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Clare Briggs
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Image Caption: A Golf Nut in Winter Quarters

Book: Clare Briggs, Golf: the book of a thousand chuckles: the famous golf cartoons, c1916.
Subjects: Briggs, Clare A., 1875-1930 ; Golf

Clare Briggs
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Image Caption: Why some Men are Having a Hard Time Finding Their Clubs

Book: Clare Briggs, Golf: the book of a thousand chuckles: the famous golf cartoons, c1916.
Subjects: Briggs, Clare A., 1875-1930 ; Golf ; Golf clubs (Sporting goods)

Clare Briggs
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Image Caption: Oh, If it were not for the Hole in Double Figures!

Book: Clare Briggs, Golf: the book of a thousand chuckles: the famous golf cartoons, c1916.
Subjects: Briggs, Clare A., 1875-1930 ; Golf

Clare Briggs
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Image Caption: Adventures of a Lost Ball

Book: Clare Briggs, Golf: the book of a thousand chuckles: the famous golf cartoons, c1916.
Subjects: Briggs, Clare A., 1875-1930 ; Golf ; Golf balls

Clare Briggs
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Image Caption: Before and After

Book: Clare Briggs, Golf: the book of a thousand chuckles: the famous golf cartoons, c1916.
Subjects: Briggs, Clare A., 1875-1930 ; Golf

Clare Briggs
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Book: Clare Briggs, Golf: the book of a thousand chuckles: the famous golf cartoons, c1916.
Subjects: Briggs, Clare A., 1875-1930 ; Golf ; Book covers

Otho Cushing
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Image Caption: Book VI--Temptation -- "The Sirens try to lure Teddysses to the 'Rocks,' but having bound himself to the Ship of State, Columbia steers him through"

Book: Otho Cushing, Teddyssey, 1907.
Subjects: Cushing, Otho, 1871-1942 ; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 ; Political cartoons ; Presidents--United States ; Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937 ; Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 ; Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913 ; Industrialists

Otho Cushing
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Book: Otho Cushing, Teddyssey, 1907.
Subjects: Cushing, Otho, 1871-1942 ; Title pages ; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 ; Uncle Sam (Symbolic character) ; Columbia (Symbolic character)

Otho Cushing
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Image Caption: Book II--Youth -- "The Goddess of hunting, at the the request of Pallas Columbia, accustoms Teddysses to the perils of the chase"

Book: Otho Cushing, Teddyssey, 1907.
Subjects: Cushing, Otho, 1871-1942 ; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 ; Ranching ; Political cartoons ; Diana (Roman deity)

Otho Cushing
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Image Caption: Book IX--Incantation -- "Pallas Columbia warns Teddysses against the magic oil of the enchantress Circe, which had turned so many of his comrades into swine"

Book: Otho Cushing, Teddyssey, 1907.
Subjects: Cushing, Otho, 1871-1942 ; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 ; Political cartoons ; Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937 ; Lobbying ; Political corruption ; Presidents--United States ; Columbia (Symbolic character)

Otho Cushing
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Image Caption: Book X--Iteration -- "ZE U.S., Pallas Columbia, the people, foreign rulers, all beseech Teddysses to retain the empire"

Book: Otho Cushing, Teddyssey, 1907.
Subjects: Cushing, Otho, 1871-1942 ; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 ; Political cartoons ; Uncle Sam (Symbolic character) ; Elections--United States ; Presidents--United States ; Presidents--Term of office ; Columbia (Symbolic character)

Otho Cushing
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Image Caption: Book XI--Apotheosis -- "Pallas Columbia requests for him a place in history"

Book: Otho Cushing, Teddyssey, 1907.
Subjects: Cushing, Otho, 1871-1942 ; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 ; Political cartoons ; Legacies ; Columbia (Symbolic character)

Harry Conway (Bud) Fisher
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Book: Harry Conway (Bud) Fisher, Mutt and Jeff Cartoons: Book Two, 1911.
Subjects: Fisher, Bud, 1885-1954 ; Comic books, strips, etc. ; Book covers

Harry Conway (Bud) Fisher
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Book: Harry Conway (Bud) Fisher, Mutt and Jeff Cartoons: Book Two, 1911.
Subjects: Fisher, Bud, 1885-1954 ; Comic books, strips, etc. ; Landlord and tenant

