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Giulio Gatti-Casazza and Oscar Hammerstein throw puppets labeled “Tenor, Second Tenor, Contralto, Baritone, Basso, Mezzo Soprano, [and] High Soprano” at each other.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1908-11-11
Arctic explorers Frederick A. Cook and Robert E. Peary face off on either side of a frozen figure labeled “The Pole” holding up Cook’s “Book Royalties” and Peary’s “Lecture Receipts.” Each claims to have seen “The Pole” first. Caption: With acknowledgements to the designer of the Hudson-Fulton poster.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-09-29
John Kelly holds a shillelagh in one hand and a rope tied to an injured tiger labeled “Tammany” with bandages labeled “1880, 1882, [and] 1884” in the other, standing outside the “White House” gate. Grover Cleveland stands on the other side of the wall, holding a rifle. A sign posted on the wall states, “Resolved that – Tammany Hall recommends to the attention of the Presidents the prominent members of this organization as worthy of recognition in selection for public service. March 13th.” Caption: John Kelly – “What say you – Peace or War?” / Cleveland – “War, Johnny, war!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-03-25
President Cleveland, as Cardinal Richelieu, embraces a young woman labeled “Civil Service” as he is confronted by a group of courtiers labeled “Manning, Barnum, C. S. Blackburn, [and] Hendricks”, also John Kelly and a man identified as “Party Boss.” Manning holds a paper that states “Bad Appointments – Higgins, Pillsbury, Troup, [and] Chase.” Includes text by “Manning-Baradas” and “Cleveland-Richelieu.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-05-06
Moses, holding the Ten Commandments, is confronted by an angry mob of capitalists, businessmen, and politicians, some shaking their fists at him. Caption: Chorus of “Conservatives” – Dangerous, socialistic, un-American doctrines!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1908-03-11
Edward Henry Harriman, in the Scottish Highlands, stands with arms and sword raised next to a diamond-shaped rock labeled “Flim-Flam Finance” balancing on a pointed base. Harriman is confronting Theodore Roosevelt and his band of Scotsmen, William H. Taft, Charles J. Bonaparte, Frank B. Kellogg, James Rudolph Garfield, and Milton Dwight Purdy. Caption: Fitzjames Harriman (to Teddy Dhu) — Come one, come all! This rock shall fly from its firm base as soon as I!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-09-11
Theodore Roosevelt appears as a giant sitting on a rock with a large stick across his lap. He is being challenged by a diminutive figure labeled “The Constitution” with a large sword and two even smaller figures labeled “You” and “Me.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-03-20
A large knight sitting on a horse holds a lance with a banner that states “American Crops.” He has thrown a gauntlet to the ground before him. In the background, Uncle Sam and Columbia sit beneath a canopy in front of a building that appears to be the U.S. Capitol.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-09-06