![A letter to the majority of the General Assembly of Liliput. Before you, gentlemen, were called to a share in the Legislation, the House of Assembly was considered as the grand paladium of the people of liberty ... [Signed] A freeholder of Lilip](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvYS1sZXR0ZXItdG8tdGhlLW1ham9yaXR5LW9mLXRoZS1nZW5lcmFsLWFzc2VtYmx5LW9mLWxpbGlwdXQtYmVmb3JlLXlvdS1nZW50bGVtZW4tNWJhODU2LTEwMjQuanBn/40/61/webp "A letter to the majority of the General Assembly of Liliput. Before you, gentlemen, were called to a share in the Legislation, the House of Assembly was considered as the grand paladium of the people of liberty ... [Signed] A freeholder of Lilip")
A letter to the majority of the General Assembly of Liliput. Before yo...
Imprint 3.; On verso: S; 1768 ?. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 104, Folder 31.
philosophers from "An introduction to the principles of morals and leg...
This image has been taken from scan 000010 from "An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the Br... More
The Globe-man after hearing of the vote on the sub-Treasury bill
Evidently a companion to "The Globe Man Listening to Webster's speech on the Specie Circular" (no. 1838-3), the small, bust-length caricature of Democratic editor Francis Preston Blair shows him looking even mo... More
Protection -- Currency. If Congress after adjusting the tariff bill wi...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 243, Folder 10.
"The School of Legislation" in Lincoln's-Inn Hall, from the "Illustrat...
After George Frederic Watts (British, London 1817–1904 London) Public domain scan of British 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of 18th-ce... More
Stereobild med motiv av norska stortingsbyggnaden, uppförd 1866 efter ...
Stereobild med motiv av norska stortingsbyggnaden, uppförd 1866 efter ritningar av den svenske arkitekten Emil Viktor Langlet.
![The true issue. The aim of slavery has ever been to obtain the balance of power, to control legislation, and to make the national government auxiliary to its purpose ... [Three songs] [n. p. 1864].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvdGhlLXRydWUtaXNzdWUtdGhlLWFpbS1vZi1zbGF2ZXJ5LWhhcy1ldmVyLWJlZW4tdG8tb2J0YWluLXRoZS1iYWxhbmNlLW9mLXBvd2VyLTkyOGM0Ni0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/38/webp "The true issue. The aim of slavery has ever been to obtain the balance of power, to control legislation, and to make the national government auxiliary to its purpose ... [Three songs] [n. p. 1864].")
The true issue. The aim of slavery has ever been to obtain the balance...
Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 235, Folder 9.
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
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
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
Puck magazine cover - Bravo! Señor Clevelando!! / Gillam.
Illustration shows Grover Cleveland, former mayor of Buffalo and current governor of New York, as a bullfighter standing with his right foot on the head a bison labeled "Buffalo Democracy" with one dart labeled... More
Caricature, What 's in it? / Gillam., public domain cartoon image
Illustration shows Uncle Sam sitting at a table in the "Congresssional Lunch Rooms", he is being served a large sausage labeled "Tariff Bill" by a waiter labeled "Republican", another waiter labeled "Democrat" ... More
Christmas at Washington / J. Keppler '83.
Print shows several members of Congress around a large Christmas tree labeled "Tax Surplus" decorated with money bags labeled "Surplus"; the legislators carry bags in which to place the bags of surplus they plu... More
Let us have a good bankruptcy law, as a protection against the "prefer...
Print shows Puck carrying a "Petition - To the 48th Congress" at the head of a long procession of well-dressed businessmen who want Congress to enact a "Good Bankruptcy Law" that would identify fraudulent conve... More
Bottled politics / J. Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows two old men, one of whom may be Uncle Sam holding a glass, sitting at a table in a saloon, on which is a large bottle of alcohol labeled "Regulated Ohio Brand", on a shelf behind them are other bott... More
Made harmless at last! / F. Graetz.
Public domain photograph related to Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The slush will have to stay / F. Graetz.
Illustration shows a sleepy Uncle Sam wearing a robe and standing in the snow marked with "$" at the foot of snow-covered steps, with the "U.S. Treasury" in the background; he is handing a shovel labeled "Repea... More
Blundering in a perilous position / Gillam.