Harry Conway (Bud) Fisher
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Book: Harry Conway (Bud) Fisher, Mutt and Jeff Cartoons: Book Two, 1911.
Subjects: Fisher, Bud, 1885-1954 ; Comic books, strips, etc. ; Automobiles--Maintenance and repair

Harry Conway (Bud) Fisher
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Book: Harry Conway (Bud) Fisher, Mutt and Jeff Cartoons: Book Two, 1911.
Subjects: Fisher, Bud, 1885-1954 ; Comic books, strips, etc. ; Arranged marriage ; Remarriage

Harry Conway (Bud) Fisher
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Book: Harry Conway (Bud) Fisher, Mutt and Jeff Cartoons: Book Two, 1911.
Subjects: Fisher, Bud, 1885-1954 ; Comic books, strips, etc. ; Title pages

Harry Conway (Bud) Fisher
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Book: Harry Conway (Bud) Fisher, Mutt and Jeff Cartoons: Book Two, 1911.
Subjects: Fisher, Bud, 1885-1954 ; Comic books, strips, etc. ; Income tax

Harry Conway (Bud) Fisher
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Book: Harry Conway (Bud) Fisher, Mutt and Jeff Cartoons: Book Two, 1911.
Subjects: Fisher, Bud, 1885-1954 ; Comic books, strips, etc. ; Swindlers and swindling

Charles Dana Gibson
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Book: Charles Dana Gibson, Drawings, 1894.
Subjects: Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944 ; Book covers

Charles Dana Gibson
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Image Caption: That Delicious Moment: When You Find You Are to Take in to Dinner the Girl Who Yesterday Refused You

Book: Charles Dana Gibson, Drawings, 1894.
Subjects: Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944 ; Man-woman relationships

Charles Dana Gibson
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Image Caption: Revised: March Fourth Comes in Like a Tiger and Goes Out Like an Elephant

Book: Charles Dana Gibson, Drawings, 1894.
Subjects: Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944 ; Presidents--United States--Election--1892

Charles Dana Gibson
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Image Caption: The American Girl Abroad: Some Features of the Matrimonial Market

Book: Charles Dana Gibson, Drawings, 1894.
Subjects: Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944 ; Mate selection ; Courtship ; Man-woman relationships

Charles Dana Gibson
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Image Caption: Her First Appearance in This Costume: She Thinks, On the Whole, She Feels More at Home in a Ball Dress.

Book: Charles Dana Gibson, Drawings, 1894.
Subjects: Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944 ; Bathing suits

Charles Dana Gibson

Kentometary: A theme that recurs often in Gibson’s drawings is the 19th century practice of American women from better families seeking husbands from old, European nobility. In this allegory, the Roman Colosseum is the setting in which Cupid sacrifices America’s youthful women to the British aristocracy.
A theme that recurs often in Gibson’s drawings is the 19th century practice of American women from better families seeking husbands from old, European nobility. In this allegory, the Roman Colosseum is the setting in which Cupid sacrifices America’s  youthful women to the British aristocracy.
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Image Caption: America's Tribute.

Book: Charles Dana Gibson, Drawings, 1894.
Subjects: Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944 ; Love

Charles Dana Gibson
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Image Caption: Time!

Book: Charles Dana Gibson, Drawings, 1894.
Subjects: Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944 ; Presidents--United States--Election--1888

William Hogarth
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Image Caption: Harlot's Progress: Plate IV: Scene in Bridewell

Book: William Hogarth, Genuine Graphic Works of William Hogarth: Consisting of 160 Engravings Faithfully Copied from the Originals, 1813.
Subjects: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 ; Prostitution ; Bridewell Royal Hospital ; Imprisonment ; Correctional institutions

William Hogarth
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Image Caption: Portrait of: William Hogarth (1697-1764)

Book: William Hogarth, Genuine Graphic Works of William Hogarth: Consisting of 160 Engravings Faithfully Copied from the Originals, 1813.
Subjects: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 ; Cartoonists

William Hogarth
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Image Caption: Harlot's Progress: Plate I: Ensnared by a Procuress

Book: William Hogarth, Genuine Graphic Works of William Hogarth: Consisting of 160 Engravings Faithfully Copied from the Originals, 1813.
Subjects: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 ; Prostitution ; Procuresses

William Hogarth
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Image Caption: Harlot's Progress: Plate III: Apprehended by a Magistrate

Book: William Hogarth, Genuine Graphic Works of William Hogarth: Consisting of 160 Engravings Faithfully Copied from the Originals, 1813.
Subjects: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 ; Prostitution ; Police magistrates ; Arrest

