Puck magazine cover - Both satisfied / F.M. Hutchins.
Print shows a female figure labeled "Rep. Party" trying to choose from among three suitors labeled "McKinley, Reed, [and] Harrison"; another female figure labeled "Dem. Party" is walking in the background with ... More
She is getting too feeble to hold them / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows an elderly woman labeled "Spain", possibly María Cristina, Queen Regent, struggling to maintain control of two diminutive figures, one labeled "Cuba", armed with a gun and sword, and the other label... More
Puck magazine cover - The Cuban melodrama / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows Uncle Sam in the role of the "Noble Hero" in a melodrama, defending a young woman labeled "Cuba" from the "Heavy Villain" labeled "Spain". Caption: The Noble Hero (to the Heavy Villain) Stand back... More
Unto them that hath / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows an elephant labeled "G.O.P." holding a tambourine labeled "Stand Patism" and handing out free baskets labeled "Tariff Graft" containing a turkey, duck, or chicken to ragged figures labeled "C... More
The next candidate for statehood / O'Neill.
Illustration shows Columbia handing a dress labeled "Statehood" to a young woman labeled "New Mexico." Illus. in: Puck, v. 50, no. 1294 (1901 December 18), cover. Copyright 1901 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
![A new and finer crown for California / CH [monogram].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMjQvYS1uZXctYW5kLWZpbmVyLWNyb3duLWZvci1jYWxpZm9ybmlhLWNoLW1vbm9ncmFtLWNiODg5ZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "A new and finer crown for California / CH [monogram].")
A new and finer crown for California / CH [monogram].
Illustration shows a female figure holding out a crown labeled "The New Frisco", fashioned after a city skyline; a bear sits on the ground next to her and, in the background, are 16th or 17th century sailing sh... More
In the art pen at Ellis Island - Political cartoon, public domain imag...
Illustration shows several artists identified as "Lawrence, Gainsborough, D. Teniers, Rubens, Raphael, Da Vinci, Titian, Duerer, Velasquez, Van Dyke, Reni", and the friar Girolamo Savonarola as "S", being held ... More
A certain cabinet junto / P. Revere, sc., British Cartoon Print
Print shows King George III, speechless (his caption balloon is empty), seated on the right in a high-backed chair at a table, with Lord North seated opposite presenting a paper to the King that states "for the... More
The art critic / C. Hassman̄. - Public domain portrait painting
Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt wearing his Rough Rider uniform, with a "Nobel Prize" extending from one pocket and "The Big Stick" leaning against the wall, changing the title to a large painting of Geor... More
The thistle reel. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British ...
Print shows Lords Bute, North, and Mansfield dancing around a large thistle entwined with a garter ribbon bearing the motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense"; Mansfield is holding the "Quebec Bill" in his left hand. ... More
The blessed effects of venality, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a man, possibly George III, chopping a leg "Commons" of a three-legged stool, "Lords" and "Privy Council" being the other two legs, which may represent the Parliament and its openness to corruption,... More
![[Emblematical print adapted to the times], British Cartoon Print](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzgvMDEvMDEvZW1ibGVtYXRpY2FsLXByaW50LWFkYXB0ZWQtdG8tdGhlLXRpbWVzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "[Emblematical print adapted to the times], British Cartoon Print")
[Emblematical print adapted to the times], British Cartoon Print
Print shows Britannia conferring with Neptune over the upstart America; they sit on the shore, presumably of England, and point to a man seated on the opposite shore holding a striped flag with 26 (13 white and... More
Comme je te trouvé engraisse depuis que tu veux mourir
A sullen-looking young man and young woman stand face-to-face. The man holds a top hat at his hip and is formally dressed. The woman wears a bonnet and an apron covers her skirt. No copyright information foun... More
Theodore Maurisset - Prodige de la chimie / Maurisset, del. et sculp.,...