Illustration shows a camel that has collasped under the weight of it's burden labeled "Amendments" and Samuel J. Randall who is riding on top; concerned travelers include John Kelly, Samuel J. Tilden, Henry Wat... More
The old lion and the ass / Gillam.
Illustration shows an injured lion, with the face of Ulysses S. Grant, lying on the ground next to a paper that states "An Appeal to the People, U.S. Grant", just beyond the lion is a donkey wearing a military ... More
The attack on our outer ramparts - first the house of refuge - then th...
Illustration shows a hapless army of clergymen assulting a fortress labeled "Non-Sectarian Institution" around a building labeled "House of Refuge" with a battering ram labeled "Freedom of Worship Bill", one bi... More
This is what the "freedom of worship" bill means - can we hold the evi...
Illustration shows a female figure with a shield labeled "Tolerance" and a sword labeled "Knowledge", using a cord labeled "Equality" to hold back a large snake labeled "Freedom Worship Bill" that has ensnared ... More
Corrupt legislation, Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson building, W...
Semi-circular panel from mural entitled The Government by Elihu Vedder, in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, showing man, woman, and child in classical garb, with woman seated and holding an un... More
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Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Will it down at their bidding? - Drawing. Public domain image.
No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860221.
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Hands across the sea - Drawing. Public domain image.
No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
She 's all right / Ehrhart. - coin, public domain photograph
Print shows an angel labeled "National Credit" with wings labeled "Sound Financial Policy" and "Repeal of Sherman Silver Law" rising above the flames of the wreck of the "U.S. Treasury", with among the wreckage... More
The universal scape-goat - Drawing. Public domain image.
No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
Out of the silver flood! / Dalrymple.
Print shows Uncle Sam trying to climb out of a flood of silver coinage toward elevated ground labeled "Repeal of the Sherman Law by the 53rd Congress" using a rope labeled "Public Opinion" while carrying a fema... More
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Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
A X-mas dream - Drawing. Public domain image.
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A X-mas dream - Drawing. Public domain image.
No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
They mourn their loss / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows William McKinley, Benjamin Harrison, and John Sherman as old women in mourning among gravestones labeled "Here lies our dear McKinley Bill. Ruthlessly assassinated in the flower of its youth by the ... More
Puck magazine cover - Don't!! / Dalrymple. Joseph Pulitzer
Print shows a man, possibly Joseph Pulitzer, dressed as a jester holding papers labeled "Income Tax Law", which he is pointing to with his right hand, standing before a woman labeled "Democracy" who is sitting ... More
Caricature, That settles it! / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image
Print shows President Cleveland holding a cat by the tail, it has ribbons labeled "Bland Seignorage Silver Bill"; Cleveland has used the ribbons to tie a rock labeled "Veto" to the cat, which he drops over a cliff.
A relic of the dark ages / F. Opper.
Print shows John Bull standing in the "House of Lords", looking over a curtain at an old man wearing a crown and robe, clutching a large book labeled "Mediæval Traditions of the British Peerage" and a large sc... More
A painful prophetic vision / F.M. Hutchins.
Print shows a well-dressed, grand old woman sitting in a chair, with a comb labeled "Republican Party" in her hair, and newspapers on the floor around her with headlines "Evening Reporter - Commerce Picking Up ... More
America's partisan "patriots" / C.J. Taylor., Political Cartoon
Print shows Benjamin Harrison pointing to himself, John Sherman with a sign that states "The Sherman Bill Did It!", William McKinley holding a sign that states "The McKinley Bill Did It!", and Thomas B. Reed po... More
After the hold-up / Dalrymple. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows William L. Wilson standing in the street outside the White House, holding open a large carpet bag labeled "Wilson's Free List" which contains papers labeled "Free Wool", he has an umbrella labeled "... More
"I am a Democrat!" / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows David B. "Hill" holding a knife labeled "Spite" and sneaking up behind a woman labeled "National Democratic Party" who is sitting at a table, reading a paper labeled "Wilson Bill". Illus. from Puck... More
![Elihu Vedder - [Study for figure in Corrupt legislation]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTEvc3R1ZHktZm9yLWZpZ3VyZS1pbi1jb3JydXB0LWxlZ2lzbGF0aW9uLTZlYzYyZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/55/webp "Elihu Vedder - [Study for figure in Corrupt legislation]")
Elihu Vedder - [Study for figure in Corrupt legislation]
Study drawing shows the allegorical central figure in the Library of Congress mural Corrupt legislation holding her scale. She wears some drapery. The mural was installed in the Jefferson Building in 1896. Gift... More
![Elihu Vedder - [Corrupt legislation]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvY29ycnVwdC1sZWdpc2xhdGlvbi1mOTc3ZDYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/24/webp "Elihu Vedder - [Corrupt legislation]")
Elihu Vedder - [Corrupt legislation]
Design drawing for lunette mural in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building main reading room shows corrupt legislation symbolized by a scantily clothed woman holding half of a scale onto which a weal... More
Massachusetts District Police Boiler Inspection Department, Acts of 18...