William Hogarth
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Image Caption: Harlot's Progress: Plate V: She Expires while Doctors are Disputing

Book: William Hogarth, Genuine Graphic Works of William Hogarth: Consisting of 160 Engravings Faithfully Copied from the Originals, 1813.
Subjects: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 ; Prostitution ; Physicians ; Death

William Hogarth
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Image Caption: Harlot's Progress: Plate VI: The Funeral

Book: William Hogarth, Genuine Graphic Works of William Hogarth: Consisting of 160 Engravings Faithfully Copied from the Originals, 1813.
Subjects: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 ; Prostitution ; Death ; Funeral rites and ceremonies

William Hogarth
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Image Caption: Harlot's Progress: Plate II: Quarrels with her Prosecutor

Book: William Hogarth, Genuine Graphic Works of William Hogarth: Consisting of 160 Engravings Faithfully Copied from the Originals, 1813.
Subjects: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 ; Prostitution ; Private prosecutors

Edward Windsor Kemble
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Image Caption: "Ye gang straight doon the road, mon"--

Book: Edward Windsor Kemble, Billy Goat and Other Comicalities, 1898.
Subjects: Kemble, E. W. (Edward Windsor), 1861-1933 ; Scots ; Travel ; Manners and customs

Edward Windsor Kemble
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Image Caption: "I thank you, sir, from my heart."

Book: Edward Windsor Kemble, Billy Goat and Other Comicalities, 1898.
Subjects: Kemble, E. W. (Edward Windsor), 1861-1933 ; Scots ; Travel ; Manners and customs

Edward Windsor Kemble
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Image Caption: "Dinna mention it, mon."

Book: Edward Windsor Kemble, Billy Goat and Other Comicalities, 1898.
Subjects: Kemble, E. W. (Edward Windsor), 1861-1933 ; Scots ; Travel ; Manners and customs

Edward Windsor Kemble
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Image Caption: Scotch Civility: "Can you point me the way to Drumtochty, Sandy?"

Book: Edward Windsor Kemble, Billy Goat and Other Comicalities, 1898.
Subjects: Kemble, E. W. (Edward Windsor), 1861-1933 ; Scots ; Travel ; Manners and customs

Edward Windsor Kemble
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Image Caption: "An' juist ower the wee sma' hill."

Book: Edward Windsor Kemble, Billy Goat and Other Comicalities, 1898.
Subjects: Kemble, E. W. (Edward Windsor), 1861-1933 ; Scots ; Travel ; Manners and customs

Joseph Ferdinand Keppler
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Image Caption: Portrait of: Joseph Ferdinand Keppler (1838-1894)

Book: Joseph Ferdinand Keppler, Selection of Cartoons from Puck by Joseph Keppler, 1893.
Subjects: Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894 ; Cartoonists

Joseph Ferdinand Keppler

Kentometary: Published in "Puck" February 28, 1877. While the idea is based on a pun, it depicts the situation of the Democratic Party in the last months of 1876 with a forceful aptitude and force. This cartoon appeared at the time when the Democrats in Congress had been tricked into accepting the Electoral Commission scheme, which gave the Presidency to Hays over Tilden.
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Image Caption: The Democ-Rats Caught in the Presidential Trap

Book: Joseph Ferdinand Keppler, Selection of Cartoons from Puck by Joseph Keppler, 1893.
Subjects: Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894 ; Political cartoons ; Political parties--United States ; Democratic Party (U.S.) ; Presidents--United States--Election--1876

Joseph Ferdinand Keppler

Kentometary: Published in "Puck" January 18, 1888. This cartoon was intended to offset accusations that American tariff policy favored English interests rather than those of American protectionists.
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Image Caption: At Last!

