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John Samuel Pughe

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Colored caricature of Uncle Sam towering over European national figures beside stacked export cargo and a ship at a harbor.

Another revelation of strength

1898

Colour caricature of a seated Chinese figure before figures of Uncle Sam, John Bull, France, Germany and Russia at a table.

Ready for business

1899

Colored cartoon of airships and winged vessels over a canal, with signs mocking the Panama Canal opening.

Opening of the Panama Canal

1906

Colour caricature: a woman labelled Democratic Party tips a wheelbarrow of men toward a Democratic Dumping Ground sign, Capit

A hint to the Democratic Party

1903

Colour cartoon: a shouting caricature in a crown and cape on a rock, with a row of men under a tree at left.

Cursing the heretics

1903

Colored cartoon of a cat labeled Ship Subsidy Bill leaping through a legislative chamber as politicians shout and throw objec

This cat escapes the Senate with a few of its nine lives left; - will it lose them in the House

1902

Colored 1900 caricature of a man on a donkey labeled Democracy leading a marching line of caricatured men carrying a banner.

The Aguinaldo guard

1900

Colored cartoon of a rainbow over icy stone heads and a ship, with labels like Fair Trade, Stand Pat, and Protected Trust.

Farthest north

1907

Colored cartoon of caricatured European nations sweeping a beach as a large wave labeled American Commerce rises behind them.

The European Partingtons

1902

Colored political cartoon of a seated large man surrounded by party sash-wearing figures waving hats, with the Capitol dome i

The lesson of the President’s journey

1901

Cartoon of animal nations at a dinner table; a crowned lion labeled England faces an empty plate beside a knife marked Dismem

The vacant plate

1903

Cartoon print of a toga-clad man ploughing with oxen, waving away a green-dressed woman holding a letter.

The modern Cincinnatus, who will not leave his plough

1903

Colored cartoon of Uncle Sam toasting seated national figures at a dinner table with a turkey labeled Commercial Supremacy.

Our international thanksgiving dinner

1901

Colored cartoon of national figures holding indemnity claims and scales while a kneeling China pleads, Uncle Sam watching.

Too many Shylocks

1901

Colored cartoon of a circus trainer labeled Roosevelt struggling to control a hippo, elephant and donkey under tent rigging.

Trouble ahead for the trainer

1905

Colour cartoon of Uncle Sam beside a kneeling Cuba figure, with famine and war on the left and peace and prosperity on the ri

Looking forward

1899

Political cartoon of Roosevelt riding a grey elephant labeled Administration, chasing officials tagged bribery and scandal.

More rough riding

1903

Cartoon of a man on the Capitol dome sending wireless messages to Philippines fighting, with cheering crowds below.

Wireless telegraphy

1902

Colour political cartoon of a Republican figure on a riverbank beside a Democrat swimming in a pond with a Democratic Issue P

Twenty years after

1902

Satirical color cartoon of striped-uniform prisoners with ball and chains receiving baths, massages, and sun parlor treatment

The Sing Sing sanatorium

1906

Multi-panel 1907 caricature by John Samuel Pughe showing a bespectacled man as coach, boxer, hunter and lecturer.

Future occupations for Roosevelt

1907

Colour lithograph of humorous vignettes: a lawyer, preacher, farmer, and husband, with a large man in red pulling a boy acros

The immortal George

1898

Colored 1900 caricature of a grinning chef labeled Labor Trust carving men labeled Commercial Trusts served by two waiters.

The promised feast

1900

Man in fringed buckskin sits by a campfire sharpening a knife, surrounded by monstrous figures in a dark forest.

Seeing things at night

1905

Colored cartoon of a man with an axe fighting tentacles labeled with political vices around a boat and a crowned figure label

The struggle of the Slav

1905

Caricature of Schwab and Carnegie with money bags, a factory town at left, and graduates walking to a university at right.

An object lesson

1901

Colour caricature of trust magnates laughing in a tavern while a ragged old man labelled The Law looks on.

The return of Rip Van Winkle

1907

Colored cartoon of Uncle Sam at a gate labeled Philippines, with European figures rushing toward it carrying sacks and boxes.

The open door

1899

Colour cartoon of a man leading a donkey marked 1896 and 1900 past a car labelled The New Democracy on a country road.

The old and the new

1901

Colored cartoon of a G.O.P. elephant straining against cost of living fence signs, with men pushing and a rider with whip.

A pretty high bar to clear

1907

Colour cartoon of an old bearded man seated with a rifle and Bible as British soldiers pour down a chute toward a Dutch Repub

Too much for him!

1900

Colored cartoon of a trust magnate shaking hands in a newspaper office while a crowd outside rushes toward a Gold Brick Stock

The subsidized newspaper

1902