Puck Magazine Satire
Following is a collection of satirical caricatures of 19th century robber barons and powerful millionaires associated with North American railroading in this project. A few were not particularly rich, but nonetheless associated with primary movers and shakers. This display is a work in progress and is added to when new references are found. Most in this list came from Puck Magazine, famous for its biting satire prior to the death of founder and principal cartoonist, Joseph Keppler. Judge Magazine was a competitor and also known for its satirical cartoons, but no good collection of images from Judge has been found.
Notes on names attributed to caricatured personalities:
Be warned that published references are not always correct in indentifications of personalities caricatured by Puck.
So far, all identifications of Jay Gould's caricatures have proven 100% correct! That is because Gould was easily the most reviled man on Wall Street in his time.
Conversely, readers will find numerous mistaken references to Cornelius ('Commodore') Vanderbilt in Puck caricatures. Never mind that he died in 1877, before Puck began publication. Even some scholorly works have proven mistaken. All caricatures seen so far that were identified as Cornelius 'Commodore' Vanderbilt actually depicted his son, William Henry Vanderbilt.
Puck cartoonists commonly drew Jay Gould, William Henry Vanderbilt, and Cyrus Field as a triumvirate of monopolistic evil. Some web references misidentify Field as Russell Sage or Daniel Drew. Readers can easily identify Field by his long nose and mid-length beard that was shorter under his chin than at the edges. The smooth-faced Chauncey Depew appears in many Puck caricatures, normally situated among prominent New York politicians. While closely associated with the Vanderbilts in railroad stocks and bonds, Depew was never portrayed as a scoundrel. Consequently, most references overlooked him.
 | Currier & Ives Mar 5, 1870 Caption: The Great Race for the Western Stakes 1870 Artist: Currier & Ives Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Commodore Vanderbilt astride the double locomotives of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroads. James Fisk sits on a small Erie locomotive.Vanderbilt says, 'Now then, Jim...No jockeying you know!' Fisk replies, 'Let em rip, Commodore. But don't stop for water or you'll be beat.' |
 | Puck (German language edition) Jul 9, 1879 Caption: The Rapid Transit Pie: And now Mr. Vanderbilt wants to have a few fingers in it. Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: William Henry Vanderbilt grabs the entire pie representing the street railways and rail access to the city of New York. |
 | Puck Jul 16, 1879 Caption: Sat Upon! Vanderbilt - Father Would Have Managed This Better Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: William Henry Vanderbilt flattened by the New York Board of Aldermen sitting on a wooden slab. Vanderbilt is shown offering thousands in bribes. |
 | Puck Aug 6, 1879 Caption: Pucks' Picnic - Puck and His Contributors By the Sea Artist: currently unknown Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: William Henry Vanderbilt holds Jay Gould overhead amidst a huge swimming party near Hotel Brighton. A large number of political dignitaries and millionaires can be identified frolicking in the water. |
 | Puck Dec 10, 1879 Caption: The Modern Colossus of (Rail) Roads) Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Huge William Henry Vanderbilt stands like a colossus on railroad tracks. Cyrus Field and Jay Gould standing on Vanderbilt's shoes controlling the Union Pacific Railroad and telegraph lines. |
 | Puck Jan 26, 1881 Caption: Consolidated Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A cartoon showing Jay Gould swings on wires of the telegraph monopoly, which strangle two statues representing the press and commerce. |
 | Puck Feb 23, 1881 Caption: The Two Philanthropists. Don't fret Uncle Sam, we only want to make a bigger man of you. Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Jay Gould and William Henry Vanderbilt hoist Uncle Sam to the top of a telegraph pole. Tied to his feet are locomotives. Other poles support a cable that reads "Atlantic Pacific" and "Western Union." |
 | Puck Sep 7, 1881 Caption: Cut-Throat Business in Wall Street - Here the Inexperienced Lose Their Heads Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: William Henry Vanderbilt and Jay Gould sit in chairs reading ticker tape; Russell Sage doing the same beyond; hapless investors reach for shares of Erie RR. Western Union, and Pacific Mail while standing in the jaws of a straight razor. |
 | Puck Oct 5, 1881 Caption: A Grand Shakesperean Revival (Which We Have But Little Hope of Seeing on the Stage of the National Capital) Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Major politicians including U. S. Grant, Chester Arthur and Roscoe Conkling in Shakesperean garb. Jay Gould and William Henry Vanderbilt hold Arthur's regal train. |
 | Puck Oct 12, 1881 Caption: Puck's Perplexing Position--Between Two Evils: Well, I want to be an Anti-Monopolist; but not if that is one Artist: currently unknown Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Puck stands between Tammany Hall and William Henry Vanderbilt, Cyrus Field, and Jay Gould who appear with bodies of money bags. |
 | Puck Oct 19, 1881 Caption: Puck's Own Yorktown Celebration: His Army of Contributors Passing in Review Before Our Foreign Guests. Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A parade of prominent American politicians passes a reviewing stand of French and German visitors in a sendup of overdone celebrations at the Yorktown Centennial. Among the crowd is Jay Gould, Cyrus Field, and William Henry Vanderbilt. The Army and Navy sit in tatters at the edge of the parade. |
 | Puck Nov , 1881 Caption: Jay Gould's Detective Monopoly. Chorus of ALL the Detectives and Postmen in the City Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Jay Gould sits with checkbook in his lap hiring a bevy of private detectives. "Here is your Blackmailer, Mr. Gould. We'd do most anything for a liberal gent like you." Huge book above Gould titled, "Private List of My Victims." |
 | Puck Jan 25, 1882 Caption: The Monster Monopoly Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Puck and ordinary men ready to spear a great whale on the ocean. The back of the whale has the face of Jay Gould and the flukes of the tail are shown with the faces of Cyrus Field and William Henry Vanderbilt. |
 | Puck Apr 26, 1882 Caption: The Moths and the Candle Artist: Graetz, Friedrich Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Moths with top hats are drawn to the candle of Wall Street speculation carrying bags of savings; Cyrus Field is the handle of the candle holder, and Jay Gould's head supports the candle with a dollar sign as the flame. |
 | Puck May 24, 1882 Caption: Speaker Keifer's Kaleidoscopic Speech: at the N. Y. Chamber of Commerce Banquet, held at Delmonico's, May 5th, 1182 Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Multi-panel centerfold with the large center illustration of Jay Gould, Cyrus Field, William Henry Vanderbilt and Russell Sage holding bags of money, riding in a carriage drawn by workers; various themes rail against a rotting Navy, graft, unjust taxes, and tariffs. |
 | Puck Jun 14, 1882 Caption: Our Robber Barons Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Cyrus Field, Russell Sage, and Congress, rob the tax-payer. Vanderbilt directs men to carry the plunder up the mountain to "Castle Monopoly" on stairs made of lobbyism, friendly judges, and land grants. A huge chain of protectionism blocks the bay while factories lay closed beyond. Jay Gould in buccaneer garb overlooks the whole scene. |
