July 4th, 1904
Two female drummers play while a young woman bursts from a firecracker. The title “Puck” is formed from firecrackers.
Comments and Context
In 1904, the United States was in the midst of its first blush as an expansionist, innovative, prosperous nation, with the previous years’ depression, war, assassination, and labor strife behind it. Automobiles, airplanes, electrification, and motion pictures reflected a vitality in daily life, which in turn, was manifested by the exuberance of America’s popular president, Theodore Roosevelt.