Book: Joseph Ferdinand Keppler, Selection of Cartoons from Puck by Joseph Keppler, 1893.
Subjects: Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894 ; Political cartoons ; Tariff ; United States--Commerce--Great Britain ; Great Britain--Commerce--United States

Joseph Ferdinand Keppler

Kentometary: Subtitled: "The Mouse is Safe While the Moon Shines". Published in "Puck" February 15, 1888. While this cartoon was drawn in 1888, it could have applied to any part of the last ten to twelve years of Bismarck's premiership with little variation. In this cartoon, Bismark is represented by the Moon, which keeps the cats at bay. During his premiership, little was done on the political level that was not planned, suggested, shaped, or with the knowledge of Bismarck in some way.
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Image Caption: The Reign of Peace

Book: Joseph Ferdinand Keppler, Selection of Cartoons from Puck by Joseph Keppler, 1893.
Subjects: Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894 ; Political cartoons ; World politics ; International relations ; Bulgaria--Foreign relations

Joseph Ferdinand Keppler

Kentometary: Published in "Puck" March 30, 1887. The idea of this drawing is straight forward. It shows Bismarck involved in a juggling act with the European heads of state ... an act in which any misstep may upset the balancing act between war and peace he is simultaneously performing.
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Image Caption: The European Equilibrist

Book: Joseph Ferdinand Keppler, Selection of Cartoons from Puck by Joseph Keppler, 1893.
Subjects: Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894 ; Political cartoons ; World politics ; Bismarck, Otto, Furst von, 1815-1898 ; Balance of power ; International relations

Joseph Ferdinand Keppler

Kentometary: Published in "Puck" May 28, 1890. The Louisiana lottery was among the most corrupt public lotteries in the United States, drawing much criticsm and prosecution. This cartoon appeared at a time when Louisiana was attempting to recover from this disgrace, an attempt that was only partially successful. While the original agent of the lottery was dead, his successors' advertisements could still be found in print promoting the scheme for everyone to read, with the exception of the United States District Attorney.
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Image Caption: In the Clutches of the Monster

Book: Joseph Ferdinand Keppler, Selection of Cartoons from Puck by Joseph Keppler, 1893.
Subjects: Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894 ; Political cartoons ; Gambling ; Lotteries--Louisiana

Joseph Ferdinand Keppler

Kentometary: Published in "Puck" December 7, 1887. At the re-assembling of Congress in December, 1887, one of the first questions it had to confront was the question of the Surplus. The revenues of the government, especially those coming from customs duties, were so vast that an enormous, useless, cumbersome and dangerous surplus was steadily piling itself up in the United States Treasury. Interestingly, by 1893 the surplus had been nearly wiped out, causing concern that a deficit was on the horizon.
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Image Caption: The Opening of the Congressional Session

Book: Joseph Ferdinand Keppler, Selection of Cartoons from Puck by Joseph Keppler, 1893.
Subjects: Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894 ; Political cartoons ; United States. Congress ; Budget surpluses ; Tariff ; United States--Economic policy

Joseph Ferdinand Keppler

Kentometary: Published in "Puck" November 19, 1890. This cartoon correctly attributes the Republican defeat of 1890 to the effect of the McKinley tariff. The McKinley Bill resulted in the highest protective tariff in American history to that point with an average rate of 48 percent. The tariff led to a sharp rise in the prices of many products. The measure proved to be so unpopular that the Republicans were also defeated in the election of 1892.
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Image Caption: Napoleon's Retreat

Book: Joseph Ferdinand Keppler, Selection of Cartoons from Puck by Joseph Keppler, 1893.
Subjects: Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894 ; Political cartoons ; McKinley tariff ; McKinley, William, 1843-1901 ; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) ; Elections--United States

Frederick Burr Opper
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Image Caption: Illustration Number Twenty-Eight -- "What's the matter with Mr. Skinclad?" "He's been under Dr. Stonehatchet's care for some time, and the doctor is presenting his bill."

Book: Frederick Burr Opper, Our Antediluvian Ancestors, 1903.
Subjects: Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937 ; Physicians ; Medicine--Practice--Accounting

Frederick Burr Opper
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Image Caption: Illustration Number Thirty-Four -- "Stonehatchet and his wife seem to be having a frightful row." "I should say so! She just found a long red hair on his shoulder."

Book: Frederick Burr Opper, Our Antediluvian Ancestors, 1903.
Subjects: Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937 ; Marriage ; Domestic relations ; Adultery

Frederick Burr Opper
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Image Caption: Illustration Number Twenty -- "What's all the row about?" "Why, you know Old Bonescraper died the other day, and those are his heirs. They're contesting the will."

Book: Frederick Burr Opper, Our Antediluvian Ancestors, 1903.
Subjects: Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937 ; Inheritance and succession ; Real property ; Domestic relations

Frederick Burr Opper
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Image Caption: Illustration Number Thirty-Eight -- "What's he making that picture on the rock for?" "He's been fishing, and he's showing the size of the sabre-tooth shark that bit his hook but got away."

