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Sterling, George H.

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Another “boycott”

Another “boycott”

David B. Hill holds a large brush and George H. Sterling holds a bucket of paste, as bill stickers post a notice that states “Notice. We Hereby Boycott Cleveland, the Civil Service Humbug!! David B. Hill Governor – George H. Sterling would-be Weigher would-be Port-Warden” on a wall labeled “White House Grounds.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-12-02

Columbus Cleveland and his mutinous crew – “This ship shall not turn back!”

Columbus Cleveland and his mutinous crew – “This ship shall not turn back!”

Grover Cleveland, as Christopher Columbus, holds a map labeled “Route to Reform,” aboard a ship surrounded by mutinous sailors labeled “Bayard, Whitney, Eustis, Sterling, Hedden, Pulitzer, Blackburn, Hill, McLaughlin, Jones, Thompson, Gorman, Grady.” Unidentified are Thomas A. Hendricks, John Kelly, Lucius Q. C. Lamar, and Charles A. Dana. A bird arrives from the left carrying a piece of paper that states “From Land of Reform.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-11-04