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Illustration by Thomas Nast, 1871, shows William "Boss" Tweed and members of his ring, Peter B. Sweeny, Richard B. Connolly, and A. Oakey Hall, weathering a violent storm on a ledge with the picked-over remains of New York City.
Cartoon shows George III and Lord Mansfield, seated on an open chaise drawn by two horses labeled "Obstinacy" and "Pride," about to lead Britain into an abyss represented by the war with the American colonies. (Westminster magazine, May 1, 1775/Library of Congress)
llustration shows Uncle Sam as a peacock displaying his tail feathers which are labeled "Surplus". There are men on the right and the left with large scissors labeled "Shipping Subsidy, Rivers & Harbors, Nicaragua Canal, Army and Navy, [and] Appropriations" which they are using to trim Uncle Sam's tail feathers. From Puck, Jan. 15, 1902 (Library of Congress)
Cartoon shows Death riding an emaciated donkey and leading it toward a precipice by dangling a carrot, "victory," from a stick. From "The Masses, October 1916" (Library of Congress)
Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt, holding a rifle, looking at oversize tracks labeled "The third term idea." An elephant hides nearby in the brush, 1908. (Library of Congress)
A rare anti-Whig satire, 1840, giving a cynical view of the party's image-building and manipulation of candidate William Henry Harrison. Two influential Whigs, Senator Henry Clay (left) and Congressman Henry A. Wise, operate the strings of a "dancing-jack" toy figure of Harrison in military uniform. This and "The People's Line" (no. 1840-28) were issued anonymously. (Library of Congress)
A satire on Andrew Jackson's campaign in the 1830s to destroy the Bank of the United States and its support among state banks. Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and Jack Downing struggle against a snake with heads representing the states. (Library of Congress)
Cartoon shows a ticker tape machine labeled "Tariff Law 1897 Dutch Standard." On the right the head of the American Sugar Refining Company, Henry O. Havemeyer surrounded by three overstuffed bags labeled "Sugar Trust Profits" cuts the ticker tape into dollar bills that fall into a feed trough in front of the GOP elephant and the Democratic donkey, 1902. (Library of Congress)
Photograph of a cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt holding a club marked "legalized monopoly" for a baton as he leads a hallelujah "trust" chorus of rotund corporate men choir singing "Control us again," from Cartoons magazine, Nov. 1912. (Library of Congress)
Print shows a rearing black stallion (possibly representing America) which has thrown its rider (possibly representing England). The rider has struck his head on a mile marker "To Boston VI miles" behind which is a signpost pointing the way to Salem. The print may represent colonial resistence to the Boston Port Act which closed the port of Boston and caused the removal of the governing British legislative assembly from Boston to Salem. Engraved by John Dixon (1720-1804) published in England. (Library of Congress)
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