.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1915-03-08

July 4th, 1901

July 4th, 1901

Independence Day fireworks spell out the word “Freedom” above an eagle forming the great seal of the United States hovering over a bird nest with four chicks labeled “Philippines, Cuba, Hawaii, [and] Porto Rico.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1901-07-03

Easter Puck

Easter Puck

Puck, wearing the bright red outfit of a musketeer, walks between two rabbits who are each carrying an Easter egg. A tonsured monk in a cowl, reading a Bible or missal, occupies the foreground.

comments and context

Comments and Context

Throughout virtually all of its life, Puck magazine published special issues with non-political covers for Christmas, Easter, “Mid-Summer,” and occasionally Thanksgiving numbers.

Easter

Easter

Special Easter edition cover, in an art nouveau style, shows a woman performing a magic trick by making Easter eggs and other prizes flow from a piece of paper rolled up like a cone; also a young girl with angel wings is holding an Easter egg and a rabbit.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1900-04-18