Photo of Puck,Magnetic Buno Steerer,Confederate,1884,Gillam,Blaine,Butler,Gould
Title: The magnetic bunco-steerer and his confederate / Gillam.
Creator(s): Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1884 August 20.
Summary: Illustration shows, at left, on the sidewalk outside a gambling room labeled 'Monopoly Club Shades', James G. Blaine and Benjamin F. Butler cornering a 'Workingman' and trying to steer him into the gaming room; on the right, sitting around a table with playing cards are Russell Sage, William W. Phelps, George M. Robeson, Jay Gould, and John Roach, and standing is Cyrus W. Field; on a shelf is a bust of William H. Vanderbilt beneath a sign that states 'The Public Be D--' and between notices that state 'No Straight Flushes in this House' and 'This is a Bluff Game - No Limit', and between boxes of 'Brag Chips' and 'Bluster Cards'.
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Title from item.
Caption: Hungry Ben 'How are you, Mr. Workingman? What! - don't you remember me? Why, I'm your old friend! Say - just you let me put you onto a nice little scheme-' Workingman 'No, sirree! I've been there before.'
Illus. from Puck, v. 15, no. 389, (1884 August 20), centerfold.
Copyright 1884 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Blaine, James Gillespie,--1830-1893.
Butler, Benjamin F.--(Benjamin Franklin),--1818-1893.
Sage, Russell,--1816-1906.
Phelps, William Walter,--1839-1894
Robeson, George M.--(George Maxwell),--1829-1897.
Gould, Jay,--1836-1892.
Roach, John,--1813-1887.
Field, Cyrus W.--(Cyrus West),--1819-1892.
Vanderbilt, William H.--(William Henry),--1821-1885.
Capitalists & financiers--1880-1890.
Gamblers--1880-1890.
Gambling--1880-1890.
Card games--1880-1890.
Fraud--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
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