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- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan, as a parrot, chatters at an old woman labeled "Democratic Party." He is perched on a stand labeled "Dead Issues" with a food dish labeled "Populism," and squawking "The Moral Issue!! Free Silver!! Kansas City Platform!! [and] 16 to 1."
- Date:
- 1904-02-24
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- An old woman labeled "Democratic Party" turns a wheelbarrow to dump politicians labeled "Bryan, Olney, Gorman, Hill, Shepard, [and] Johnson" into a sandpit labeled the "Democratic Dumping Ground" where only the feet of other, previously discarded, Democrats are visible.
- Date:
- 1903-01-07
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- President McKinley stands at the edge of a mud-hole labeled "Slander" and "Abuse," his right hand raised in a "stop" gesture, and holding in his left hand a mud-splattered American flag. Three diminutive figures are standing in the mud-hole in the process of throwing...
- Date:
- 1898-09-28
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan, as a golfer holding a club labeled "Spite," is stuck in a sand trap trying to hit a golf ball labeled "Cleveland" and showing his likeness. Shafts of broken clubs lie in the sand, labeled "Envy, Jealousy, Malice, [and] Cussedness." A hat label...
- Date:
- 1903-08-19
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan stands on the back of a railroad caboose using a bellows labeled "16 to 1" to blow paraphrased fragments from speeches at rural citizens as the train passes. Some of these include, "[Our people] do not need the lessons of history!", "They know it al...
- Date:
- 1896-09-16
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan as a soda jerk stands behind a counter offering a cup of "Boy Oratory" or "Bryan's Free Silver Soda" to a farmer holding a "Vote" in his hand. A sign on the wall behind Bryan states, "Flavors. Anarchy, Repudiation, 'Cross and Grown...
- Date:
- 1896-09-23
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan, as a horse racing jockey, sits on a rocking horse trying to catch Grover Cleveland, who is walking away from him on the right. Caption: "I'll run that man down, if I have to kill the horse."
- Date:
- 1903-05-27
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan carries a "Cross of Gold," a "Crown of Thorns," and a carpetbag labeled "W.J.B. Speeches" as he walks along railroad tracks headed in the opposite direction of Washington, D.C. Walking with him are newspaper editors Edwin L. Godkin carrying pap...
- Date:
- 1899-12-20
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan, wearing the pope's tiara and holding a scepter labeled "16 to 1," jumps up and down and stamps his feet in anger, as six men labeled "Cleveland, Whitney, Hill, Gorman, Parker, [and] Olney" stand to the left, laughing.
- Date:
- 1903-03-11
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- Print shows William Jennings Bryan, John P. Jones, and Arthur P. Gorman mesmerized by a large menacing genie carrying a sword labeled "Free Silver" that has emerged from an oversized urn. George G. Vest has his ear to the ground and is unaware of the presence of the genie. Caption: &quo...
- Date:
- 1899-10-11
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- President McKinley drives a sleigh labeled "Prosperity," drawn by a horse labeled "Administration." He is towing two small sleds. One labeled "Defective Currency System" is carrying William Jennings Bryan, and the other labeled "Deficit" is carrying a bloat...
- Date:
- 1898-01-19
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- A large crow labeled "Bryan" perches on a branch labeled "Denver Convention," holding a slip of paper labeled "Nomination" in its beak. Sitting on the ground below is a fox labeled "Eastern Democracy." Caption: A cleverer crow than the bird of Aesop's f...
- Date:
- 1908-05-13
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- Print shows William Jennings Bryan as the Democratic Donkey with the bit end of a bridle in his mouth, trying to climb out of a hole constructed of blocks labeled "Aguinaldoism, Anti-Trust, Anti-Imperialism, Free Riots, Anti-Expansion, Free Silver, Populism, Calamity Cry, [and] Chicago Platf...
- Date:
- 1899-12-27
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan holds a large bellows labeled "Bryanism," which he is using to fan the flames of a small campfire labeled "Imperialism." On the left side of the fire is Carl Schurz and on the right, kneeling on the ground, is Adlai Stevenson. They blow on the fire as we...
- Date:
- 1900-10-31
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- An elderly woman labeled "Democracy" stands next to a trunk labeled "Old Issues" and with a tag that states "To the White House." Standing at the curb are several cab drivers labeled "Parker, Olney, Johnson, Shepard, Gorman, [and] Watterson" hoping to pick ...
