Forefathers fought,principle,no fight,us,taxes,food prices,trusts,Ehrhart,1907
Title: Our forefathers fought for a principle - there is no fight in us / Ehrhart.
Creator(s): Ehrhart, S. D. (Samuel D.), ca. 1862-1937, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : J. Ottmann Lith. Co., Puck Bldg., 1907 November 13.
Summary: Illustration shows two scenes, at top left is 'The Spirit of '76' showing a family about to sit down to tea, as boxes of tea are visible, through a window in the back of the room, floating in Boston Harbor. The father, who has just entered, states: 'Away with that tea or you're no daughter of mine! Not a drop in this house until the hateful tax is taken off!' At bottom right is 'The Spiritless 1907' showing a family sitting at the dinner table where the grandfather is about to carve the beef, he states: 'Ain't it a shame the prices they charge for beef. But we've got to have it, Trust or no Trust.' At the bottom left, disgruntled patrons exit a 'Market', counting their change.
Notes:
Title from item.
Illus. in: Puck, v. 62, no. 1602 (1907 November 13), centerfold.
Copyright 1907 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Taxes--1900-1910.
Food prices--1900-1910.
Industrial trusts--1900-1910.
Monopolies--1900-1910.
Eating & drinking--1900-1910.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1900-1910.
Offset photomechanical prints--Color--1900-1910.
Periodical illustrations--1900-1910.
Bookmark /2011647255/
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