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The Fountain of Taxation [1909]

Posted: January 19, 2013 in Puck 365
Tags: #ows, america, democrat, middle class, puck magazine, republican, taxation without representation, taxes, wall street

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Summary: Illustration shows a large fountain with four basins, at top, supported by a crown and scepters, is a basin labeled “Millionaire”, next resting on a cornucopia is “Well-To-Do”, then the “Middle Class” basin supported by an octopus, and at the bottom is the largest basin labeled the “Laboring Class”. The fountain is standing on a platform labeled “Tax System”; the water, cascading from top down is labeled “Burden of Taxation”.

Caption: Eventually the bottom basin gets it.

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The God of Their Idolatry – Sacrifice Offerings to the Gasolene [sic] Chuggernaut [1910]

Posted: January 18, 2013 in Puck 365
Tags: #ows, chevy, consume, dodge, ford, fracking, gas, mass medi, oil, puck magazine, toyota

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Summary: Illustration shows an enormous automobile and driver in the middle of a rural landscape among a crowd of people who have brought many things of value to them that they are offering to this new god of mobility. There is a path of destruction in the wake of the automobile, which is depicted beneath a black sky

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“Eugenics Makes the World Go ‘Round” [1913]

Posted: January 17, 2012 in Puck 365
Tags: 1776, 1984, 2012, america, crime, democrat, eugenics, homeless, peace, poor, postaday2011, puck magazine, republican, usa, war

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Summary: Illustration shows a well dressed old man wearing a top hat and spats, lying on his back, bouncing the earth on his feet; there is a doctor’s bag with various instruments in the foreground (he may have given himself an injection), and on the left is a weeping cherub, his bowstring is broken and his arrows have fallen on the ground.

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“Go on! You ask ‘em! They can’t do more than refuse” [1908]

Posted: January 9, 2012 in Puck 365
Tags: 2012, democrat, elections, greed, mitt romney, occupy, occupywallstreet, postaday2011, president obama, puck magazine, republican, ron paul, wall street

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Summary: Illustration shows the Democratic donkey carrying the “Democratic Dough Bag” and the Republican elephant carrying the “Republican Dough Bag” as they walk down “Wall Street”, seeking campaign funding for the upcoming presidential election.

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Awaiting the “Third Party” [1906]

Posted: January 7, 2012 in Puck 365
Tags: 2012, 99%, democrat, libertarian, mitt romney, occupy wall street, postaday2011, president obama, puck magazine, republican, ron paul, tea party

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Summary: Illustration shows a donkey labeled “Democratic Party” and an elephant labeled “Republican Party” sitting on a porch; a stork carrying a bag labeled “Dr. Stork” is coming around the corner of the building.

Caption: Will it be an elephass or a jackaphant?

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Above the Law [1907]

Posted: January 5, 2012 in Puck 365
Tags: capitalism, cnn, crime, federal reserve, fox news, greed, law, msnbc, occupy, poor, postaday2011, president obama, puck magazine, wall street

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Summary: Illustration shows a dark and gloomy landscape where the police have imposed martial law conditions on the laboring class and punish violators with impunity, while, at the top, those responsible for the deplorable working and living conditions stand on a cloud labeled “Immunity”, “above the law” and the lawlessness.

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A Lesson in Perspective [1909]

Posted: January 4, 2012 in Puck 365
Tags: corruption, evolve, greed, law, postaday2011, puck magazine, scapegoat, think, wall street

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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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A Pretty High Bar to Clear [1907]

Posted: January 3, 2012 in Puck 365
Tags: elections 2012, mitt romney, occupy, poor, postaday2011, puck magazine, republican, ron paul, wall street

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Summary: Illustration shows a group of republicans trying to push, pull, and coax the Republican elephant labeled “G.O.P.” to jump a hurdle on a race course; William B. Allison stands on the far side of the hurdle, Philander C. Knox is pulling the elephant’s trunk, William P. Frye, Nelson W. Aldrich, Stephen B. Elkins, Joseph G. Cannon, and Eugene Hale are pushing the elephant, which is being ridden by a plump man labeled “Stand Pat”, wielding a whip. There are four bars on the hurdle, the lowest is labeled “Cost of Living 1896″, the next is labeled “Cost of Living 1900″, then “Cost of Living 1904″, and the highest is labeled “Cost of Living 1908″.

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“Everybody Does It” – The National Excuse [1910]

Posted: January 2, 2012 in Puck 365
Tags: 99%, greed, money, occupy, occupywallstreet, postaday2011, puck magazine, wall street

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Summary: Illustration shows a large circle of men, each lifting from the pocket of the man in front of him “The Other Mans Money” as they march around a large map labeled “The United States of America”.

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The Wall Street Persians and the Washington Egyptians [1907]

Posted: January 1, 2012 in Puck 365
Tags: class war, greed, love, new york, occupy, occupywallstreet, peace, postaday2011, puck magazine, wall street

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Summary: Illustration shows the battle of Pelusium with the Persians identified as having “Vested Interests” (looking like Chauncey M. Depew), belonging to a “Wall Street Syndicate” (looking like John D. Rockefeller), or a “Railroad Trust”, throwing cats labeled “Small Stock Holder, Small Investor, Widow, Little Stock Holder, [and] Orphan” at the bewildered Egyptians who are outside a building labeled “Administration” and flying a banner labeled “Federal Prosecution”.

Caption: At the battle of Pelusium, between Egypt and Persia, the Persians armed themselves with cats, the sacred animals of Egypt. The disconcerted Egyptians dared not shoot their arrows, for fear of hitting holy cats.

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Posts Tagged ‘puck magazine’

The Fountain of Taxation [1909]

The God of Their Idolatry – Sacrifice Offerings to the Gasolene [sic] Chuggernaut [1910]

“Eugenics Makes the World Go ‘Round” [1913]

“Go on! You ask ‘em! They can’t do more than refuse” [1908]

Awaiting the “Third Party” [1906]

Above the Law [1907]

A Lesson in Perspective [1909]

A Pretty High Bar to Clear [1907]

“Everybody Does It” – The National Excuse [1910]

The Wall Street Persians and the Washington Egyptians [1907]

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