 | Puck Jun 21, 1882 Caption: First annual picnic of the 'Knights of Labor': More fun for the spectators than for the performers. Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Jay Gould, William Henry Vanderbilt, Cyrus Field and Russell Sage watch from coach as poor people try to climb pole to get food and higher wages while hungry multitudes watch on. |
 | Puck Jul 5, 1882 Caption: Puck's Pyrotechnics: Fourth of July Fireworks Free to All Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Fanciful and colorful centerfold with depictions of William Henry Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, Russell Sage, and Cyrus Field as the backdrop behind the fizzled-out Torch of Liberty; the fireworks display beyond shows numerous political figures of 1882. |
 | Puck Aug 9, 1882 Caption: A Summer Smoke-Cloud Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Another fanciful scene with Puck reclining and smoking a cigar. In the smoke are Jay Gould, William Henry Vanderbilt and Russell Sage in a boat named monopoly. Among the smoke rings are at least twenty political figures. |
 | Puck Aug 30, 1882 Caption: The Deadly Upas Tree of Wall Street Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: The skull of Jim Fisk lies among bodies of stockholders and railroad cars. The tree is blossoming with bags of money and the blossoms read 'Bribes for Judges,' 'Bribes for Congress,' 'Bribes for Legislatures,' 'Bribes for Editors,' and 'Bribes for Lawyers'. The U.S. Congress and the New York Statehouse sit in a swamp beyond. |
 | Puck Sep 20, 1882 Caption: The Garden Party of the Monopolists - Louis XV Style; Wile the Court "Beauties are Wooed, the People are Discontented and Threatening Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Millionaires are seen flirting and cavorting with major politicians (in female form), all dressed in French finery. Beyond the iron fence is a view of a crowd of ordinary people with Jay Gould, Cyrus Field, William Henry Vanderbilt, Chauncey Depew, and other luminaries among them. |
 | Puck Sep 27, 1882 Caption: A Very Dull Race-Meeting: No Public Interest in the Contest Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Jay Gould rides a bloated horse named NY Republican Party and Tilden rides of skinny 'NY Democracy' horse with its ribs showing. It is raining heavily and the race track stands are empty. A sign on the fence reads, ''Exciting Race Between 'Old Timer' and 'Moral Ideas'; They Endeavour to Beat Their Own Records.'' |
 | Puck Oct 4, 1882 Caption: Discrimination--The selfish millionaire, How he is taken care of, and how he takes care of his patrons Artist: Graetz, Friedrich Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Four people attend to two people laying injured on tracks, while everyone else attends to William Henry Vanderbilt. |
 | Puck Oct 4, 1882 Caption: When Jay Gould Owns the Associated Press -- Puck Will Still Keep His Independent News-Stand Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A horse pulls 'The Monopoly News Delivery' wagon as Gould hands out Associated Press dispatches from the back to hungry New York newspapermen chasing him. |
 | Puck Oct 4, 1882 Caption: A Fatal Gift: In Acceptance Will Kill the Party Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Jay Gould as a ghoul representing monopoly as Charles Folger reads a newspaper saying he was nominated for governor by the Republican Party. (Democrat Grover Cleveland won handily.) |
 | Puck Oct 18, 1882 Caption: The Public Be Damned! Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: William Henry Vanderbilt, wearing jewelry, leans back in his chair, one foot resting on a table, the other on an eagle dressed as Uncle Sam. Two dogs, representing Congress and Legislature, are tied to the chair. |
 | Puck Jan 10, 1883 Caption: The Latest Novelty: The Gould Game, Kick Him Out the Front Door and He Comes in at the Back Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A child's wind-up top with Jay Gould on a circular raceway. The foot of a judge has kicked Gould out the 'Front Door' of the U.S./New York Court House and the Gould doll with a money bag under one arm approaches the 'Back Door.' |
 | Puck Feb 7, 1883 Caption: Our Imitative Aristocracy: Mrs. Knickerbocker Gives a Fancy Dress Ball, and Following the Practice of the English Nobility Requests Her Guests to Appear in Costumes Worn by Their Ancestors a Hundred Years Ago Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: William Henry Vanderbilt and a washerwoman wife in a crowded ballroom with many people in lower class clothes. Jay Gould appears near the front, but clothing mostly hidden by wife. |
 | Puck Feb 7, 1883 Caption: The Protectors of Our Industries Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Overweight Jay Gould, Cyrus Field, William Henry Vanderbilt, and Russell Sage sit on bags labeled 'Field's Millions,' 'Gould's Millions,' and 'Vanderbilt's Millions' and ride a barge carried above the waves of 'Hard Times' on the shoulders of cloth works, linen workers, lumber workers, leather workers, and paper workers with signs above showing their weekly wages. |
 | Puck Feb 21, 1883 Caption: A Dreadful Attack of 'Presidential Fever' in the U. S. Senate Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Jay Gould hanging over the balcony of the Senate chamber watches numerous famous Senators taking various cures for presidential sickness. |
 | Puck Feb 28, 1883 Caption: The Good Monopoly Missionaries and the Wicked Island: 'After all we have done for them, Brothers, the insist on having 5-cent fares. Let us leave the Cannibals to their fate!' Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Cannibalistic riders of New York elevated railways protest on the shore for 5-cent fares as Cyrus Field paddles Jay Gould and William Henry Vanderbilt away from the island. In the boat are their 'Corner' Hymn' and 'Rail Road Ritual' books. A huge 10-cent fare ticket serves as their sail. |
 | Puck Mar 14, 1883 Caption: The New Member Of Monopoly Lodge Has Taken The "First Degree." Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: New York Governor Grover Cleveland has just vetoed A bill that would have created a 5-cent fare. Cyrus Field, Russell Sage, Jay Gould, and William Henry Vanderbilt are welcoming him into their club. |
 | Puck Apr 18, 1883 Caption: Three Monuments Artist: Graetz, Friedrich Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Centerfold illustration of three buildings: William Henry Vanderbilt's mansion on the left with an array of money bags, champagne bottles, a fat hog and strings of electric lights; the Cooper Institute (right) with a group of cherubs representing literacy and achievements in arts and sciences; Stewart Cathedral in the center distance. |
 | Puck May 9, 1883 Caption: Our National Dog-Show Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Centerfold of numerous dogs with the heads of famous politicians; Jay Gould, Cyrus Field and William Henry Vanderbilt are in the bottom center, labeled as 'Lap-Dogs Monopoly Breed;' various newspaper editors stand in the background as dog-show judges. |
 | Puck May 23, 1883 Caption: The Grand Opening March Over the Brooklyn Bridge-- Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Newspaper editors, dressed as police, lead procession across the new Brooklyn Bridge. Following are the Dude Brigade, the Political Tramps, the Masons, the Tammany Heeler, the New York Street Cleaning Department and 'Pucks Monopoly Target Company' made up of Russell Sage, Cyrus Field, Jay Gould, and William Henry Vanderbilt. |
