Posts Tagged ‘corruption’

The Haunted House [1907]

Posted: March 9, 2012 in Puck 365
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Summary: Illustration shows an interior view of a boardroom where the appearance of a ghost labeled “Spirit of Honesty” has frightened the men conducting business there, who are labeled “Corporation Lawyer, Fake Promoter, Secret Rebater [hiding under the table], Lobbyist, Public Service Grafter, Public Exploiter, Hypocrite, Employed Perjurer, Speculating Trust Co, [and the] Yellow Dog Keeper”. Also shown are the “Yellow Dog” and several sheets of “Watered Stock”. Hanging on the wall is a sign that states “Dont Knock – Boost”.

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The Goat-Keeper [1912]

Posted: March 6, 2012 in Puck 365
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Summary: Illustration shows a man wearing a crown labeled “Money Power”, sitting on a throne at his place of business labeled “Goats to Satisfy Popular Clamor”, among goats in cages labeled “Insurance Goat, Political Goat, Clerical Goat, Banking Goat, Labor Goat, Trust Goat, [and] Wall St. Goat”, and at his feet is a wastebasket filled with papers labeled “Indictments”; a policeman labeled “The Law” is dragging a goat toward a crowd reaching for someone or something to blame, with one man pointing to a “Jail” in the background.

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What Show Have You Got, Little Man? [1908]

Posted: March 4, 2012 in Puck 365
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Summary: Illustration shows a man wearing top hat and tuxedo labeled “Stock Manipulation”, one hand resting on a deck of “Marked Cards” and the other on a stack of gambling chips next to “Loaded Dice” and a wheel labeled “Brace Roulette”, all on a playing table labeled “Wall Str[eet]“, behind him are money bags and papers labeled “Fiduciary Funds, Treasury Deposits, Other Peoples’ Money, Bank Loans, [and] Pools”; standing in the foreground and looking up at the man is a diminutive man holding his “Savings” behind his back.

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The Endless Game [1906]

Posted: March 1, 2012 in Puck 365
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Summary: Illustration shows a game of chess between a hand labeled “Political Pull” showing a cufflink labeled “Brass Check” and a hand labeled “Reform”. The chess board is labeled “[Depar]Tment of Police” and some of the squares are labeled “Race Track, Suburbs, White Lights, Gambling District, Goatville, Financial District, Tenderloin, Red Light District, Lonely Beat, [and] Hell’s Kitchen”. The police officers, some in plainclothes, are labeled “Crooked Captain, Inspector, Sleuth, ‘Fixed’ Captain, Honest Captain, Grafting Captain, Honest Inspector, Plainclothes Man, [and] Sergeant”.

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Hands Across the Land [1913]

Posted: February 28, 2012 in Puck 365
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Summary: Illustration shows two arms emerging from the clouds and reaching across the landscape in opposite directions, on the right is the hand of the arm that extends from the left, it is labeled “Politics” and is about to grab hold of a building labeled “The Banks”, and on the left, is the hand of the arm that extends from the right, it is labeled “The Banks” and is using its thumb to squash the U.S. Capitol labeled “Politics”.

Caption: Which is worse, financial control of politics, or political control of finance?

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The Kept Judge [1908]

Posted: February 25, 2012 in Puck 365
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Summary: Illustration shows two men, one labeled “Political Boss” and the other labeled “Special Privilege” with copies of “Blank Injunctions” in his pocket, helping a diminutive judge write a “Dictated Decision”. In the background, Justice is partially obscured by a note that states “Remember Thy Creator”.

Caption: Does a protest against this type of justice assail “the integrity of the courts”?

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Shutting the stable Door [1884]

Posted: February 16, 2012 in Puck 365, Uncategorized
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Summary: Illustration shows Chester A. Arthur closing a door labeled “Good Administration” to a stable labeled “Political Record Barn”; there is a lock on the ground with a key in it and, in the background, a group of men labeled “The New York ‘Boys’” and “Jim, Mike, [and] Pat” are getting away with a white horse labeled “Arthur’s Good Name”.

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A Lesson in Perspective [1909]

Posted: January 4, 2012 in Puck 365
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Summary: Illustration shows a perspective view with the “Eye of the Law” at the vanishing point where the “little ones” shield the more important figures in the foreground; from small to large are the “Weigher, Appraiser, Inspector, Superintendent, Manager, Trust Scapegoat, Government Scapegoat, Sugar Trust Director ‘Don’t Touch Sugar Trust it gave to Your Campaign Fund’, [and] High Government Official ‘Don’t Touch Sugar. It gave to Our Campaign Fund’”.

Caption: The little ones close to the eye hide the big ones farther away.

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