Photo of Puck,Dance of Death,1912,Gordon Ross,Red Light District,Prostitution

Title: The dance of death / Gordon Ross.
Creator(s): Ross, Gordon, 1873-1946, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, Puck Building, 1912 January 31.
Summary: Illustration shows, in a banner across the top, men and women dancing at a dance club or nightclub; the banner breaks at the center and the women fall into prostitution, separating the bottom of the cartoon into two halves. On the left, a woman with clawed feet holds up a 'Red Light' lantern with a skull-shaped bulb in her left hand, and holds back dogs labeled 'Disease', 'Insanity', and 'Suicide' with her right hand, behind her is 'The Potters Field' cemetery; on the right are two business establishments that appear to serve as fronts for illicit activities, as a line of patrons file out of a 'Chinese Rest[aurant]' and into a waiting 'Police Patrol' wagon.
Notes:
Title from item.
Caption: Small wonder there are protests against 'The Grizzly Bear' and 'The Turkey Trot.'
Illus. in: Puck, v. 71, no. 1822 (1912 January 31), centerfold.
Copyright 1912 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Red-light districts--1910-1920.
Prostitution--1910-1920.
Women--Social life--1910-1920.
Rake's progress--1910-1920.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1910-1920.
Offset photomechanical prints--Color--1910-1920.
Periodical illustrations--1910-1920.
Bookmark /2011649117/
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