 | Puck May 30, 1883 Caption: Decoration Day, 1883 Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Numerous celebrities in cemetery mourn things lost in the 1880s. A smiling Jay Gould leans of tombstone at far right that reads. The inscription on the stone reads, 'Here lie my victims, their names are legion.' |
 | Puck May 30, 1883 Caption: Europe's Opportunity Artist: currently unknown Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Black and white cartoon of William Henry Vanderbilt dressed in money suit handing out cash to European kings. The caption says, 'The Tour of an American Prince.' |
 | Puck Jun 13, 1883 Caption: Puck's Coaching Parade, 1883 Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Puck reviews a crowded scene of eight horse-drawn coaches representing religious hucksters, publishers, Democrats, Republicans, thespians, allopathic and homeopathic physicians, enforcers and millionaires. Among the crowd are William Henry Vanderbilt, Cyrus Field, and Russell Sage. |
 | Puck Jul 18, 1883 Caption: The New Policeman on the Beat, The Monopoly Gang Defies Him Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A single policeman confronts William Henry Vanderbilt and a crowd of millionaires at the Monopoly Tenement. William Henry Vanderbilt sits on a fire plug, Cyrus Field (on sidewalk) and Jay Gould (on telegraph pole) ready to throw rocks. Russell Sage leans out window of his 'Wall St. Policy Shop' and thumbs nose. |
 | Puck Aug 1, 1883 Caption: The Tournament of To-Day - A Set-To Between Labor and Monopoly Artist: Graetz, Friedrich Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: The 'Disguised Press' rides a locomotive golden horse-like locomotive attacking Labor riding a horse named 'Poverty.' William Henry Vanderbilt, Cyrus Field and Jay Gould watch on from a section reserved for capitalists. |
 | Puck Aug 1, 1883 Caption: Another 'Modern Instance' Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Black and white cartoon showing an operator with a lightning bolt labeled 'Loss Through Strike' hitting Jay Gould in a money bag of Western Union Dividends. The caption reads, ''The Ajax, who thought in the security of his rock he could defy the lightning got struck in the pocket, his only vital part.'' |
 | Puck Aug 8, 1883 Caption: The Allies Under the New Flag: The Republicans and the Monopolists Train Their Guns on the Workingmen Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: The Republican press aims its guns toward Fort Labor while raising the flag, 'Down with the Workingman and Up With the Tariff. Jay Gould in a general's uniform watches. William Henry Vanderbilt steals away with 'The Old Flag, a Government For the People Of the People By the People. '' A feather in his hat reads, 'Public Be Damned.' |
 | Puck Aug 15, 1883 Caption: Hopelessly Bound to the Stake Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A workman is burned at the stake of monopoly, fueled by logs with the heads of millionaires and the monopoly press. Identifiable are William Henry Vanderbilt, Russell Sage, Jay Gould, Cyrus Field, and Chauncey Depew. |
 | Puck Aug 15, 1883 Caption: The Pauper's Base Ingratitude (According to Gould) Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A workman holds out a bowl named 'Wages,' to Jay Gould serving 'Monopoly Soup.' |
 | Puck Aug 23, 1883 Caption: The Great Rival Advertising Shows to 'Boom Up' Stocks Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Scene of a fair with Henry Villard on one side with Carl Schurz beating a drum labeled 'Great Northern Pacific R.R. Show, Patronized by the European Aristocracy;' On another stage is Rufus Hatch and the 'Great Yellowstone Park Show.' |
 | Puck Aug 29, 1883 Caption: The Cave of Despair Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Jay Gould portrayed as the Devil watches downtrodden people walk into the Western Union Telegraph Company cave. A sign on the cave reads, 'All Hope Abandon Ye Who Enter Here!' |
 | Puck Sep 19, 1883 Caption: The Anaconda at a Loss Artist: Graetz, Friedrich Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Black and white cartoon of John Mackey as a leopard atop a huge bag of money (labeled 'Mackey's Millions for the new Trans-Atlantic Cable') faceing a large snake with Gould's head. The snake's body is labeled, 'Mutual Tel. Co. and American Union Tel. Co.). The caption reads, 'J. G. B. -- Let's See You Swallow 'THIS!' |
 | Puck Sep 19, 1883 Caption: Monopoly in Hades--How the Place Will be Run, Two Years After Jay Gould's Arrival Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A multi-subject cartoon shows Jay Gould as the Devil presiding over smaller devils who string telegraph cables, while telegraph operators work at desks below them. Above them a train-load of anti-monopolists is brought to a terminus. Below the scene, Thurber, Puck, and anti-monopolist editors are tortured in effigy. A sign on the wall says, 'Any imp attempts to strike will be transferred to the Western Union Company.' |
 | Puck Oct 10, 1883 Caption: The Return of the Prodigal Father to the Puck Office: drawn by himself Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Self portrait of Joseph Keppler returning to Puck office with depictions of the other cartoonists and the editorial staff. Numerous heads of politicians and William Henry Vanderbilt appear on a 'models' shelf beyond. |
 | Puck Dec 12, 1883 Caption: The Monopoly Pharaohs Building Their Tombs -- The Mausoleums of Vanderbilt and Gould, when finished, will surpass anything ever yet seen Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Jay Gould and William Henry Vanderbilt oversee the building of a small pyramid. A sign above a door reads, 'Vanderbilt, The Public Be D...D'. Gould's mausoleum says, 'Watch (the market) and Pray. Workers on the pyramid are labeled, 'Widow,' 'Ruined Speculator,' 'Ruined Broker,' 'Orphan,' and 'Wall St. Victim.' |
 | Puck Jan 2, 1884 Caption: The Slave Market of To-Day Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A 'Protectionist Statesman' auctions men in trade unions to a small crowd of industrialists. Recognizable are William Henry Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, and Cyrus Field. |
 | Puck Jan 9, 1884 Caption: It costs Money to Fix Things Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Collis P. Huntington hands out money to bride Congressman. |
 | Puck Feb 6, 1884 Caption: Passing Everything on the Road Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Winter scene of Jay Gould and William Henry Vanderbilt racing horse-drawn sleighs, passing labor. Villard's sleigh, drawn by a horse named 'Northern Pacific' is crashing at left. A three-horse team of Standard Oil is coming up behind Gould and Cyrus Field. |
 | Judge Feb 9, 1884 Caption: A Cold Day on Wall Street Artist: currently unknown Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Three millionaires fishing on a frozen lake. The weather looks foul and the millionaires are disconsolate. Jay Gould holds a string of tiny fish while William Henry Vanderbilt and Cyrus Field look on. |
 | Puck Feb 13, 1884 Caption: A Desperate Attempt to Solve the Mormon Question Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Cyrus Field, William Henry Vanderbilt, and Jay Gould are caught in the tentacles of a 14-armed octopus named 'Mormonism.' The cartoon is subtitled, ''How long will this destructive monster be allowed to live?'' (This is an an unusual 4-panel cartoon drawn by Opper, Keppler, Gillam and Graetz.) |