Book: Frederick Burr Opper, Our Antediluvian Ancestors, 1903.
Subjects: Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937 ; Fishing

Frederick Burr Opper
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Image Caption: Illustration Number Eight -- "What's the joke, Stonechips?" "Look at that Brontosaurus! It tried to attack my mother-in-law!"

Book: Frederick Burr Opper, Our Antediluvian Ancestors, 1903.
Subjects: Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937 ; Parents-in-law ; Family ; Domestic relations

Frederick Burr Opper
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Book: Frederick Burr Opper, Our Antediluvian Ancestors, 1903.
Subjects: Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937 ; Book covers

Frederick Burr Opper
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Image Caption: Illustration Number Twenty-Four -- "The Spearheads seem to be awfully good to that old uncle of theirs" "I should say so. Why, he owns two canoes, three stone hatchets, and half a dozen bearskins, and they're his sole heirs."

Book: Frederick Burr Opper, Our Antediluvian Ancestors, 1903.
Subjects: Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937 ; Domestic relations ; Inheritance and succession ; Real property

Albert Paine
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Image Caption: The Millennium. The Tiger and the Lamb Lie Together.

Book: Albert Paine, Th. Nast: his period and his pictures, 1904.
Subjects: Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902 ; Political cartoons ; Political parties--United States

Albert Paine
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Image Caption: They Both Lie Together in the Washington Arena.

Book: Albert Paine, Th. Nast: his period and his pictures, 1904.
Subjects: Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902 ; Political cartoons ; Political parties--United States

Albert Paine
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Image Caption: The Crowning Insult to Him Who Occupies the Presidential Chair.

Book: Albert Paine, Th. Nast: his period and his pictures, 1904.
Subjects: Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902 ; Political cartoons ; Presidents--United States--Attitudes

Albert Paine
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Image Caption: Very Social.

Book: Albert Paine, Th. Nast: his period and his pictures, 1904.
Subjects: Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902 ; Political cartoons ; Anarchism

Albert Paine
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Image Caption: General Inspection. General Hancock and General Vacancy.

Book: Albert Paine, Th. Nast: his period and his pictures, 1904.
Subjects: Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902 ; Political cartoons ; Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886 ; Democratic Party (U.S.)

Albert Paine
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Image Caption: Portrait of: Thomas Nast (1840-1902)

Book: Albert Paine, Th. Nast: his period and his pictures, 1904.
Subjects: Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902 ; cartoonists

William Rogers
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Image Caption: Preparing a few more answers to our protests -- "Germany was ready to talk about restricting 'U' boat activity as long as we would listen to her; but the sound of riveting machines in her shipyards was her real answer."

Book: William Rogers, America's black and white book: one hundred pictured reasons why we are at war, c1917.
Subjects: Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931 ; World War, 1914-1918 ; Germany. Kriegsmarine ; Propaganda, American ; Submarines (Ships)--Germany

William Rogers
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Image Caption: Let the decoration fit the crime -- "It was asserted and has never been denied, by the German Government, that the Kaiser decorated the commander of the 'U' boat which sank the Lusitania."

Book: William Rogers, America's black and white book: one hundred pictured reasons why we are at war, c1917.
Subjects: Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931 ; William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941 ; World War, 1914-1918 ; Lusitania (Steamship) ; Propaganda, American ; Germany. Kriegsmarine

William Rogers
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Image Caption: Spraddled -- "It looked as though the German Army was spread over too much territory--faced too many fronts to be effective!"

Book: William Rogers, America's black and white book: one hundred pictured reasons why we are at war, c1917.
Subjects: Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931 ; William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941 ; World War, 1914-1918 ; Germany. Heer

William Rogers
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Image Caption: The Announcement -- "The blackest count in the indictment against Germany is foreshadowed in the warning by the Imperial German Embassy at Washington to all Americans, of the crime which was to follow on May 7th, 1915."

Book: William Rogers, America's black and white book: one hundred pictured reasons why we are at war, c1917.
Subjects: Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931 ; Lusitania (Steamship) ; World War, 1914-1918 ; Propaganda, American

William Rogers
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Image Caption: Portrait of: William Allen Rogers (1854-1931)

Book: William Rogers, America's black and white book: one hundred pictured reasons why we are at war, c1917.
Subjects: Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931 ; Cartoonists

William Rogers
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Book: William Rogers, America's black and white book: one hundred pictured reasons why we are at war, c1917.
Subjects: Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931 ; Book covers

William Rogers
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Image Caption: The Junker must go -- "England, France, Russia, Italy and the United States recognized that the Junker menace to the world must be thoroughly crushed before Peace could ever return to the world."

