Photo of Puck,Alderman's Alternative,Canada,Sing Sing,1886,Wales,Bribery,N.Y.

Title: The alderman's alternative - to Sing Sing, or Canada? / J.A. Wales.
Creator(s): Wales, James Albert, 1852-1886, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1886 January 27.
Summary: Illustration shows a man, possibly Jacob Sharp or one of the aldermen he bribed, holding a carpetbag labeled 'Broadway Street Car Boodle', looking up at a street sign pointing in two directions, to the left 'To Canada' and to the right 'To Sing Sing' where a policeman waits, holding a 'Warrant Arrest'. A man on the left, carrying a similarly labeled carpetbag, is running toward the river where there is a sign labeled 'Ferry'. Across the river are estates labeled 'Chase, Stewart, Scott, Eno, [and] Mandelbaum'.
Notes:
Title from item.
Illus. from Puck, v. 18, no. 464, (1886 January 27), cover.
Copyright 1886 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Sing Sing Prison.
Street railroads--New York (State)--New York--1880-1890.
Bribery--New York (State)--New York--1880-1890.
Fugitives from justice--New York (State)--New York--1880-1890.
Traffic signs & signals--New York (State)--New York--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Magazine covers--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2011661376/
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