 | Puck Feb 20, 1884 Caption: Bottom's Dream: 'I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was: man is but an ass, if he go about to expound this dream.' Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Uncle Sam and Columbia watch numbers of fairies with the faces of famous politicians swarm around 'Democracy.' A flyer at Uncle Sam's side says, 'Free Protection for revenue only,' Free Revenue Reform for protection only,' ' To the Civil Service Reformers belong the Spoils!!!' Theodore Roosevelt, in the form of a fairy, rides a snail called New York City Reform. A snake with the head of Jay Gould lurks in the vegetation. |
 | Puck May 21, 1884 Caption: Puck's Plan to - Give Grant the Surplus and Let Him Spend it on a Little Court of His Own Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: (Civil War General) John A. Logan offers a pile of gold coins to U. S. Grant sitting on a throne. The coins are labeled '$150,000,000 Surplus Result of Over-Taxation. Several other political dignitaries appear as King Grant's court. Jay Gould, with a dagger in his pocket, eyes the gold. |
 | Puck Jun 4, 1884 Caption: Drowning in His Own Pool Artist: Graetz, Friedrich Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: William Henry Vanderbilt at the U.S. Treasury sits on a bag of 40,000,000 U.S. Bonds and watches Jay Gould with his head barely above water; paper floats on the water saying, 'Watered Stocks,' 'Watered W.U.T.' (Western Union Telegraph), and 'Watered Wabash.' |
 | Puck Jun 18, 1884 Caption: The Writing on the Wall Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Several millionaires, including Russell Sage, Jay Gould, Cyrus Field, Chauncey Depew, and Republican journalists hide or shield themselves from a light on the wall that reads, "Republican Revolt." |
 | Puck Jun 18, 1884 Caption: The Writing on the Wall Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Jay Gould, William Henry Vanderbilt, Cyrus Field, (Presidential candidate) James Blaine, and numerous prominent Republican politicians at a celebratory dinner hide in terror from a light shining on the curtains that says, 'Republican Revolt.' |
 | Puck Jun 18, 1884 Caption: The 'Three Honest Men' of Wall Street Declare for Blaine Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Russell Sage, Jay Gould, and Cyrus Field cross their swords in Wall Street after announcing their support for Blaine. |
 | Puck Jun 25, 1884 Caption: His Boasted Magnetism - And the Kind of Metal it Attracts Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Republican presidential candidate James Blaine, dressed in armor with legs like a giant magnet and a helmet of cabbage, attract numerous corrupt politicians along with Jay Gould ('R. R. Wrecker'), Russell Sage ('Wall Street Stock Gambler'), Cyrus Field (''L' Road Swindle'), and Schuyler Colfax ('Credit Mobilier'.) |
 | Puck Aug 6, 1884 Caption: 'Stop Thief:' Lever-headed Workingman: Too thin. That trick is very stale. I guess we know a monopolist when we see him?' Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A printer is nearly trampled as a band of monopolists, including Jay Gould, Russell Sage, and Cyrus Field, rush through the street carrying a sign that says, 'Down with Cleveland the Monopolist.' |
 | Puck Aug 20, 1884 Caption: The Magnetic Bunco-Steerer and His Confederate: Hungry Ben- How are you Mr. Workingman? What? Don't You Remember Me? Why I'm Your Old Friend...' Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Benjamin Butler and James Blaine try to steer Workingman into 'Monopoly Club Shades,' a poker den populated with Cyrus Field, Russell Sage, and Jay Gould. Gould holds a deck that says, 'Blind Pool.' A bust of William Henry Vanderbilt sits on the mantle above the fireplace. |
 | Puck Sep 10, 1884 Caption: The Political Courtney: Logan - 'Geese, Jim, show some nerve, or nobody won't believe you're in the race...' Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A sculling race is about to start and the 'Reform' contestant is in his boat ready to go. Jay Gould (with a reversed ball cap) tries to resuscitate a winded James Blaine while political supporters look on. In the water is the 'Aggressive Campaign' boat which seems stuck in Monopoly Mud. |
 | Puck Oct 1, 1884 Caption: A Hard Pull: The Mulligan Guards Undertake to Drag Their Magnetic Ammunition Though Ohio Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: James Blaine on his way to Ohio for the Republican conventionrides rides atop a cart being pulled by supporters. The cart is filled with money bags for vote persuasion. Jay Gould tries to help turn the left rear wheel stuck in the mud. Schuyler Colfax waves a banner, 'Westward the STAR of Corruption makes its way.' |
 | Puck Oct 8, 1884 Caption: The Olympus of Corruption - Apollo Strikes the Lyre and Charms the Gods Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: James Blaine plays a lyre adorned with the head and feet of the editor of the New York Tribune. Among the supporters looking on are Jay Gould, William Henry Vanderbilt, Cyrus Field, Russell Sage, and (probably) Schuyler Colfax. |
 | Puck Oct 29, 1884 Caption: Our Merciless Millionaire: Vanderbilt - 'The Public Be Doctored' Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Puck tugs on the coattails of William Henry Vanderbilt as he approaches a stage to be congratulated for giving a $500,000 donation to build a new medical college. Recipients hold their bone saws in the air. |
 | Puck (German language edition) Nov 12, 1884 Caption: Shylock's Bad Bargain: Thou sticketh a dagger in me--I shall never see my gold again. Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Bankers, German, Irish, and independent voters chase Jay Gould down the street after Blaine loses. |
 | Puck Nov 19, 1884 Caption: The Mulligan Guard Lies, But Surrenders Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Jay Gould and numerous supporters lie on the ground in surrender to the army of reform independents after Blaine's electoral loss. |
 | Puck Nov 19, 1884 Caption: Yesterday an Infuriated Mob Almost Lynched a Man Who Looked Like Jay Gould: Probable effect of this announcement upon timid people who think they resemble him. Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A crowd of 15 bearded men are crowded into a barber shop for shaves and haircuts because they believe they resemble the discredited Jay Gould. Even a bald man is comparing himself to Gould. 'Shaves $2 each owing to Rush of Business.' |
 | Puck Nov 26, 1884 Caption: Thanksgiving Day, 1884: 'Let Us Be Thankful' Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A room full of dejected Blaine supporters sit around a dinner table and are served a meal of crow, 'Compliments of the People.' Grover Cleveland walks past the window carrying a huge 'Presidency' turkey. Jay Gould can be seen in a window across the street waving a sign, 'My Congratulations, J. Gould.' |
 | Puck Dec 31, 1884 Caption: Puck's Review of the Last Year Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Collis Huntington hands out money to buy Congress (a small re-working of a cartoon that appeared in the Jan 9, 1884 issue. Puck pulls on William Henry Vanderbilt's coattails (a small re-working of the Oct 29, 1884 cover). |
 | Puck Jan 14, 1885 Caption: Puck's Political Hunting Ground - How He Has Made Game of the Politicians Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Politicians lay slain after the 1884 election. Puck stands amid the carcasses (as animals) of Blaine, Butler, Dorsey, Kelly, Grant, Conkling, Robeson and Platt. Jay Gould (as a buzzard) flies away with a lamb in his talons. |
 | Puck Feb 18, 1885 Caption: Forks in His Path - The Herculean Task Before Out Next President Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Grover Cleveland faces a hostile crowd on the Administration Road. Jay Gould holds the club of Monopoly. Blocking the way is Labor, Bankruptcy, Cuba, Mexico, Silver Swindle, High Tariff, and a Two-Headed monster of Lobby and Mormonism. |