- Date:
- 1903-12-09
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- President Theodore Roosevelt sits on a fence on a hill, flying a kite labeled "Popularity." Below are several potential Democratic presidential candidates, all of whom are having difficulty flying their kites. From left to right are William Jennings Bryan labeled "W.J.B." hold...
- Date:
- 1904-04-06
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- An old woman labeled "Democratic Party" stands in the "Democratic Intelligence Bureau" managed by "J.K. Jones" who is sitting behind a desk. She is "looking for help" and taking a good look at several prospective candidates, from left: David B. Hill "N...
- Date:
- 1903-05-20
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- Print shows John P. Jones as a barker at a circus sideshow that features "The Gold Bug, The Money Devil, The Injunction Evil [labeled] U.S. Supreme Court, The Boy Wonder [William Jennings Bryan], Educated Wild Hogg of Texas [James S. Hogg], The Great Fire-eater, [and] The Trust Octopus."
- Date:
- 1899-09-06
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- Print shows a large monument constructed "A.D. 1898," showing statues of President William McKinley labeled "Administration," General William R. Shafter labeled "Army," and Admiral George Dewey labeled "Navy," and a plaque that states "To Commemorate t...
- Date:
- 1899-03-22
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan sits on a donkey on the "Democratic Merry-Go-Round." He is holding up a yellow, diminutive William Randolph Hearst who has a small sword labeled with dollar signs ($) in his right hand, attempting to spear the "Nomination" hanging at the bottom of the ca...
- Date:
- 1904-06-15
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- Democrats and Republicans, capitalists, social reformers, political symbols, and others enjoy a summer outing at a park.
- Date:
- 1904-08-17
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- At center a valentine card features President Theodore Roosevelt as Cupid. Around the outside are other valentines featuring two European leaders, American industrial and political figures, a Russian admiral, a writer identified only as "Tom," and a Wall Street con artist.
- Date:
- 1905-02-08
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- Politicians Henry Gassaway Davis, William Jennings Bryan, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles W. Fairbanks, Thomas C. Platt, and Alton B. Parker shake hands with farmers outside a tent labeled "The New Farmers' Alliance." Caption: Find the real farmers.
- Date:
- 1904-08-10
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan, as a moose, rubs his antlers labeled "Government Ownership" and "Initiative and Referendum" against a tree labeled "Party Opposition" to knock them off, so that new antlers can grow. On the ground are antlers from previous years labeled "...
- Date:
- 1907-08-21
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- A diminutive William Jennings Bryan stands on a street before two gigantic men representing labor and business, waving a red flag labeled "Repudiation" and a paper that states, "We demand that the Savings of Labor, Life Insurance Policies, and Business Obligations in general shall ...
- Date:
- 1896-08-19
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan is a large snake labeled "Populist Party" entwined around a donkey labeled "Democratic Party." The snake is about to swallow the donkey.
- Date:
- 1900-07-11
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan stands in the stirrups of his mount, a donkey labeled "Democracy," directing the honor guard led by Adlai Stevenson, and including Henry R. Towne, Joseph Pulitzer, and Carl Schurz carrying a large flag with a portrait of Emilio Aguinaldo under the heading "Th...
- Date:
- 1900-10-17
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan, with a huge smile, sits on the Democratic donkey labeled "Democracy" with a long, sad face. Bryan is gleefully waving his hat in the direction of a violent riot involving street railroads and an angry mob, with gunshots and explosions as the crowd overturns a str...
- Date:
- 1900-07-04
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- Puck, as a professor, shows a slide of the germs infecting the Democratic Party. Shown are William Jennings Bryan labeled "Bryanism," William Randolph Hearst who is labeled "Yellow Journalism," a man labeled "Anarchism" and an old man labeled "Populism," an...
- Date:
- 1904-04-27
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- A donkey labeled "Democratic Party" stares at a dog labeled "Bryan" with the face of William Jennings Bryan, lying on a bed of hay labeled "Nomination."
- Date:
- 1902-08-20
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- Representatives of the "Democratic, Republican, Populist, [and] Prohibition" parties carry a larger-than-life-sized President McKinley on a sedan chair, and wave their hats as a show of support for McKinley's policies. Behind them, on the right, are standing William Jennings "B...
