Photo of Puck,Political Army,Drums,1883,Gillam,Conkling,Grant,Tilden,Lamar,Logan

Title: Let the political army have new drums also! / Gillam.
Creator(s): Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1883 February 14.
Summary: Illustration shows Ulysses S. Grant with his 'Grant Boom' band comprised of Samuel J. Tilden, Lucius Q.C. Lamar, Roscoe Conkling, William W. Phelps, David Davis, James D. Cameron, John Sherman, James G. Blaine, John Kelly, Winfield Scott Hancock, William Mahone, and John Logan; most carry drums that are broken or in disrepair. Across the street, in front of the 'Political Armory', Puck is operating a makeshift stand, issuing 'New Drums for Old Drums'; Benjamin F. Butler kicks away his old drum labeled 'Butlers Old Policies' and is getting a new drum labeled 'Civil Service Reform', Brooklyn Mayor Seth Low and Grover Cleveland are trying out new drums labeled 'Independence' and 'Civil Service Reform'; other new drums are labeled 'Tariff Reform, Political Honesty, Anti-Monopoly, Honesty, [and] For the People'.
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Caption: The U.S. Army is to have new drums. In their day the old drums did good service. Now they must retire and give place to better drums. Phila. Record.
Illus. from Puck, v. 12, no. 310, (1883 February 14), centerfold.
Copyright 1883 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Tilden, Samuel J.--(Samuel Jones),--1814-1886.
Lamar, L. Q. C.--(Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus),--1825-1893.
Conkling, Roscoe,--1829-1888.
Phelps, William Walter,--1839-1894
Davis, David,--1815-1886.
Cameron, J. D.--(James Donald),--1833-1918.
Sherman, John,--1823-1900.
Blaine, James Gillespie,--1830-1893.
Kelly, John,--1821-1886.
Hancock, Winfield Scott,--1824-1886.
Grant, Ulysses S.--(Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885.
Mahone, William,--1826-1895.
Logan, John Alexander,--1826-1886.
Butler, Benjamin F.--(Benjamin Franklin),--1818-1893.
Low, Seth,--1850-1916.
Cleveland, Grover,--1837-1908.
Presidential elections--1880-1890.
Political issues--1880-1890.
Political platforms--1880-1890.
Drums--1880-1890.
Marching percussion--1880-1890.
Civil service reform--1880-1890.
Honesty--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2012645448/
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