 | Puck Apr 29, 1885 Caption: The Monopolist's May-Pole Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Several millionaires, dressed in farm garb, dance around a May Pole in a happy scene in "Snug Harbor." Among them are Cyrus Field, Jay Gould, Chauncey Depew, William Henry Vanderbilt, William Kissam Vanderbilt, Russell Sage, and Cornelius Vanderbilt II. |
 | Puck Jul 15, 1885 Caption: The New Leader and the Old Chorus Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: John A Logan (vice-presidential running mate of James Blaine in 1884 election) is confronted in the street by a crowd of political bums, including Jay Gould and Cyrus Field with their tin cups out. |
 | Puck Jul 22, 1885 Caption: Justice in the Web Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Jay Gould despicted as a spider weaving a web from telegraph poles surrounding the Court House. |
 | Puck Aug 12, 1885 Caption: The Two Gobblers: We do not wish to suggest any analogy to the subject of a famous picture representing two Roman Augurs laughing over the Imposition they are practicing on the public. Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Jay Gould and Vanderbilt, dressed as Roman senators. laugh. Beyond are cages of lambs. Vanderbilt holds a scroll that reads "West Shore R.R. Grab." At Gould's feet is a bag with three scrolls labeled "B&M Telegraph Grab," "N.Y. 'L' Roads Grab," and "W.U. Grab." |
 | Puck Aug 12, 1885 Caption: The Resistless March of Reform. - The "Hostiles" Must Go!" Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Long parade of politicians, dressed as Indians, are marched away from the advancing tracks of the 'Reform R.R.' Jay Gould and Field watch from the 'Blainiac Reservation.' William Mahone appears as a skinny Indian holding a club labeled 'Bossism.' |
 | Puck Aug 26, 1885 Caption: The Sleeping Party: She bungled with the civil-service reform distaff, and she and all her court were condemned to sleep for - years. Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: The Republican Part (as a sleeping princess) and all her court. Among the crowd is Jay Gould, Cyrus Field, Russell Sage, and William Henry Vanderbilt. |
 | Puck Oct 7, 1885 Caption: Mr. Hill Tries It On Artist: Gillam, T. Bernhard Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Pictorial review of the events of 1885. William Henry Vanderbilt lies among others struck down by the Grim Reaper. |
 | Puck Jan 13, 1886 Caption: Our Japanese Village Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Crowded New York street scene with editors and a few political figures all portrayed in a Japanese-like theme. Jay Gould appears at far bottom left. |
 | Puck Nov 3, 1886 Caption: The Mephistopheles of To-Day - Honest Labor's Temptation Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: The Devil asks a worker to sign a "Pledge to Anarchy." Beyond is a vision of Henry George (Labor candidate for New York Mayor) pouring a huge variety of promises from a cornucopia. Jay Gould crawls out from a hole at George's feet. |
 | Puck Nov 17, 1886 Caption: Taxing the Millionaires. A Few Scenes from the Roaring Farce that is Played Every Year in New York City. Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: 4-panel scene concerning millionaires in New York complaining about and evading tax assessments. The top scene shows eight Vanderbilt heirs talking to the tax man after the death of William Henry Vanderbilt the previous year. The first two heirs are identifiable as William Kissam Vanderbilt and Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the sons of William Henry. The caption says: "Chorus of Vanderbilt Heirs - We'll pay taxes on $8,000,000 of personal property; but if you ask for any more, we'll move out of town." The bottom left panel shows Jay Gould telling the tax collector how much he will pay, with the caption, "Jay Gould - I can not tell a lie; by close economy and strict attention to business I have scraped together $100,000; now go ahead and assess. " |
 | Puck Nov 24, 1886 Caption: A Thanksgiving Dinner a la Damocles Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Cyrus Field and Blaine supporters shrink from a Sword of Damocles hanging overhead that reads, 'Cleveland's Growing Popularity.' On the table is a 'Presidential Aspirations' turkey, 'Senatorial Privilege' soup, 'Prohibition Tariff' cake. Cyrus Field serves 'Bloody Shirt' champagne. |
 | Puck Dec 15, 1886 Caption: Change Cars! This Train Has Stopped Running For Good! Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Cyrus Field and a newspaper editors rides in the decrepit 'Old Spoils System Lines' street car. Puck wears a 'Brakeman Reform Line' hat. |
 | Puck May 18, 1887 Caption: The Poverty Problem Solved; George & McGlyn's Great Millennial Show - They will Promise Anything and Everything for One Dollar Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Rev. Edward McGlynn and Henry George (failed Labor candidate for New York Mayor) gather money in a street show. McGlynn points over his head to a Puck cartoon of Jay Gould, Cyrus Field, and Russell Sage in poverty. |
 | Puck Apr 11, 1888 Caption: Quality Counts Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Grover Cleveland as a male lion looks down on other lesser animals. A female "Democratic Party" lion holds off a pack of miscellaneous animals, all with heads of famous Republican politicians. Among them is a cat with the face of Chauncey Depew. |
 | Puck Aug 22, 1888 Caption: A New Version of an Old Story. Don't shoot...I'll come down for $80 million. Artist: currently unknown Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Jay Gould is portrayed as a racoon in a tree. Uncle Sam is a hunter, but Gould negotiates a settlement. This is a reference to behavior in the Western Union monopoly. |
 | Puck Mar 12, 1890 Caption: None but Millionaires Need Apply; The coming style of presidential election Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Two men ( William Dudley and Matthew Quay) auction off presidential and vice-presidential chairs. In the audience are prominent millionaires. On the stage is a piece of paper indicating that included is a set of eight pieces of presidential furniture including Secretary of State, Secretary of War, Secretary of Navy, Secretary of Interior, Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of Agriculture, Postmaster General, and Attorney General. Identifiable are Jay Gould, Leland Stanford, Collis P. Huntington, Russell Sage, Sidney Dillon, Henry Flagler, John D. Rockefeller, and others. |
 | Puck Jan 22, 1892 Caption: The Little Man's Triumph Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Chauncey Depew, as Master of Ceremonies, leads a GOP parade from Minneapolis. Atop the GOP elephant is Benjamin Harrison holding a huge Republican party hat that reads "second nomination." |
 | Puck Nov 22, 1893 Caption: Through the Jungle: Pioneer Cleveland is bound to carry political enlightenment forward, even if the simian statesmen don't like it Artist: Keppler, Udo J. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Grover Cleveland at the edge of a jungle confronts a band of monkeys with the faces of J. P. Morgan and contemporary statesmen. |
 | Puck Jan 24, 1894 Caption: The Republican Ponce de Leon: They think it is the fountain of political youth and strength; but it is only a stagnant pool that is almost dried up. Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: William McKinley as a conquistador standing at the edge of the 'High Protection Doctrine' swamp, surrounded by several court jesters and statesmen in armor, among them Chauncey Depew. |
 | Harper's Weekly May 12, 1894 Caption: The Original 'Coxey' Army Artist: Roger, W. A. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Andrew Carnegie and a band of businessmen followers prepares to march up the steps of Congress. A train is seen beyond. Near Carnegie is a sign that reads, 'Feed Our Infant Enterprises.' |
 | Puck Feb 6, 1895 Caption: Step Up To The Captain's Office And Settle Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Russell Sage, Hetty Green, and George Gould at the U. S. Treasury Tax Office; a sign on the wall reads, 'Pay your income tax here; no escape for millionaire tax dodgers.' |
 | Puck Apr 29, 1896 Caption: W-H-O-A !!! Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: William McKinley supporters play band instruments on McKinley's Presidential Band Wagon being pulled by a large Republican elephant halted at the edge of a cliff. The Capitol appears on the other side of a deep ravine. Identifiable are Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. |
 | Puck Jun 9, 1896 Caption: The Supreme Court - as it may hereafter be constituted Artist: Opper, Frederick Burr Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: At the Supreme Court bench are hayseed justices while a boy plays as a lawyer. Waiting in the 'Holding Pen for Gold Bugs and Millionaires' are J. P. Morgan, William Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, Russell Sage, William Kissam Vanderbilt, and George Gould. |
 | Puck Apr 4, 1900 Caption: Our Infant Industries: Why Can't They Be Content with the Half They Make Honestly? Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Legitimate business and the U. S. Treasury pump gold coins into the pockets of a huge Andrew Carnegie. |
 | Puck Dec 26, 1900 Caption: A Christmas Sermon Artist: Pughe, John S. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Puck gives a sermon about the construction of a tenement to John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, Andrew Carnegie, and J. P. Morgan. |
 | Puck Jun 19, 1901 Caption: An Object Lesson Artist: Pughe, John S. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Charles Schwab gives an example of the working class to Andrew Carnegie dressed in a kilt and holding a money bag. Next to him is $10,000,000 for Scotch universities. |
 | Puck Jun 26, 1901 Caption: The Fake Beggars: Uncle Sam - 'You are already building up a monopoly without help; why should I help you?' Artist: Dalrymple, Louis Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: J. P. Morgan and Marc Hanna hold out their hats, asking Uncle Same for a ship subsidy. |
 | Puck Dec 18, 1901 Caption: A Christmas Reminder Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Puck escorts a poor couple into see Andrew Carnegie, at his desk, reviewing plans for Carnegie Libraries. |
 | Puck May 21, 1902 Caption: Commercial Might versus Devine Right: The Morgan Trust Brings Dismay to the Old Kings of Europe Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A huge J. P. Morgan with cigar and a cornucopia of full of ships, trains and telegraph poles strides between two European kings. |
 | Puck Aug 27, 1902 Caption: Last Stand of the Anti-Imperialist Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Trapped in the 'Quicksand of Public Opinion,' with Congress in sight, are Andrew Carnegie and others. |
 | Puck Sep 17, 1902 Caption: Following the Piper Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A huge J. P. Morgan, plays the 'Merger' pipe while leading a large crowd of industrialists across the continent. |
 | Puck Dec 10, 1902 Caption: Waiting for the Balloon Ascension Artist: Pughe, John S. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: J. P. Morgan as a circus clown pumps up a steel stock with 'Enormous Earnings.' |
 | Puck Jun 3, 1903 Caption: A Word to Grand Stand Specialists" Puck - You have qualified thoroughly as modern philanthropists, now why not do some good? Artist: Ehrhart, Samuel D. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Andrew Carnegie lays a large number of bags of money at the foot of a statue of 'Fame' on the steps of a university while a small girl and her parents put coins in a box to fund a 'Free Home for Consumptives.' |
 | Puck Nov 11, 1903 Caption: Captains of Industry Artist: Pughe, John S. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: J. P. Morgan, as Napoleon, rides and horse and leads a band of soldier including Frick and Gates in a cold winter scene. Beyond is an 'Army of Stockholders.' |
 | Puck Jan 13, 1904 Caption: Jack and the Wall Street Giants Artist: Keppler, Joseph Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Theodore Roosevelt, as Jack, holds the sword of 'Public Service,' and faces down Wall Street surrounded by giant ogres of Wall Street including J. P. Morgan, George Gould, James J. Hill, and John D. Rockefeller. |
 | Puck Mar 22, 1904 Caption: A Kansas David in the Field Artist: Pughe, John S. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: The state of Kansas gets ready to fight Goliath in the form of an elderly John D. Rockefeller carrying a club that reads "Standard Oil." |
 | Puck Apr 20, 1904 Caption: Another Air-Ship Failure Artist: Pughe, John S. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Huge storm clouds of 'Investigation,' 'Law,' and 'Merger Decision' have brought down the balloon of 'High Finance.' Propellers on the balloon read, 'Overcapitalization,' 'Manipulation,' 'Northern Securities,' 'Ship Building Trust,' and 'Steel Trust.' Crawling on the ground and praying are J. P. Morgan, Edward H. Harriman, James J. Hill and others. Beyond is the 'Ship Trust Receivership' swamp. |
 | Puck Jun 1, 1904 Caption: Business is Business Artist: Ehrhart, Samuel D. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Russell Sage, J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Chauncey Depew and others are seen in one panel attending the Public Morals and Civic Decency lecture. A second panels shows a meeting of the Western Union Pool. A large cornucopia of gold coins sits on a barrel labeled, 'Western Union Pool Room Receipts.' |
 | Puck Aug 14, 1904 Caption: The Poor Man's Candidate Artist: Ehrhart, Samuel D. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Prominent capitalists lead a parade of working men supporting Theodore Roosevelt for president. Identifiable as tramps, (among others) are J. P. Morgan, E. H. Harriman, J. D. Rockefeller, John Jacob Astor, Chauncey Depew, Russell Sage, Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, William Kissam Vanderbilt. Their signs read'No Place to Go But the Waldorf,' 'Irrigate the Trusts,' 'We Want the Earth,' 'Free Quick Lunches, 'No Dinners, No Speeches,' 'Pity the Poor Banker,' 'Reading Maketh an Empty Man,' and 'Only Seafood for Seven Weeks.' |
 | Puck Aug 17, 1904 Caption: Puck's Mid-Summer Outing at Harmony Park Artist: Pughe, John S. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Major politicians and financiers cavort in a happy park scene. Identifiable are John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan, and Russell Sage. |
 | Puck Aug 24, 1904 Caption: Some Deserving Candidates for the Hero Fund Artist: Ehrhart, Samuel D. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Andrew Carnegie in kilt hands out pensions to well-dressed men who performed heroic deeds that ordinary people did every day. |
 | Puck Mar 15, 1905 Caption: At the Keyboard Artist: Keppler, Udo (Joseph Jr.) Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: John D. Rockefeller and Nelson W. Aldrich overlook the Senate in session while sitting at the keyboard of an organ. Rockefeller is holding a 'Prompt Book' and is lit by the Standard Oil lamp. (Aldrich was the leader of the Republican Party and his daughter married Rockefeller's son; their child was named Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller.) |
 | Puck May 3, 1905 Caption: The Gospel According to 'St. John' Artist: Keppler, Udo (Joseph Jr.) Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: John D. Rockefeller gives a Bible and a bag of money labeled Foreign $ Missions' to a small black child while crushing coins from men trapped under the 'Standard Oil Millstone. A tiny (Rockefeller) 'Jr.' stands in the shadow of his father. |
 | Puck May 22, 1905 Caption: Wall Street Bubble -- Always the Same Artist: Kep (Joseph Keppler Jr.) Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A crowd of people reach for huge bubbles labeled, 'Inflated Values.' J. P. Morgan is portrayed as an oversized bull that sits next to a ticker tape and blows bubbles. |
 | Puck May 31, 1905 Caption: Belshazzarfeller's Feast Artist: Pughe, John S. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: J. D. Rockefeller sits on a throne as Belshazzar with 'Favored Shipper,' J. P. Morgan, Henry Frick, and other Standard Oil Trust members. All cower from the hand of God overhead holding 'The Big Stick' writing 'Rate Legislation' in the clouds. On the table are 'Rebate' plums, 'Fruit of Monopoly,' and 'Draw Back' bon bons. |
 | Puck Jul 26, 1905 Caption: A Cabinet That Could Afford It: 'There is not in my Cabinet one man to whom it is not a financial disadvantage to stay in the Cabinet.' (President Roosevelt at Asbury Park) Artist: Pughe, John S. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: J. P. Morgan (as Secretary of the Navy), Andrew Carnegie (Sec'y State), J. D. Rockefeller (Sec'y Treasury), Hetty Green (Post Mistress General), Russell Sage (Sec'y Agriculture) and others at table adorned with a statue of the 'Golden Calf.' Morgan sits next to a ticker tape and a sign that says, 'Interest Table.' On the wall are paintings of Croesus and Midas. |
 | Puck Aug 9, 1905 Caption: The Earth as Seen from Mars Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: The Earth with the face of John D. Rockefeller. Against the backdrop of stars are oil cans and the words 'The Oily Way' in an oil slick. |
 | Puck Oct 18, 1905 Caption: Simple Solution of the Panama Labor Problem: Let our superfluous citizens do the work Artist: Ehrhart, Samuel D. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: J. P. Morgan, J. D. Rockefeller, Chauncey Depew and numerous capitalists and politicians are put to work digging the Panama Canal. Beyond are groups labeled 'Order of Walking Delegates,' 'The Idle Rich,' 'Amalgamated Aldermen,' and 'Insurance Presidents Union No. 6.' |
 | Puck Nov 8, 1905 Caption: Second Call for the Peace Congress Artist: Hassman, Carl Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Large group of representative of several nations approach the Palace of Peace carrying various weapons. Andrew Carnegie is seen posting a sign at the door of the Palace that reads, 'Best Armor Place for Sale by Andy, U.S.A.' |
 | Puck Nov 15, 1905 Caption: The Making of a Senator: When will the people stand from under? Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A pyramid of people with a Senator Nelson Aldrich at the top. The foundation is 'The People,' crushed by the weight above. They support 'The State Legislature' which holds up 'The Bosses,' which in turn holds up 'The Big Interests.' John D. Rockefeller appears as a large man portraying the large trusts. They hold up the Senator and sit on bags of money which dribbles down to the bosses. A few coins and bank notes reach the hats of the State Legislature. |
 | Puck Jan 24, 1906 Caption: Gulliver Cleveland and the Wall Street Brobdingnagians: What shall we do with our ex-presidents? Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: J. P. Morgan, J.D. Rockefeller, E. H. Harrison, and Thomas Ryan dressed as sheiks, listen to a tiny Grover Cleveland. |
 | Puck Jan 31, 1906 Caption: As Seen from the Boxes: An act that is sure to get a laugh Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: The 'Courts' direct an orchestra while 'Law' and 'Justice' dance on a stage with law book and the Scale of Justice. Laughing in a stage-side box are J D. Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and two members of the Standard Oil Trust Board. |
 | Puck Feb 7, 1906 Caption: Declaring a Dividend Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: John D. Rockefeller, with a small John D. Rockefeller Jr. at his side, divide up treasure with William Rockefeller, Henry Flagler, and other members of the Standard Oil Board. The 'Standard Oil' ship is anchored off the beach and another ship burns in the distance. |
 | Puck Aug 29, 1906 Caption: 'Everyman' and His Dollar -- The Republican Morality Show Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: President Theodore Roosevelt and Vice-President Charles Fairbanks are seen in the audience of a Republican money-raising event. Behind the curtain are J. P Morgan, E. H. Harriman, and H. H. Rogers (of Standard Oil) pouring money into a huge 'Dough Barrel.' |
 | Puck Feb 6, 1907 Caption: The Greatest Juggling Act on Earth: Messrs. Hill, Harriman, Morgan and Gould, sole managers and proprietors Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A muscular man with the four heads of E. H. Harriman, J. P. Morgan, George Gould, and James Hill strolls across the planet while juggling Congress, the Supreme Court, streetcars, trains, telegraph, and Wall Street. |
 | Puck Apr 3, 1907 Caption: They Take Him for a Come-On:' Well, if the ain't Uncle Ted Roosevelt! How's all the folks at dear old Oyster Bay?' Artist: Kep (Keppler, Joseph Jr.) Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: E. H. Harriman in top hat rushes to embrace a hayseed Theodore Roosevelt while J. P. Morgan and James Hill watch on from the shadows. |
 | Puck Apr 10, 1907 Caption: Coo, Mon: The Skibo Dove of Peace Artist: unattributed Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Andrew Carnegie appears as a large dove with a bagpipe and dressed in Scottish regalia. The 'Carnegie Hall' birdhouse stands beyond. |
 | Puck May 8, 1907 Caption: Elisha Roosevelt Sicketh the Bears Upon the Bad Boys of Wall Street Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Theodore Roosevelt, dressed in a great coat, directs the Interstate Commerce Commission and Courts (as two large bears) on a group of fleeing capitalists. Among the crowd are J. P. Morgan, E. H. Harriman, George Gould, John D. Rockefeller, and James J. Hill. |
 | Puck Jun 19, 1907 Caption: 'Will You Walk into My Parlor?' Said the spider to the fly. Artist: K (Keppler, Joseph Jr.) Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: E. H. Harriman portrayed as a huge fly trapped in the web of 'The Law,' built by the 'Interstate Commerce Commission' spider. |
 | Puck Jul 24, 1907 Caption: A Surprise Part at Oyster Bay Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Theodore Roosevelt in bed clothes and candle in hand opens the door to find E. H. Harriman and a bunch of politicians bringing him an offering of bananas, Welsh rabbit, lemons and, 'More Lemons.' |
 | Puck Aug 7, 1907 Caption: The American Uriah Heep: 'Men, I want to tell you that systematic saving and self-denial, with a good deal of hard work, form the foundation for every large fortune. That has been my experience.' - John D. Rockefeller. Artist: K (Keppler, Joseph Jr.) Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: John D. Rockefeller as Uriah Heep sitting at a desk with the 'Sabbath Day Book.' On the wall is a saying, 'The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth.' On the floor below are books labeled, 'Rebate Schedules' and 'Competitor Business.' |
