Photo of Puck,In the Ambassadorial Recruiting Office,1913,Benjamin Franklin

Title: In the ambassadorial recruiting office
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, Puck Building, 1913 April 16.
Summary: Illustration shows Uncle Sam measuring a rotund man oozing money from his pockets, vest, and hat, he has turned toward 'Sec. Bryan' who is recording the measurements. Nearby is a poster advertising ambassadorial positions, it states 'Chance to see the world. WANTED. $50,000 men for $17,500 jobs'; the ghost of Benjamin Franklin tells the ghost of Washington Irving that they wouldn't measure up for the position of ambassador in these days.
Notes:
Title from item.
Caption: Shade of Benjamin Franklin (to Shade of Washington Irving) This is no place for us. We'd never come up to the requirements nowadays.
Illus. in: Puck, v. 73, no. 1885 (1913 April 16), centerfold.
Copyright 1913 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790.
Irving, Washington,--1783-1859.
Bryan, William Jennings,--1860-1925.
Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920.
Ambassadors--1910-1920.
Presidential appointments--1910-1920.
Measuring--1910-1920.
Rich people--1910-1920.
Ghosts--1910-1920.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1910-1920.
Offset photomechanical prints--Color--1910-1920.
Periodical illustrations--1910-1920.
Bookmark /2011649547/
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