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![[Study for figure in Corrupt legislation without scale]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvc3R1ZHktZm9yLWZpZ3VyZS1pbi1jb3JydXB0LWxlZ2lzbGF0aW9uLXdpdGhvdXQtc2NhbGUtZDVjMTZlLTEwMjQuanBn/40/51/webp "[Study for figure in Corrupt legislation without scale]")
[Study for figure in Corrupt legislation without scale]
Study drawing shows the allegorical central figure in the Library of Congress mural Corrupt legislation with a staff across her lap. She wears some drapery. The mural was installed in the Jefferson Building in ... More
Not this time! / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows President Cleveland at the helm of the "Ship of State", it's sails labeled "Honest Pensions, Wilson Tariff Bill, Sound Financial Policy, Adherence to the Traditional Policy of Non-Interference", [an... More
![Elihu Vedder - [Study for Corrupt legislation]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDIvc3R1ZHktZm9yLWNvcnJ1cHQtbGVnaXNsYXRpb24tM2IzNTFhLTEwMjQuanBn/40/25/webp "Elihu Vedder - [Study for Corrupt legislation]")
Elihu Vedder - [Study for Corrupt legislation]
Drawing shows the feet and figure of a girl in classical garb, facing right. This is a study for the figure on the left in the mural Corrupt legislation, installed in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Co... More
![[Study for Corrupt legislation - figure at left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTcvc3R1ZHktZm9yLWNvcnJ1cHQtbGVnaXNsYXRpb24tZmlndXJlLWF0LWxlZnQtN2ExZmEwLTEwMjQuanBn/40/35/webp "[Study for Corrupt legislation - figure at left]")
[Study for Corrupt legislation - figure at left]
Drawing shows a girl in classical garb, facing right and holding a distaff and spindle, an allegory of idleness. This is a study for the mural Corrupt legislation, installed in the Jefferson Building of the Lib... More
Massachusetts District Police Boiler Inspection Department, Acts of 18...
Picryl description: Public domain historical document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Reading room vestibule. Corrupt legislation / Elihu Vedder, Rome.
Photo of semi-circular panel from mural in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building entitled The Government, depicting man, woman, and child in classical garb holding an unjust scale.
We four and no more - Drawing. Public domain image.
No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
A solitary horseman -- G.P.R. James Novels (?)
No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
![[Corrupt legislation mural by Elihu Vedder, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTYvMDEvMDEvY29ycnVwdC1sZWdpc2xhdGlvbi1tdXJhbC1ieS1lbGlodS12ZWRkZXItamVmZmVyc29uLWJ1aWxkaW5nLWxpYnJhcnktb2YtY29uZ3Jlc3MtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Corrupt legislation mural by Elihu Vedder, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress]")
[Corrupt legislation mural by Elihu Vedder, Jefferson Building, Librar...
Photo of semi-circular panel in five-part mural called "Government" shows man, woman, and child in classical garb, with woman seated and holding an unjust scale.
"Every one for himself!" / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows two dogs on a table; one dog labeled "Platt" has its front paws on a platter labeled "Patronage" on which is a piece of meat labeled "Raines Bill", the other dog wearing a collar labeled "Croker" is... More
We four and no more - Drawing. Public domain image.
Picryl description: Public domain image of armed forces, cavalry, infantry, 18th-19th century war, military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Un-civil pensions - Drawing. Public domain image.
No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
The same old power behind the throne / Dalrymple.
