Puck’s mid-summer outing at Harmony Park
Democrats and Republicans, capitalists, social reformers, political symbols, and others enjoy a summer outing at a park.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1904-08-17
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Tiger
His first bath
New York City Mayor George B. McClellan and Police Commissioner William McAdoo are pictured washing the Tammany Tiger labeled “Corruption” and “Graft.” In the background, Tammany Hall boss Charles F. Murphy is posting a notice for the “Democratic Convention” on July 6 in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1904-05-04
Regulars and irregulars– but all arrayed against a common enemy
New York Mayor Seth Low directs the bombardment of a Tammany Hall bunker flying a flag labeled “Tammany Graft.” Several men, among them former President Grover Cleveland, and Charles V. Fornes, pass shells labeled “Clean record, Capable administration, [and] Just return for taxes” for an “Anti-Tammany” howitzer. They are behind a sand-bag bunker labeled “Honest Government” and are flying the flag of “Municipal Reform.” Caption: “That ammunition fits our gun only.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1903-10-21
Fall hunting
A hunter in the woods, carrying a rifle labeled “Gov. B. Odell,” stands next to a tree with a sign that states “Presidential Timber.” He is looking at a tiger labeled “Tammany.” Caption: Gov. Odell. — What a fine White House rug his skin would make!
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1901-09-18
He shouts for Bryan, but this is the way he will vote
Richard Croker, dressed in formal wear and wearing a sash labeled “Tammany,” proclaims that he/Tammany supports William Jennings Bryan for president while, behind his back, he slips a vote for William McKinley into the pot labeled “Nov. Election.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1900-07-25
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Horace G. Knowles
Theodore Roosevelt valued the editorial from Horace G. Knowles, and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt was pleased with the tiger skin.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-05-19
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to L. H. Mosier
Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed the account of L. H. Mosier’s experience with a tiger. He found the account believable and sees nothing supernatural or miraculous about the event.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1916-02-03
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Way
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Reverend William Way that there are no tigers in any part of Africa, but the leopard is sometimes called the “tiger,” similar to how the jaguar in South America is sometimes called a “tiger.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1914-12-17
Creator(s)
At last there is harmony in the Democratic Party
A Tammany tiger and a Democratic donkey stand shoulder-to-shoulder, but look away from one another. On the ground are broken weapons and a skull.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-01
Creator(s)
In Africa after March 4—may-be
President Roosevelt has his big stick at his feet and holds out his hands toward a snake, a lion, a tiger, a giraffe, a rhino, and a monkey. The “G.O.P.” elephant says, “He hypnotized me.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-06-09
Beyond resuscitation
The Tammany Tiger lies on its back on a bed, apparently dead. A notice on the wall states, “The Tammany Tiger Executed by the People, November 6, 1894.” Archbishop Michael Corrigan kneels at the bedside, cranking “Corrigan’s Battery” which is connected to the front paws of the Tiger by wires that spell “Church Influence.” Thomas Collier Platt stands at the foot of the bed, cranking on a battery labeled “Headquarters of the Republican ‘Boys'” which is connected to electrodes in the back paws of the Tiger by wires that spell “Political Deals.” A bucket of water and a sponge lie on the floor at the foot of the bed, and the New York State Capitol at Albany is in the background. Caption: Despite the efforts of prelate and politician the cat will not come back.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1894-12-12
Creator(s)
“The independents fought nobly!”
In the aftermath of a battle, David B. Hill is draped over a cannon, while Charles A. Dana and many New York politicians, identified as “Croker, Grant, Hinckley, Sheehan, Gilroy, Murphy, McLaughlin, Smyth, [and] Divver,” as well as the Tammany Tiger, appear to have some wound or injury. Puck is standing on the right holding a military standard that states, “The Principles We Fought For. Free Raw Materials – Civil Service Reform – Honest Money – Economical Government.” Caption: Puck–It is for the benefit of any party to be purified of its baser elements!
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1894-11-21
Creator(s)
“In at the death”
Charles H. Parkhurst holds a sword labeled “Evidence Against Tammany” and waves the tail he has cut off the Tammany Tiger labeled “Lexow Investigation Exposures,” lying dead at his feet. In the background, holding rifles and spears and waving their hats, are Charles S. Fairchild, William R. Grace, Joseph Larocque, and Oswald Ottendorfer.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1894-11-07
Creator(s)
The old, old story
Richard Croker as the Tammany Tiger clutches a large bag labeled “Spoils” and holds a whip labeled “Tammany” and, in his claws, a diminutive man who appears to be holding a paper that states “Robinson. Straight Republican Nomination 1893.” On the ground in front of the Tammany Tiger are bones labeled “1890, 1891, [and] 1892.” “Tom Platt” appears to have tossed Henry C. Robinson to the Tiger and is now fleeing to safety. Five men, one labeled “Republican,” are on the right and left, in the background, behind the safety of high walls. Among them, holding a long spear atop a palm tree, is Chauncey M. Depew. Caption: Rather than stand up and fight, they throw him a sop and run away.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1893-11-08
Creator(s)
Wed!
The Tammany Tiger, with a shamrock on his hat, hugs a woman labeled “New York City” atop a bridge support tower with a view of the Statue of Liberty in the background. Caption: “Does oo love oo Tigy-Wigy?”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1893-11-01
Creator(s)
He can’t let go
Uncle Sam hangs onto a young woman labeled “Philippines” who is dangling over a cliff labeled “U.S.” above a canyon where a tiger labeled “Spanish Misrule” and a wolf labeled “Aguinaldoism” await her fall from Uncle Sam’s grasp.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1898-11-23
Creator(s)
The issue
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!”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1885-03-25