Photo of Puck's pyrotechnics,Fourth of July Fireworks,1882,Opper,Vanderbilt

Title: Puck's pyrotechnics - Fourth-of-July fireworks free to all / Opper & Co.
Creator(s): Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1882 July 5.
Summary: Print shows a fireworks display with Puck bowing on a stage in front of a 'Fan Light' featuring the likenesses of William H. Vanderbilt, Russell Sage, Cyrus W. Field, and Jay Gould; on stage with Puck is a hand holding a smoldering torch which may represent Bartholdi's hand and torch from the Statue of Liberty. On the left is a pagoda labeled 'Puck Office' and on the right is a building labeled 'Tammany Hall'. Among the fireworks are many faces of politicians and other prominent figures of the day, some labeled by type of firework, such as 'Chicago Shower', Arthur, Grant, Conkling, Logan and Cameron; 'Tumbler', Tilden; 'Twister', Schurz; 'The Falling Tammany Star', Kelly; 'Bomb', Davis; 'Junk Whizzler', Robeson; 'Polar Rocket', Bennett; 'Buster', Butler; and 'Star Route Staggerer', Dorsey. Others shown are James G. Blaine, Henry Ward Beecher, Elizabeth Tilton(?), Thomas De Witt Talmage, and Theodore Tilton.
Notes:
Title from item.
Illus. from Puck, v. 11, no. 278, (1882 July 5), centerfold.
Copyright 1882 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Vanderbilt, William H.--(William Henry),--1821-1885.
Sage, Russell,--1816-1906.
Field, Cyrus W.--(Cyrus West),--1819-1892.
Gould, Jay,--1836-1892.
Blaine, James Gillespie,--1830-1893.
Tilden, Samuel J.--(Samuel Jones),--1814-1886.
Arthur, Chester Alan,--1829-1886.
Grant, Ulysses S.--(Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885.
Conkling, Roscoe,--1829-1888.
Logan, John Alexander,--1826-1886.
Cameron, J. D.--(James Donald),--1833-1918.
Beecher, Henry Ward,--1813-1887.
Tilton, Elizabeth M. Richards,--b. 1834.
Talmage, T. De Witt--(Thomas De Witt),--1832-1902.
Tilton, Theodore,--1835-1907.
Davis, David,--1815-1886.
Dorsey, Stephen Wallace,--1842-1916.
Robeson, George M.--(George Maxwell),--1829-1897.
Schurz, Carl,--1829-1906.
Kelly, John,--1821-1886.
Bennett, James Gordon,--1841-1918.
Butler, Benjamin F.--(Benjamin Franklin),--1818-1893.
Fireworks--1880-1890.
Capitalists & financiers--1880-1890.
Politicians--1880-1890.
Monopolies--1880-1890.
Pagodas--1880-1890.
Fourth of July--1880-1890.
Fourth of July celebrations--1880-1890.
Scandals--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2012647221/
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