French cartoon shows a long line of people, with more arriving by stagecoach and railroad, at a medicine show where a quack with a lion's head, the "Prodige de la chimie," is marketing his hair tonic "De pommad... More
Le souper. Ou les mauvaises maniéres des gens bien élevś
Two men try to escape an angry crowd which attempts to pass through a doorway all at once. One of the men crawls under a table set for dinner, while the other is seized by his coat tails and yanked backwards b... More
La daguerreotypomanie / Maurisset., Tissandier Collection, France
French cartoon about the rush to try photography after Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre revealed his process in 1839. Print shows long lines of people waiting to be photographed and others eager to support the craz... More
![John Leech - [The rising generation], Political Cartoon](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjkvdGhlLXJpc2luZy1nZW5lcmF0aW9uLWRkMjY1YS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "John Leech - [The rising generation], Political Cartoon")
John Leech - [The rising generation], Political Cartoon
A young boy with hands folded looks beseechingly at a lovely, young woman, dressed in a gown who stands looking at him. Inscribed below image: Now then you tiresome boy, what is it you wish to say to me that so... More
Combination railways - Public domain book illustration, Library of Con...
A man wearing a coronet, who resembles British Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone, touches the arm of a bearded man in a modest suit, carrying what may be a bag of tools. They stand before a ticket window... More
Effect of the submarine telegraph; or peace and good-will between Engl...
Print shows two angelic female figures, with wings, representing "Peace and Good-Will between England and France" carrying an olive branch and holding hands, following the submarine telegraph cable across the b... More
Espérons que ce ballon d'essai ne deviendra pas un ballon captif / A. ...
Cartoon shows a hot air balloon labeled "Suffrage Universel" with wings floating above the Pyrenees and headed toward a sign labeled "Espagne". Illus. from: Actualités, no. 248. Tissandier collection.
John Leech - Behind the scenes - Drawing. Public domain image.
Backstage, Mr. Punch in top hat and tails, looks at a gentleman identified as "Manager Pam," peeking through a hole in the curtain. Caption, inscribed below title, reads: Manager Pam (Peeping through the curtai... More
![Southern Planter: "Pomp, you Rascal! do you see any of those cursed Yankee ships coming this way?" / J.M.[?]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvc291dGhlcm4tcGxhbnRlci1wb21wLXlvdS1yYXNjYWwtZG8teW91LXNlZS1hbnktb2YtdGhvc2UtY3Vyc2VkLXlhbmtlZS1zaGlwcy1jZGM3ZTktMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "Southern Planter: \"Pomp, you Rascal! do you see any of those cursed Yankee ships coming this way?\" / J.M.[?]")
Southern Planter: "Pomp, you Rascal! do you see any of those cursed Ya...
Print shows a frightened Southern plantation owner asking one of his slaves if he has seen any Yankee ships, the slave tells his master that he is too frightened to see anything since he was told the Yankees wo... More
Capture of secession varmints / T. Gunn.
Cartoon shows Brother Jonathan pulling skunks (caricatures of southern secessionists) out of the back pockets of John Bull. Caption: Bull- "What are you about, sir? Picking my pockets, eh?" Jonathan- "Don't ge... More
Lincoln- "I'm sorry to have to drop you, Sambo, but this concern won't...
Print shows Abraham Lincoln, in a life preserver labeled "Union", on a storm tossed sea, pushing away an African American man who had been clinging to him; next to them floats a hat with papers labeled "Fremont... More
Scene, Fifth Avenue wood engraving, Library of Congress
Cartoon shows a well-dressed man telling a woman "Ah! Dearest Addie! I've succeeded. I've got a substitute!" The woman, holding him at arms length, replies "Have you? What a curious coincidence! And I have foun... More
The finances of the rebellion - Political cartoon, public domain image
Cartoon showing Jefferson Davis(?), seated at desk, figuring the finances of the rebellion. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 6, no. 297 (1862 Sept. 6), p. 576.
Hard times in Ole Varginny, an worse a cumin'! Scene--Rebel pickets in...
