A Selection of Cartoons from Puck
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1877–1893
Copyright, 1893, by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
300 COPIES PRINTED AND BOUND IN THIS MANNER, OF WHICH THIS IS NO. 92.
J.K. 1893
Jos. Keppler.
J. KEPPLER
A SELECTION OF
CARTOONS FROM PUCK
Joseph Ferdinand Keppler
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INTRODUCTION.
A LITTLE CHANGE; OR, POLITICS MAKES STRANGE BEDFELLOWS.
THE DEMOC-RATS CAUGHT IN THE PRESIDENTIAL TRAP.
CONSOLIDATED.
AN ATTACK ON OUR OUTER RAMPARTS.
THE POLITICAL “ARMY OF SALVATION.”
THE CINDERELLA OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND HER HAUGHTY SISTERS.
A HARMLESS EXPLOSION.
PUCK’S POLITICAL HUNTING GROUND.—HOW HE HAS MADE GAME OF THE POLITICIANS.
THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH OF THE FUTURE—FROM THE PRESENT RELIGIOUS OUTLOOK.
POSITIVELY LAST AWAKENING OF THE DEMOCRATIC RIP VAN WINKLE.
JUST THE DIFFERENCE.
A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!
“A SAIL! A SAIL!”
SAMUEL J. TILDEN.
LET US HAVE PEACE, NOW A PRESIDENT’S ELECTED.
ON THE ROAD.
A HUMILIATING SPECTACLE.
UNCLE SAM’S LODGING HOUSE.
OPENING A LITTLE CAMPAIGN ALL BY HIMSELF.
BLAINE LEAVING THE CAPITOL.—“I GO—BUT I RETURN!”
HELPING THE RASCALS IN.
QUALITY COUNTS.
THE CAROL OF THE “WAITS.”
AT LAST!
SIEGFRIED, THE FEARLESS, IN THE POLITICAL DISMAL SWAMP.
A MIDSUMMER DAY’S DREAM.
A RUSSIAN NOCTURNE.
THE REIGN OF PEACE.—THE MOUSE IS SAFE WHILE THE MOON SHINES.
IN MEMORIAM EMPEROR WILLIAM I.—HOW HE FOUND GERMANIA, AND HOW HE LEAVES HER.
THE EUROPEAN EQUILIBRIST.
FREDERICK III. OF GERMANY—THE END OF A BRAVE LIFE.
“SHAKE!”
THE SITUATION IN GERMANY.
GOOD GRACIOUS!
HE BEATS BARNUM.
THE MURDERER’S STRAIGHT ROUTE TO HEAVEN.—BRINGING RELIGION INTO DISREPUTE.
“PROHIBITION IS COMING!”
FIRST ANNUAL PICNIC OF THE “KNIGHTS OF LABOR”—MORE FUN FOR THE SPECTATORS THAN FOR THE PERFORMERS.
ARBITRATION IS THE TRUE BALANCE OF POWER.
“FOR WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWETH, THAT SHALL HE ALSO REAP.”
THE POVERTY PROBLEM SOLVED.
BETWEEN SLAVERY AND STARVATION.
THE SUCKERS OF THE WORKING-MAN’S SUSTENANCE.
THE MEPHISTOPHELES OF TO-DAY—HONEST LABOR’S TEMPTATION.
THE BIG BOYCOTT WINDBAG.
IN THE CLUTCHES OF THE MONSTER.
THE OPENING OF THE CONGRESSIONAL SESSION.
RESTLESS NIGHTS.
NAPOLEON’S RETREAT.
THEY HATE THE LIGHT, BUT THEY CAN’T ESCAPE IT.
PUCK’S SAMPLE SPEAKERS OF THE PARTY OF MORAL IDEAS.
CONSISTENCY.
IT ISN’T THE COWL THAT MAKES THE MONK.
THE RAVEN.
THE WAR OF THE OPERAS.
WITH “HEALTH AND WEALTH AND LUCK TO ALL!” PUCK HAILS HIS READERS GREAT AND SMALL.
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