Photo of Puck,Ship Building for Repairs,1885,Gillam,Robeson,Chandler,Roach

Title: 'Ship-building for repairs' / Gillam.
Creator(s): Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1885 June 3.
Summary: Illustration shows Secretary of the Navy, William C. Whitney, carrying a large book labeled 'Navy Yard Investigations', confronting George M. Robeson, William E. Chandler, and John Roach, who are cowering at his approach outside the 'U.S. Navy Ya[rd] Office'; Whitney is gesturing toward sailing ships that are being repaired, among those identified are 'Shenandoah for Building $463,866 Repairs $906,481, Ossipee for Building $407,064 for Repairs $1,197,391, Kearsarge cost $286.918 Repairs $1,123,416, [and] Mohican Repairs cost $900,000'.
Notes:
Title from item.
Caption: Secretary Whitney 'It seems to me, Gentlemen, that you have been repairing a damaged party out of a decaying navy.'
Illus. from Puck, v. 17, no. 430, (1885 June 3), centerfold.
Copyright 1885 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Whitney, William C.--(William Collins),--1841-1904.
Robeson, George M.--(George Maxwell),--1829-1897.
Chandler, William E.--(William Eaton),--1835-1917.
Roach, John,--1813-1887.
United States.--Navy.
Boat & ship industry--1880-1890.
Sailing ships--1880-1890.
Maintenance & repair--1880-1890.
Corruption--1880-1890.
Political patronage--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2011661752/
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