Cartoon showing two Confederate pickets standing in the wilderness on a cold Virginia night, complaining about the cold, the lack of quinine or alcohol to warm the body and boost the spirits; they conclude with... More
The home of the American citizen after the tax bill has passed
Cartoon shows four tax collectors searching the home of an "American citizen," including under his wife's dress and under the children's bed; with the caption: "Scroggs says he is ready and willing to pay any a... More
Scene, Fifth Avenue - A man and a woman standing next to each other
Cartoon shows a well-dressed man telling a woman "Ah! Dearest Addie! I've succeeded. I've got a substitute!" The woman, holding him at arms length, replies "Have you? What a curious coincidence! And I have foun... More
George du Maurier - Philip was audaciously mimicking Mrs. Winnington t...
Drawing of a Victorian parlor scene in which a young man stands gesturing before a group of seated and standing men and women. Three women are seated before him, while a young woman stands to the side of the r... More
The too confiding South drafting terms of peace with the Federal Gover...
Cartoon showing man seated on gunpowder keg writing on paper. Skull and graves on ground and bomb labeled "Gettysburg" and fists labeled "Vicksburg" in sky behind him. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 343... More
Advantage of "famine prices" - Public domain portrait engraving
Cartoon showing a nurse about to give some quinine to a sickly boy who tells her that he wishes he was in Dixie because the cost of quinine is so high there that it would be unlikely she would waste it on him.
Sic itur ad astra. Rodolfo Afflitto da Montefiascone, un ciccio ad inc...
Italian cartoon shows a man sitting on an upside-down balloon labeled "Prefettura di Napoli," using the balloon basket as a parachute. Illus. from an unidentified periodical. Tissandier collection.
The recruiting business - A cartoon of a man sitting at a table talkin...
Cartoon shows a well dressed man "Volunteer-Broker" with an old man, the volunteer, in a barbershop talking to the barber, "Look a-here - I want you to trim up this old chap with a flaxen wig and a light mustac... More
That's what's the trouble with John C.
Female figure of Columbia and Doctor Jonathan conversing about a small man, probably John C. Frémont, with his head labeled "Lincoln." Columbia says: "Tell me doctor, what is the matter with him? Do you think h... More
The copperhead plan for subjugating the South / F.B.
Cartoon shows a delegation of Copperheads entreating a Southerner to return to the Union. Caption: War and Argument - Cold Steel and Cool Reason - having failed to restore the Union, it is supposed that the So... More
Andy's trip "Who has suffered more for you and for this Union than And...
Double page spread includes cartoons expressing Nast's negative opinions of President Andrew Johnson. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. X, no. 513 (1866 October 27), pp. 680-681.
A hint for the horticultural society. Great show of "chignons." Medal ...
Cartoon showing a group of gentlemen, examining the hairstyles of participants in a chignon competition. Inscribed above image: Chignon unnaturelle pastrubfranes, chignon vulgaris, chignon dressairia, chignon c... More
Holy horror of Mrs. McCaffraty in a Washington City street passenger c...
Cartoon showing an Irish woman, with a basket of produce, fish, and bottles of wine, and an African American woman riding in a street railroad car. Includes many advertisements. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. ... More
The tearful convention / Th. Nast., Political Cartoon
Political cartoon mocking the National Union Convention of August 1866, showing Gen. Darius Couch of Massachusetts with Gov. James Orr of South Carolina; below, President Andrew Johnson cries as he reads about ... More
"Does not such a meeting make amends?" / FB.
Print shows an allegory of linking of Trans-Continental railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah; Indians and buffalo fleeing in the foreground as two trains with large hands extending from the locomotives, labeled ... More
L' Homme a la boule / par Draner ; Lefman & Lourdel sc.
Illustration shows Kaiser Wilhelm as an acrobat having difficulty balancing on a globe. Caption: Tarteifle! Je ne gonprends pas ce que j'ébrouve? Il me semple que je affre perdu l'égilipre, et que mon pied il ... More
Maitre et valet! / Faustin ; lith. Lemaire et Fils. 61, r. de Clèry.