Book: William Rogers, America's black and white book: one hundred pictured reasons why we are at war, c1917.
Subjects: Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931 ; World War, 1914-1918 ; Propaganda, American

Arthur Henry (Art) Young
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Book: Arthur Henry (Art) Young, Hell Up to Date: the reckless journey of R. Palasco Drant, newspaper correspondent, through the infernal regions, as reported by himself, c1893.
Subjects: Young, Art, 1866-1943 ; Book covers

Arthur Henry (Art) Young
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Image Caption: The Brute Pugilists -- "… I looked into a large enclosure, and saw the mode of punishment that Judge Minos, in his severest mood, metes out to the professional pugilist. The sluggers were holding glove contests with the most powerful of the demons. Some of them fought vigorously for a moment, but in the end they all succumbed. As the demons wore gloves covered with short iron spurs and the pugilists had only the regulation mitten, with eight ounces of padding, the contests were rather one-sided."

Book: Arthur Henry (Art) Young, Hell Up to Date: the reckless journey of R. Palasco Drant, newspaper correspondent, through the infernal regions, as reported by himself, c1893.
Subjects: Young, Art, 1866-1943 ; Hell ; Damned ; Boxers (Sports)

Arthur Henry (Art) Young
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Image Caption: The Poker Players -- On "the plain of Pokerdom … the hot wind was blowing strong. The signs rustling in the stacks swung to and fro with the breeze. Just as far as I could see, these tangled heaps of humankind reared their lofty peaks to the opaque sky, while the bats swung around them and built nests in their whiskers."

Book: Arthur Henry (Art) Young, Hell Up to Date: the reckless journey of R. Palasco Drant, newspaper correspondent, through the infernal regions, as reported by himself, c1893.
Subjects: Young, Art, 1866-1943 ; Hell ; Damned ; Poker ; Card games ; Gamblers

Arthur Henry (Art) Young
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Image Caption: The Quack Doctors -- "The sewers of Hell are flushed with patent medicines. Wallowing in this stream of mysterious decoction are the souls of the quack doctors, gulping their own poison. To add to the punishment, unceasing showers of large pills descend, the doctors frantically beating the air in their endeavors to ward off the bitter storm."

Book: Arthur Henry (Art) Young, Hell Up to Date: the reckless journey of R. Palasco Drant, newspaper correspondent, through the infernal regions, as reported by himself, c1893.
Subjects: Young, Art, 1866-1943 ; Hell ; Damned ; Physicians ; Patent medicines

Arthur Henry (Art) Young
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Image Caption: Mendacious Individuals--Men Who Tell Fish Stories -- "… I came upon the men who are given to falsehoods, particularly men who were fond of telling 'fish stories.' These sinners are hung up on fish-hooks over a boiling lake, where, through the long, hot ages, they writhe and squirm like fretted fishes jerked from the calm delights of a placid pool."

Book: Arthur Henry (Art) Young, Hell Up to Date: the reckless journey of R. Palasco Drant, newspaper correspondent, through the infernal regions, as reported by himself, c1893.
Subjects: Young, Art, 1866-1943 ; Hell ; Damned ; Tall tales ; Truthfullness and falsehood

Arthur Henry (Art) Young
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Image Caption: The Political Caricaturists -- "The demon cartoonist first makes a caricature of his victim; then the victim is pulled and twisted, rolled and kneeded, until his resembles in every way the demon's fanciful conception."

Book: Arthur Henry (Art) Young, Hell Up to Date: the reckless journey of R. Palasco Drant, newspaper correspondent, through the infernal regions, as reported by himself, c1893.
Subjects: Young, Art, 1866-1943 ; Hell ; Damned ; Cartoonists

Arthur Henry (Art) Young
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Image Caption: The Editors -- "Editors who take an awful satisfaction in rejecting manuscripts are piled in huge, red-hot iron waste-baskets. Those, also, who sin by swearing falsely to the circulation of their papers are here. They are put down deep into the bottom of the baskets …"

Book: Arthur Henry (Art) Young, Hell Up to Date: the reckless journey of R. Palasco Drant, newspaper correspondent, through the infernal regions, as reported by himself, c1893.
Subjects: Young, Art, 1866-1943 ; Hell ; Damned ; Editors


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