Print shows Speaker of the House, Thomas B. Reed, holding a gavel and "Tariff Legislation", sitting at the Speaker's desk, mindful of the large man, wearing a business suit labeled "Protectionist", sitting behi... More
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
He's back again! / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows a gigantic, well-dressed pig labeled "Protection Glutton" confidently striding into Congress carrying a paper that states "We Demand a Prohibitory Tariff on all Imports, in the Interest of the Suffe... More
Triumph for the walking-delegate / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows a well-dressed union representative labeled "Walking Delegate" standing outside a prisoner's prison cell, holding a paper that states "Law to Prohibit Convict Labor in State Prisons"; a dejected pri... More
Puck magazine cover - The mystery explained / Keppler.
Print shows Speaker of the House, Thomas B. Reed, as a watchdog asleep at his desk on papers labeled "Dingley Tariff Section 22" while a scoundrel labeled "Railroad Lobby" inserts an "Amendment to Section 22 of... More
He never could stand prosperity / Dalrymple.
Print shows a "Hayseed" legislator, possibly meant to represent Frank S. Black, governor of New York, in a stupor, wearing a hat labeled "N.Y. Republican Party", holding a large wine bottle labeled "Hayseed Leg... More
Crowning the abomination / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon
Print shows a huge figure labeled "Tariff for Trusts" wearing a quilted cape labeled with products and percentages, holding papers labeled "Concessions", and sitting between the Senate and House chambers, with ... More
Caricature, Where would we be? / K., public domain cartoon image
Print shows Henry Cabot Lodge labeled "A.D. 1620" cowering before a Native who is about to hit him with a club around which a paper is wrapped that states "An Act to Prevent the Country from being Overrun by Fo... More
Puck magazine cover - The lynching problem / Dalrymple.
Print shows a southern vigilante holding a rope with a noose and a "Sheriff" holding a paper that states "2000 dollars must be paid by the county, for each lynching. Law of South Carolina". An African American ... More
Senate and House leaders. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Senator Joseph T. ...
A black and white photo of three men sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
$119,000,000,000 lost to American wage earners during nine years of un...
Two men standing next to a white board with a graph on it. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![Victorious purgees shelve administration's neutrality legislation for term. Washington, D.C., July 11. By a vote of 11-12, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today shelved the consideration of neutrality legislation until next term of Congress. By defeating the Pittman Resolution, they dashed the administration's hopes for repealing the arms embargo. Gillette vigorously denied that he voted as he did simply to take revenge for the president's attempt to defeat him at the last election. Both Senator Walter George, left, and Guy Gillette, right, have been in the center of a question mark since it became known that the committee would vote on neutrality legislation today. Both were intended victims of the 1938 [...], and today held controlling votes in the meeting](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvdmljdG9yaW91cy1wdXJnZWVzLXNoZWx2ZS1hZG1pbmlzdHJhdGlvbnMtbmV1dHJhbGl0eS1sZWdpc2xhdGlvbi1mb3ItdGVybS13YXNoaW5ndG9uLTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "Victorious purgees shelve administration's neutrality legislation for term. Washington, D.C., July 11. By a vote of 11-12, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today shelved the consideration of neutrality legislation until next term of Congress. By defeating the Pittman Resolution, they dashed the administration's hopes for repealing the arms embargo. Gillette vigorously denied that he voted as he did simply to take revenge for the president's attempt to defeat him at the last election. Both Senator Walter George, left, and Guy Gillette, right, have been in the center of a question mark since it became known that the committee would vote on neutrality legislation today. Both were intended victims of the 1938 [...], and today held controlling votes in the meeting")
Victorious purgees shelve administration's neutrality legislation for ...
Two men sitting at a table signing papers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Columbia professor endorses Thomas Amendment. Washington, D.C., May 8....
A black and white photo of two men sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
S.R.O. sign out as Monopoly Committee opens hearings. Washington, D.C....
Public domain photograph of building interior, office, room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
In spotlight as monopoly investigating committee opens public hearings...
A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The law-mills again at work / Keppler.
Illustration shows "Justice" holding her scales, being buried under an avalanche of paper labeled "Law" as a "Legislator" at the top turns the crank spewing legislation from the U.S. Capitol. Illus. in: Puck, ... More
Before House Agricultural Committee. Washington, D.C. Testifying befor...
A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Stereobild med motiv av Corps législatif, den lagstiftande församlinge...
Stereobild med motiv av Corps législatif, den lagstiftande församlingen i Frankrike från 1795 till 1814.
President confers with advisory business council. Washington D.C. Memb...
