Photo of Puck,Grand Opening March,Brooklyn Bridge,1883,Opper,Ottendorfer,Schurz

Title: The grand opening march over the Brooklyn Bridge / F. Opper.
Creator(s): Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1883 May 23.
Summary: Illustration shows a large procession crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, at the front, dressed as policeman with nightsticks, are several newspaper editors, among them are James Gordon Bennett, Oswald Ottendorfer, Whitelaw Reid, Murat Halstead, Joseph Pulitzer, Charles A. Dana, and Carl Schurz. Puck follows at center on a white horse, with a group of dandies on the right, one labeled 'Freddie', and a group of 'Political Tramps' on the left, including George M. Robeson, Ulysses S. Grant, Thomas C. Platt, James G. Blaine, and Roscoe Conkling. John Kelly is at the lead of the 'Tammany Heelers', followed by Hubert O. Thompson with the 'New York Street Cleaning Department', behind them comes 'Puck's Monopoly Target Company' with Russell Sage, William H. Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, and Cyrus W. Field. On the left is a masonic group labeled 'F. & A.M.' carrying a goat on a pedestal. Beneath the bridge is a boat labeled 'The Dynamiter' filled with angry anachrists.
Notes:
Title from item.
Caption: Puck follows the example of the illustrated newspapers, and gives an accurate picture of the event one day before it takes place - and don't you forget it!
Illus. from Puck, v. 13, no. 324, (1883 May 23), centerfold.
Copyright 1883 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Bennett, James Gordon,--1841-1918.
Ottendorfer, Oswald,--1826-1900.
Reid, Whitelaw,--1837-1912.
Halstead, Murat,--1829-1908.
Pulitzer, Joseph,--1847-1911.
Dana, Charles A.--(Charles Anderson),--1819-1897.
Schurz, Carl,--1829-1906.
Robeson, George M.--(George Maxwell),--1829-1897.
Grant, Ulysses S.--(Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885.
Platt, Thomas Collier,--1833-1910.
Blaine, James Gillespie,--1830-1893.
Conkling, Roscoe,--1829-1888.
Kelly, John,--1821-1886.
Thompson, Hubert O.--(Hubert Ogden),--1848-1886.
Sage, Russell,--1816-1906.
Vanderbilt, William H.--(William Henry),--1821-1885.
Gould, Jay,--1836-1892.
Field, Cyrus W.--(Cyrus West),--1819-1892.
Celebrations--1880-1890.
Parades & processions--1880-1890.
Newspaper editors--1880-1890.
Politicians--1880-1890.
Dandies--1880-1890.
Government employees--1880-1890.
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2012645476/
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