- Date:
- 1901-05-29
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan stands in front of a tree labeled "Business," looking up at three men, labeled "Manufacturing Trust," "Labor Trust," and "Farmer Trust," on a limb labeled "Combination" that they are cutting off with a saw labeled "Agit...
- Date:
- 1900-01-24
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- President Theodore Roosevelt appears as a dog in the "Republican Kennels," with his trainer Mark "Hanna." In the "Democratic Kennels," an old woman labeled "Dem. Party" pats Alton "Parker" on the head and offers him a bisket labeled "Politica...
- Date:
- 1904-02-10
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan stands with the Democratic Donkey with bandages labeled "1896" and "1900." They are watching David B. Hill, sporting a feather in his cap labeled "I'm a New Dem.", getting into an automobile labeled "The New Democracy" with passen...
- Date:
- 1901-11-13
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- Outside a church, an old woman labeled "Democratic Party" stands between William Jennings Bryan as a friar labeled "16 to 1" and Arthur P. Gorman as the devil. She is smiling as she looks toward the devil. Caption: Mephisto Gorman -- You've been fasting long enough with du...
- Date:
- 1903-04-08
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan rides on a horse fashioned out of "The Commoner" newspapers, through a town, announcing that representatives of the reorganized Democratic Party were coming, drawing out old men brandishing weapons labeled "Populism, 16 to 1, Free Riot" and a drum labele...
- Date:
- 1904-05-18
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- A scarecrow in a corn field, labeled "Nomination," is fashioned out of pieces of cloth labeled with the names of several states: "Indiana, Illinois, Mass., Mich., Georgia, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Hampshire, West Virginia, [and] New Jersey." It wears a sash labeled...
- Date:
- 1903-09-23
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- At a table set for a meal, President William McKinley, on the left, and William Jennings Bryan, on the right, each offer up a steaming plate of bloated male figures labeled "Commercial Trusts," to a much larger man sitting between them. The man wears a napkin tied around his neck labele...
- Date:
- 1900-08-08
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan appear as hens among confused chicks labeled "Reciprocity, Anti-Money Devil, Over-Capitalization, Gov't Control of Rail Roads, Income Tax, Anti Wall St., Campaign Fund Reform, Peace Movement, Anti Trust Laws, Peerless Leader, Rate Regulation,...
- Date:
- 1907-06-19
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan is a large spider labeled "Free Silver" with three flies labeled "White, Schurz, [and] Godkin" caught in his web labeled "16 to 1," "Anti-expansion," "Chicago Platform," and "Bryanism."
- Date:
- 1900-10-10
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan sits on the side of the road "to Washington," his bicycle tires going flat. At the upper left, a vignette labeled "How he started" shows Bryan starting his ride to Washington, on a bicycle with tires labeled "Free Coinage Wind" and "Populi...
- Date:
- 1896-08-26
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- Print shows an American soldier carrying a rifle and bag labeled "U.S.V." walking in a tropical location. Diminutive figures labeled "Bryan, Ottendorfer, Pulitzer, Atkinson, [and] Godkin" are attempting to hold him back, while George F. Hoar, left behind, stands with his right...
- Date:
- 1899-05-24
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan hangs onto a large wheel labeled "Prosperity" spinning very fast as part of an engine. James K. Jones is attempting to stop the wheel by sticking a piece of lumber into the spokes, but it is spinning so fast that the wood splinters in his hands.
- Date:
- 1896-12-16
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan, standing in the "Presidential Sea," pulls on a rope tied to a shipwreck labeled "Democracy" which was "Stranded 1896" on rocks labeled "16 to 1," "Bryanism," and "Bourbonism," while a bearded old man labeled "...
- Date:
- 1900-06-20
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan rides on the shoulders of the "Tammany" Tiger, carrying a banner that states "Repudiation and National Dishonor." Accompanying him are, on the left, John P. "Altgeld" holding a torch burning "Arnachism" [sic] and, on the right, Benjam...
- Date:
- 1896-10-14
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
- Description:
- William Jennings Bryan and William H. Taft debate from the rear of a railroad car while whistle-stop campaigning. Vignettes show them working shifts shaking hands, kissing babies, "Awarding Prizes at County Fairs," exercising by tossing a medicine ball labeled "My Policies," a...
- Date:
- 1908-08-12
- Partner:
- Theodore Roosevelt Center
- Author:
- Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909