Print shows Napoleon III dressed as a monk and Louis Jules Trochu dressed as a member of the clergy, tied to a post labeled "L'homme de Sedan L'homme de Paris." Illus. from: Actualite par Faustin. Stamped on v... More
"A sudden rise in the world" - Drawing. Public domain image.
A farmer, tilling a field, finds himself being lifted upward as his horsedrawn plow hits a tree stump.
Panic, as a health officer, sweeping the garbage out of Wall Street
Cover illustration shows grotesque giant sweeping with a broom as people behind him panic next to Drexel & Co. building.
The cradle of liberty in danger / Th. Nast.
Print shows General Benjamin Butler as a monstrous genie frightening an infant lableled "Boston, Mass." in a cradle labeled "Common Wealth of Mass." Captioned: "Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum!" The Genie of Massachusetts smell... More
![[Prometheus unbound; or, science in Olympus]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzkvMDEvMDEvcHJvbWV0aGV1cy11bmJvdW5kLW9yLXNjaWVuY2UtaW4tb2x5bXB1cy02NDAuanBn/40/22/webp "[Prometheus unbound; or, science in Olympus]")
[Prometheus unbound; or, science in Olympus]
The following description traces the figures clockwise from upper left. Vulcan, the god of fire and the forging of metals, and several cyclops watch in amazement as a modern man demonstrates a power press. Ne... More
Comment vous ne vous arretez pas ... Vous ne máimez plus. Je commence...
A man glances at a woman as he passes her on the street. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower center: Ricardo Flores. Title inscribed above image. Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; ... More
Puck Christmas 1904 / Frank A. Nankivell.
Illustration shows Santa Claus reviewing his list, his bag of gifts next to him, while sitting in an automobile that is being driven by two women standing on the back, dressed like chauffeurs. Illus. in: Puck,... More
A female suffrage fancy / J. Keppler.
Composite of eight caricatures showing women dressing and interacting in society as men; drinking; voting for handsome candidates; driving ugly men from the polls; and a domestic scene showing a man taking care... More
The gentler sex - charity for the drunken brother, contempt for the un...
Print shows three fashionably dressed women helping a drunken man on the sidewalk, one holds a paper that states "Total Abstinence Pledge - Sign and Be Saved"; a pathway leads toward the "Drunkard's Nursery and... More
Adelina Patti, the everlasting prima-donna / J. Keppler.
Print shows Adelina Patti, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding a bouquet of flowers. Puckographs - VIII. Illus. from Puck, v. 10, no. 250, (1881 December 21), supplement to no. 250. Copyright... More
More money wanted - O'Connor's charity craft / F. Opper.
Print shows an Irishman sailing in a top hat with a sail labeled "Money Wanted Fur to Free the Ould Country!" mounted on a clay tobacco pipe; his coattails are labeled "Land League" and "Free Ireland". He is ju... More
Garfield / J. Keppler. - Public domain portrait print
Print shows James A. Garfield, bust portrait, facing left, in oval, with scenes from his life and death; includes verse. Illus. from Puck, v. 10, no. 235, (1881 September 7), supplement. Copyright 1881 by Kepp... More
Thomas L. James, the man who stamped out the Star Route swindle / J. K...
Print shows Thomas L. James, Postmaster General, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, among papers emblazoned with stars, littering the floor, holding a stamp labeled "Indicment" [sic] in his right hand... More
Where Justice will have to look for jurors who have not formed an opin...
Print shows Justice holding a large sword and carrying a lantern, with a cloth labeled "Justice" over her mouth, searching a cemetery, among tombstones labeled "Formed no opinion died 1660, Formed no opinion 16... More
Gone to meet John Kelly - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows Hugh McLaughlin with a label that states "Boss McLaughlin Hades", thrown from a pitchfork labeled "Resignation" toward John Kelly who is roasting on a grill over flaming coals in "Hades". Illus. fr... More
Escaping from the old shell / J. Keppler.
