Photo of Puck,Speaker Keifer's kaleidoscopic speech,Chamber of Commerce,Keppler

Title: Speaker Keifer's kaleidoscopic speech, at the N.Y. Chamber of Commerce banquet, held at Delmonico's, May 9th, 1882 / J. Keppler.
Creator(s): Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1882 May 24.
Summary: Print shows a vignette cartoon with a carriage at center in which Jay Gould, Russell Sage, