Democrats! Get Together!, 1889

 
Containers:
Box 1, Folder 36
Scope and content:

bound issue from June 22, 1889; Vol XXV, no. 640. Lithographs address the N.Y. Sun and tariff reform; the Johnstown Flood/Great Flood of 1889 and aid to the sufferers; miscellaneous Puck advertisements and satire. Lithographs include "Democrats! Get Together!" (title page; shows a fortress preparing its battlements in the background, with soldiers carrying smaller flags labeled "Grady," "Walker," "Whitney," "Watterson" and a larger flag stating "Democracy United on Tariff Reform." Below the fort are two individuals representing the N.Y. Sun, one individual is riding a donkey labeled "Abolition of internal reve.." and holding a sword labeled "Obstruction"); "The Silver Lining to the Storm-Cloud--The Charity of the Whole Nation Sustains the Loss of the Conemaugh Sufferers" (shows Columbia wearing a cape labeled "Charity" and carrying supplies to victims of the Great Flood of 1889); "Puck's New Pictorial Country Board Advertisements, for Farmers--to Please all Classes" (shows a vignette of various attractions of living in the country side, such as ample fishing, hunting, leisure, history, and picturesque scenes)

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