Print shows a moth or butterfly labeled "N.Y. County Democracy" with bust portraits of Lucius Robinson, Abram S. Hewitt, Samuel J. Tilden, and Clarkson N. Potter on the wings; it has just emerged from a pupa la... More
Puck magazine cover - An uncompleted task / J.A. Wales.
Print shows I. Wayne MacVeagh wearing a workman's apron and holding papers labeled "Wayne McVeagh Resignation", standing in front of a brick wall with a large star on it labeled "To be Bricked up for Star Route... More
An end to all disagreement / F. Opper.
Print shows a group of men, probably President Garfield's physicians, exiting Francklyn Cottage where Garfield died. The men hold slips of paper that state "Self Exoneration" Three men standing on the left hold... More
Cut-throat business in Wall Street. How the inexperienced lose their h...
Print shows William H. Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, Russell Sage and James R. Keene checking ticker tape connected to a large straight-edge razor labeled "Wade in & Butcher'em" and "This Indicator Rises & Falls with ... More
![A grand Shakesperian [sic] revival / J. Keppler.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODEvMDEvMDEvYS1ncmFuZC1zaGFrZXNwZXJpYW4tc2ljLXJldml2YWwtai1rZXBwbGVyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/26/webp "A grand Shakesperian [sic] revival / J. Keppler.")
A grand Shakesperian [sic] revival / J. Keppler.
Print shows Chester A. Arthur as King Henry IV on a cobblestone street, with Jay Gould and William H. Vanderbilt holding his cape, and accompanied by John P. Jones; he is accosted by Roscoe "Sir John" Conkling ... More
The hoaxer hoaxed / J.A. Wales. - Public domain engraving
Print shows New York Herald editor James Gordon Bennett, holding a shotgun and carrying a bag labeled "Game Bag for Sensations J.G. Bennett", standing next to a scarecrow labeled "$500.00 Herald Cheque" and "Th... More
Quixotic tilting / Stur. - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congr...
Cartoon showing man "party leader" wearing armor, on a horse, pointing spear "Senatorial courtesy" at windmill in form of James Garfield, with Chester Arthur and Thomas Platt as donkey standing in front. Illus.... More
Caricature, The food of our youth / J.K., public domain cartoon image
Print shows a mean-spirited infant boy in a cradle labeled "Infant Indian Exterminators", armed with a rifle, knives, and handguns, feeding from a large bottle filled with "Dime Novel" and "5 ct. Paper[back]" l... More
A way out of President Arthur's dilemma / Gillam.
Print shows Ulysses S. Grant recommending to President Chester A. Arthur some "friends" of his as political appointees; all the men shown were involved in scandals during Grant's administration. Caption: Gener... More
Puck's perplexing position - between two evils / D.K.
Print shows Puck standing between John Kelly, on the left, in front of "Tammany Hall", holding a flag that states "Down with the Bloated Monopolists!!", he has F.B. Thurber in his coat pocket, and on the right,... More
Broken banks - defaulting cashiers - negligent directors - who is resp...
Print shows a police officer holding O.L. Baldwin, cashier at the Mechanics' National Bank in Newark, by the shoulder while Baldwin, using "Speculation Soap Suds", blows a soap bubble labeled "500,000 Paid in C... More
Puck's own Yorktown celebration / J. Keppler.
Print shows Puck sitting on a wooden cut-out Pegasus reviewing a procession of soldiers, among whom are John A. Logan, Roscoe Conkling carrying a flag labeled "Third Term", Joseph W. Keifer, William M. Evarts, ... More
Garfield's bond of friendship for the unfriendly senators / SC.
James Garfield wrapping ribbon "patronage" around James Blaine and Roscoe Conkling. Illus. in: Puck, v. 8, 1881 March 2, p. 431.
Our Indian policy - a house of cards / J. Keppler.
Print shows Uncle Sam sitting at a table outside an "Indian Store" with Natives and government agents gathered around; he was constructing a house of cards labeled "Indian Policy" until the government agents an... More
Puck magazine cover - Unwelcome passengers / J.A. Wales.