 | Puck Aug 14, 1907 Caption: In the Republican Eden: 'Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it.' Genesis 2:3. Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: An angel talks to a naked Theodore Roosevelt and points to a 'Tariff' tree bearing forbidden fruit. A long-haired blond female ('Republican Party') stands nearby. Beyond are four monkeys in a tree, with one named Harriman. A shy rabbit resembling John D. Rockefeller nibble on a cabbage in the foreground. |
 | Puck Sep 11, 1907 Caption: In the Highlands of High Finance: Fitzjames Harriman (to Teddy Dhu) Come one, come all! This rock shall fly from its firm base as soon as I! Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Harriman stands next to a large triangular rock named 'Flim-Flam Finance' balanced on its pointed end. Confronting him is a Scottish Theodore Roosevelt and a band of sword-wielding men. |
 | Puck Oct 9, 1907 Caption: He Bobs Up Serenely Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Theodore Roosevelt appears as a heavy-bottomed doll ('Personal Popularity') bouncing back, no matter how he is knocked down by the major financial powers. Identifiable are J. P. Morgan (Flim-Flam Journalism), John D. Rockefeller (Flim-Flam Business), and Edward H. Harriman (Flim-Flam Politics.) |
 | Puck Nov 6, 1907 Caption: Simply to the Cross I Cling Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: John D. Rockefeller, awash in the 'Sea of Public Censure,' clings to the rock of 'Hypocrisy.' Atop the rock, with arms outstreched like a cross, is a character in robe titled 'Clerical Apologist for Standard Oil.' |
 | Puck Nov 27, 1907 Caption: Rotten Finance Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: 'Confidence' portrayed as Humty Dumpty has fallen off the wall of 'Rotten Finance.' The wall is constructed of rocks with the faces of financiers. Although non are labeled, identifiable are John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, E. H. Harriman, and Chauncey Depew. |
 | Puck Dec 25, 1907 Caption: God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen, Let Nothing You Dismay Artist: Glackens, Louis M. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Theodore Roosevelt stands at an open window to listening to carolers consisting of E. H. Harriman, John D. Rockefeller, and others. |
 | Puck Jan 1, 1908 Caption: 'Never Again!' His New Year Resolution Artist: Nankivell, Frank A. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Uncle Sam pledges a resolution to himself. E. H. Harriman watches from the doorway of 'Harriman's Place: All 5-cent drinks, 10-cents.' Across the street is John D. Rockefeller watching from a window of 'Rockefeller's Rest: Free Hot Guff All Day.' Other businesses on the street include 'Railroad Pool Parlor: $1000.00 per hour,' 'Rumbank Bowling Alleys: Open and Shut Game, No Checques Cashed,' 'Wall Street Dream Place: Small Smokers Welcome,' 'Flim-Flam Bar: Ask the Man for a Come-On Cocktail,' Impure Food Cafe: Coal Tar and Glucose Prop.' |
 | Puck Jan 8, 1908 Caption: The Mikado - Second and Last Act Artist: Pughe, John S. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A large group of politicians surround a singing Mikado (Theodore Roosevelt) as Harriman (Flim-Flam Finance) and John D. Rockefeller (Flim-Flam Business) await execution under the sword of the Department of Justice. |
 | Puck Mar 11, 1908 Caption: If Moses Came Down To-Day: Chorus of 'Conservatives' -- Dangerous, socialistic, un-American doctrines! Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Moses stands with the Ten Commandments in front of a resistent crowd of politicians and businessmen E. H. Harriman and James J. Hill. John D. Rockefeller cowers from the sight. |
 | Puck Apr 22, 1908 Caption: The Cannon Boom. Are You On? Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: J. P. Morgan uses a long accordion device in New York to offer Joseph G. Cannon as Wall Street's choice for President at the Republican Convention in Chicago. |
 | Puck Jun 10, 1908 Caption: The Republican Convention Artist: Glackens, Louis M. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: A depiction of the Republican Convention in Chicago, June 1908. In the lenses of Roosevelt's iconic glasses are views of the conservative and progressive factions. Identifiable are E. H. Harriman, James J. Hill, J. P. Morgan and J. D. Rockefeller. |
 | Puck Nov 18, 1908 Caption: Bringing in the Teddy-Turk Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: E. H. Harriman prepares to cut up the Teddy Roosevelt Thanksgiving Turkey as John D. Rockefeller and other political and Wall Street personalities seated around the table watch on. |
 | Puck Dec 16, 1908 Caption: 'Et Tu, Andy!' Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Andrew Carnegie (in toga) prepares to stab a fat character named 'High Protection' as he leans against a monument dedicated to 'Dingley.' |
 | Puck Jan 13, 1909 Caption: The Runaway Artist: Glackens, Louis M. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Andrew Carnegie and a crowd, with the Capitol in the background, watch as a fat hog ('The Tariff Issue') drags Speaker of the House Joseph Cannon followed by four Congressmen. |
 | Puck Mar 17, 1909 Caption: Another Saint Patrick Artist: Glackens, Louis M. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: President Taft, as St. Patrick, prepares to drive the snakes off an island. Among other depictions are E. H. Harriman (as a train) and J. D. Rockefeller (as a string of oil tank cars.). |
 | Puck Aug 25, 1909 Caption: The Sale of Manhattan (Price Not Mentioned) -- A Continuous Performance Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: New York businessmen, including John D. Rockefeller, deal with Indian legislators for the sale of traction franchises, gas, electricity, and telephone rights. |
 | Puck Feb 2, 1910 Caption: The Central Bank: Why should Uncle Sam establish one, when Uncle Pierpont is already on the job? Artist: Nankivell, Frank A. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: J. P. Morgan holds a group of New York skyscrapers as the 'Billion Dollar Merger.' |
 | Puck Jun 21, 1911 Caption: The Magnet Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: J. P. Morgan lays across New York and sucks in articles from across the globe with his giant dollar-sign magnet. |
 | Puck Mar 20, 1912 Caption: 'Dance You Boobs, Dance!' Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: J. P. Morgan, leaning back on a chair on the porch of the Dead Man's Gulch Saloon, shoots the six-shooters of 'Control of Credit' and 'Control of Bank Deposits' at the feet of a promoter, businessman and banker. |
 | Puck Dec 18, 1912 Caption: The Court Jester; Sometimes His Prattle Becomes a Trifle Wearing. Artist: Glackens, Louis M. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Uncle Sam, with crown and throne, looks with disdain on Andrew Carnegie, dressed as a jester with 'Bluff' and 'Guff' attached to a stick. |
 | Puck Apr 23, 1913 Caption: Morgan and Posterity: The Financier and the Patron of Art. Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Allegorical female with a torch lights up a bust of Roman-style J. P. Morgan and pulls a curtain across his former figure as a financier. |
 | Puck Mar 7, 1914 Caption: How Times Have Changed!: Ghost of a former magnate - I wouldn't believe if I didn't see it with my own eyes! Asking permission!! Asking!!! Artist: Keppler, Joseph Jr. Notable rail-related personalities include: Description: Uncle Sam, dressed in court robes, reads a 'Petition of the Railroads for Permission to Raise Rates', while a chalk outline of William Henry Vanderbilt floats above as a ghost with his famous phrase, 'The Public Be Damned.' |