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Relaxing (lemmy.world)
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By Nigel Auchterlounie. source link

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Illustration shows a man labeled "Workingman" bent over under the weight of an enormous dinner pail labeled "Tariff for Graft Only".

Caption:

The Fullest Dinner Pail

Source: https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.26274/

Puck, May 27, 1908

Note that the dinner pail was the analog of what we'd call the lunchbox today; dinner was, at one point, the mid-day meal.

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Illustration shows an old man labeled "Republican Reactionary" and an old woman labeled "Democratic Reactionary" standing together, looking up at a dirigible labeled "Progressive Policies".

Caption:

Set in their ways

"Well, the young folks may go if they want to, but they'll never get you and me in the breakneck thing."

Source: https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.27734/

Puck, May 10, 1911.

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Illustration shows Uncle Sam in a tree, chased there by the Russian Bear which is standing at the base of the tree; Uncle Sam has dropped his rifle labeled "U.S. Duty on Russian Sugar."

Caption:

As the tariff-war must end

Uncle Sam (to Russia)


Don't shoot! I'll come down!

Source: https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.25550/

Puck, July 31, 1901

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Print shows Uncle Sam asleep in a chair with a large eagle perched on a stand next to him; he is dreaming of conquests and annexations, asserting his "Monroe Doctrine" rights, becoming master of the seas, putting John Bull in his place, and building "formidable and invulnerable coast defenses"; on the floor by the chair are jingoistic and yellow journalism newspapers.

Caption:

Uncle Sam's Dream of Conquest and Carnage


Caused by Reading the Jingo Newspapers

Puck, November 13, 1895

Note that I downscaled the image to half source resolution to conform to lemmy.today pict-rs resolution restrictions; it's still pretty decent resolution.

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Illustration shows Uncle Sam using a magnifying glass to see in his left hand a diminutive man labeled "Rumor Monger" yelling "Panic, National Disaster, Failures, [and] Ruin" into a megaphone labeled "Wall Str."

Caption:

The Wall Street Rumor-monger

Uncle Sam


Well ! Well ! Will this nuisance ever learn that the country governs Wall Street ; not Wall Street, the country ?

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Tanks (www.hypocrasea.com)
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Cat gets the girls.

Read more episodes on my Instagram!

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