Print shows a coach labeled "Rural Democracy" filled with "Rural Regulars" carrying their farm tools, racing "To the State Convention", driven by Samuel J. Tilden, with John Kelly representing "Tammany Hall" an... More
This is not the New York Stock Exchange, it is the patronage exchange,...
Senators holding papers "patronage," "sold out," and "New York quotations," with T.C. Platt handcuffed to man on left, who is handing "orders of the boss" to Chester Arthur. Illus. in: Puck, v. 9, 1881 April 13... More
"Sic 'em!" / J. Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows Charles Stewart Parnell, a prisoner in the "Kilmainham Kaboose", directing a pack of small dogs labeled "Healy, Kettle, Egan, O'Connor, Dillon, Davitt, Sexton, [and] Brennan" to attack the British L... More
Caricature, A sop to Cerberus / Gillam., public domain cartoon image
Print shows Chester A. Arthur offering a "Bill Excluding Chinese for 10 Years", in the shape of a Chinese man's face, to a three-headed Cerberus labeled "Western Vote" with the heads labeled "Demagogue, Hoodlum... More
First annual picnic of the "Knights of Labor" - more fun for the spect...
Print shows Jay Gould, William H. Vanderbilt, Cyrus Field, Russell Sage, and John Roach riding in a carriage past a crowd of laborers labeled "Knights of Labor" and "Pittsburg Free Strikers" who are watching a ... More
A summer smoke-cloud / J. Keppler.
Print shows Puck reclining before a table covered with alcoholic beverages, some labeled "V.H. Dusenbury's P.P. Brandy" and "Puck Punch [No London Punch]", smoking and blowing smoke rings. Among the figures app... More
Another restorer of antiquities à la Cesnola / Gillam.
Print shows Charles A. Dana as an archaeologist who has just excavated a statue labeled "S.J.T." and "Buried in 1876" from "Greystone", behind which Henry Watterson, on the left, and John Kelly, on the right, g... More
Puck magazine cover - British benevolence / J. Keppler.
Print shows an oversized British Lion wearing boxing gloves labeled "Army" and "Navy", standing over its most recent victim labeled "Egyptian", trailing off to the left are other victims labeled "Ashantee, Afgh... More
Will he cast his sword into the balance? / Gillam.
Print shows John I. Mitchell labeled "Independent Reps." standing on one side of a balance scale labeled "Republican Scales" and "Penn"; he outweighs James D. Cameron who sits on the other side of the scale in ... More
Puck magazine cover - The irrepressible log / Gillam.
Print shows a bear labeled "N.Y. Democracy" climbing a tree labeled "New York" and "N.Y. State Patronage Hive" to get at the honey, however a block of wood labeled "Tammany Kelly" suspended by a rope labeled "6... More
The moths and the candle / F. Graetz.
Print shows Cyrus W. Field and Jay Gould as parts of a candle holder labeled "Wall Street" with a candle burning the flame of "Speculation" which draws moths with their savings to the light, as they get too clo... More
Jay Gould's private bowling alley / F. Opper.
Print shows Jay Gould bowling on Wall Street using bowling balls labeled " Private Press, General Unscrupulousness, False Reports, [and] Trickery" to knock down pins labeled "Banker, Small Operator, Speculator,... More
A free feast for the congressional colored boys - they are all after a...
Print shows several legislators slicing up a large watermelon labeled "River and Harbor Bill" in an effort to carry off a share for themselves, while Chester A. Arthur sleeps in the shade of a tree in the backg... More
The great congressional tramp bullying the old women of the national h...
Print shows George M. Robeson shabbily dressed as a tramp, standing in a doorway; Joseph W. Keifer, as a small dog with a cap labeled "Speaker" tied to its tail, stands behind Robeson, and on the floor at his f... More
The political Sodom and Gomorrah are doomed to destruction / F. Grätz.
