The promised feast / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon
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Illustration shows President William McKinley, on the left, offering up a steaming plate of bloated male figures labeled "Commercial Trusts" and, on the right, William Jennings Bryan offering up a similar plate, also labeled "Commercial Trusts" to a large man sitting between them, at a table set for a meal, wearing a napkin tied around his neck, the tabs labeled "Labor Trust", holding a knife and fork.
Caption: Both candidates promise to serve up the little trusts to the big one.
Illus. in: Puck, v. 47, no. 1222 (1900 August 8), centerfold.
Copyright 1900 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 25th President of the United States from March 4, 1897, until his assassination in September 1901, six months into his second term. McKinley was the last president to have served in the American Civil War. He promoted the tariffs to protect manufacturers from foreign competition, and in 1900, he secured the passage of the Gold Standard Act. He led the nation in the Spanish–American War of 1898: the U.S. victory was quick and decisive. "The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation."
Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.
Collection - President William McKinley
William McKinley was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 25th President of the United States from 1897 to 1901Collection - Chromolithographs
Chromolithograph is printed by multiple applications of lithographic stones, each using a different color ink.
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