A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nesmen question Senate majority leader as he leaves the White House. W...
A black and white photo of a man holding a gun. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Off-the-record huddle. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Marriner Eccles, Chai...
Two men standing next to each other in front of a window. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Uncle Sam's monetary brains. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. The government'...
A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A House whisper. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Rep. Sam Rayburn, new major...
A black and white photo of two men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
President calls conference of Senate and State Department on neutralit...
A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Money experts. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Senator Carter Glass, former ...
A black and white photo of two men in suits. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
In dire distress / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows George Edmunds, Mark Hanna(?), and another man onboard a grounded ship labeled "Shipping Subsidy Bill" in rough seas labeled "Press Attacks." The ship rests on rocks labeled "Opposition." Il... More
This cat escapes the Senate with a few of its nine lives left; - will ...
Illustration shows a view in the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol of a large cat with papers tied around its waist labeled "Ship Subsidy Bill"; it is making a mad dash for a door as senators throw ink pots an... More
The kind of anti-trust legislation that is needed
Uncle Sam shining bright lamp of "Congressional Legislation" on king wearing crown labeled "trusts" and sitting on throne of ledgers and account books. Color lithograph after J.S. Pughe. Illus. in: Puck, Feb. 5... More
The kind of anti-trust legislation that is needed / J.S. Pughe ; J. Ot...
Cartoon showing Uncle Sam shining light, "congressional legislation", on king, "trusts". Illus. in: Puck, 1902 Feb. 5. Copyright by Keppler & Swartzmann.
The kind of anti-trust legislation that is needed / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows an angry Uncle Sam holding up a lantern labeled "Congressional Legislation" to illuminate a rotund man wearing a crown labeled "Trusts" and a robe decorated with dollar signs, there is a ring... More
Pick a winner - Political cartoon, public domain image
Cartoon shows an unidentified man, possibly Attorney General Philander Knox, on the left holding sheet "Remove Dutch standard technicality [paragraph] 209 Tariff Law 1897" and Henry Thomas Oxnard on the right h... More
American Legion Legislation Committee
Two men sitting at a table with papers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Grand Canyon Nat. Park: Verkamp's Visitor Center 1919 Pen Exhibit 8198
At Verkamps Visitor Center (1906) it is possible to see the actual pen that was used by President Woodrow Wilson to sign the legislation that made Grand Canyon a national park on February 26, 1919. Verkamp's Vi... More
Puck magazine cover - "Killed in committee" / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows Nelson W. Aldrich as a large spider on a cobweb labeled "Senate Committee Room" spread between the U.S. Capitol and a "Standard Oil" tower, on which several flies labeled "Anti-Trust Bill, Fr... More
The headsman / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows a large man wearing a red outfit, labeled "The Senate", and holding an axe above his head, about to chop a legislative bill, shown as rolled-up papers, labeled "Progressive Legislation", othe... More
For he's a jolly good fellow - Drawing. Public domain image.
Man representing railroads at left with paper, "A few little amendments to the rate bill"; bull at right with cleaver, "Beef trusts" and bag labeled "U.S. to pay $3,000,000 for inspection"; man in center probab... More
Veterans of the late war / Keppler.
Illustration shows Benjamin R. Tillman, Joseph W. Bailey, and William E. Chandler as war veterans playing musical instruments and marching; Tillman carries a banner labeled "The Original Rate Bill" and Bailey's... More
The hired assassin : the Philippine Tariff bill was killed in the Sena...
(DLC/PP-1937:0048). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as cover of: Collier's weekly, vol. 36 (March 24, 1906).
A Congressional Deadlock - Political cartoon, public domain image
This illustration entitled, "A Congressional Deadlock", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Post on December 27, 1906, shows a member of both the House and the Senate politely defe... More
Bright Prospects for Suffrage Legislation
Hearings on the suffrage amendment and the third class cities tax suffrage bill are scheduled in Albany, February 6-7
President and Hull urge Congress to reconsider action on neutrality le...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Old friends meet at federal Reserve building dedication. Washington, D...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
George Woodward - A ticklish feat / K.
Illustration shows President Taft balancing a cone of papers labeled "Administration" and showing the Republican elephant, on his nose; struggling to get in the cone is "Ballinger" while already inside are "Elk... More
Immediate legislation needed to take profits out of war, Legion comman...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.