Print shows an angel labeled "New Party" with wings labeled "Tariff-Reform" and "Anti-Monopoly" leading two small orphan children labeled "Political Honesty" and "Political Wisdom" to safety, away from the fire... More
Our robber barons / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows several rogues, Jay Gould labeled "R. Road Monopolist", William H. Vanderbilt labeled "Corporations", Cyrus W. Field labeled "Telegraph Monopoly", Russell Sage(?) labeled "Stock Jobbing", and George... More
Forgotten on purpose / Gillam. - coin, public domain photograph
Print shows a man labeled "Tax Payer" fallen on steps labeled "Congress", he has a large boulder labeled "War Taxes on Iron on Sugar on Cloth Salt Leather [and] Linens" strapped to his back. On the steps is a s... More
The mighty meeting of the Masons / J. Keppler.
Print shows four elderly men wearing Masonic uniforms, standing between the Masonic pillars labeled "Boaz" and "Jachin" that look like barber poles; the men are performing a song and dance routine. Caption: Wh... More
The murderer's straight route to heaven - bringing religion into disre...
Print shows the spirit of an executed murderer rising to Heaven as a minister wipes clean the "Blackboard of Crime" on which are "Murder, Arson, [and] Robb[ery]" with the "Sponge of Absolution" as "years of sin... More
Licensed wreckers - in the hands of the receivers / J. Keppler.
Print shows a ship labeled "Wrecked Corporation" and "Insurance Co. Bankrupt" that has wrecked on rocks with a darkened lighthouse labeled "Trust" and "Justice" nearby; its light has been snuffed by "Judge" and... More
Too weak to fight - too old to run / F. Graetz.
Print shows the British Lion carrying William E. Gladstone, dressed as a woman, on his back, as they head into the sea after departing the "British Consul" in advance of "Anarchy, Riot, [and] Bloodshed"; the li... More
Another bombardment - the newspaper fleet firing on the Bedouins in Wa...
Print shows newspaper editors Charles A. Dana, James G. Bennett, Carl Schurz, Henry Watterson, George W. Curtis, and Whitelaw Reid, as well as Puck, with a fleet of paper gunboats labeled "N.Y. Times, N.Y. Sun,... More
Caricature, The innocents / F. Opper., public domain cartoon image
Print shows a group of African American men, one, standing at center, is wearing a hat labeled "Judge Whitewashed", and the others are wearing hats labeled "Whitewasher No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6,... More
Puck's pyrotechnics - Fourth-of-July fireworks free to all / Opper & C...
Print shows a fireworks display with Puck bowing on a stage in front of a "Fan Light" featuring the likenesses of William H. Vanderbilt, Russell Sage, Cyrus W. Field, and Jay Gould; on stage with Puck is a hand... More
Science, or sport? - A modern spectacle after an old model / J. Kepple...
Print shows a group of explorers of the polar regions, representing discovery and exploration, floating on an ice floe, they may all be on the verge of death; weighing judgement are James G. Bennett of the New ... More
Caricature, For sale again / F. Graetz., public domain cartoon image
Print shows John Kelly carrying a basket labeled "27,000 Votes For Sale", accosting passengers on a "New York Train", seeking buyers; around the car, men are seated beneath windows labeled "Democratic Nominatio... More
Puck magazine cover - Arthur's awkward "white elephant" / Gillam.
Print shows President Chester A. Arthur sitting on a rock with a large white elephant that looks like Roscoe Conkling standing next to him; Arthur is wondering how to get rid of the elephant. Uncle Sam, holding... More
A sunday show - profit for pagan and preacher / F. Opper.
Print shows Robert G. Ingersoll speaking from a stage in an auditorium filled with an audience whose heads are half-dollar coins; dangling from a cord at the edge of the stage is Thomas De Witt Talmage as a mar... More
John Kelly galvanizes the corpse of Tammany / F. Graetz.
Print shows John Kelly trying to bring Tammany Hall back to life by turning an electrical apparatus labeled "Deal with the Republicans" connected to an "Anti-Monopoly" device, then with wires spelling "Patronag... More