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The One Man Power In Our Jury System [1886]

Posted: March 3, 2012 in Puck 365
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Summary: Illustration shows an old hag labeled “Tradition” sitting in a chair labeled “Justice” and holding a large balance scale labeled “LAW” with ten men on the right and one smug man labeled “Stubbornness, Ignorance, [and] Prejudice” sitting in the tray on the left next to a sack labeled “Venality”; he outweighs the other ten. Uncle Sam is attempting to kick the man out of the balance; at his feet is a paper that states “‘Remember, you want twelve jurymen and we want only one’ (Monopolist)”

Caption: We shall see the day when Uncle Sam will kick the obstructionist out of the jury-box.

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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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The Wheel That Can’t Be Stopped; – It’s Human Nature [1901]

Posted: February 22, 2012 in Puck 365
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Summary: Illustration shows a large red devil turning the crank of a large wheel decorated with scenes of gambling and with male and female figures labeled “Reformers,” “Citizen’s Committee,” “Women’s League,” and “Salvation,” as well as police officers hanging onto the wheel as it spins.

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Holy Trinity [1909]

Posted: February 19, 2012 in Puck 365
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Summary: Illustration shows a priest standing at the pulpit in a cathedral, preaching from the “Holy Ledger”; beneath his feet is a cut-away of an area labeled “Rentals” and revealing bags of money above the phrase “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” The bottom half of the image shows the squalor of poor families living in sections of the city identified as “Filth Lane, Tuberculosis Alley, Bacteria Court, Thug Corner, Squalor Street, [and] Fire Trap”.

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The World Wants…

Posted: February 17, 2012 in Ræ-Prints
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“The world wants new knowledge – new skills Enroll – Federal adult schools : Many courses – many places – informal teaching.”

Date Created/Published: Ohio : Federal Art Project, 1937.

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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 Wall Street Cleaner [1884]

Posted: February 11, 2012 in Puck 365
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Summary: Illustration shows a woman labeled “Legitimate Business” cracking a whip that spells “Crash”, driving a two-wheeled cart drawn by two horses with a large brush labeled “No Over-Certification Clearing House” attached, sweeping Wall Street clean of men labeled “Stock Jobber” and “Stock Gambler”.

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Save Niagara Falls – From This [1906]

Posted: February 9, 2012 in Puck 365
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Summary: Illustration shows the waterfalls at Niagara Falls diverted to provide power for the factories that have been build along the river ahead of the falls leaving a cliff and a series of pipes where the water used to be. New tourist attractions, such as a barrel jump chute and a “Whirpool” carousel, have been developed to take advantage of the dry riverbed.

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Where Is The Peace?

Posted: February 8, 2012 in Æ Designs
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It’s time for peace to arise within
It’s time for love to live without end
It’s time for us to reinvent the wheel
… It’s time for us to love without the kill

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The In and the Out of Our Penal System [1909]

Posted: February 6, 2012 in Puck 365
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Summary: Illustration shows criminals on the left entering a prison labeled “Penitentiary” with a statue of “Justice” and on the right leaving the prison after serving their sentences and given papers labeled “Freedom” where they are confronted by a large hand above a city with a wall labeled “Ex-Convicts Not Wanted”. Includes text about the failure of the Penal System.

Caption: “The civilized nations now recognize the fact that legal punishments usually fail of their objects, or cause wrongs and evils greater than those for which the punishments were inflicted; so that penology, or the science of penalties, has still to be created.” –Former President Eliot of Harvard.

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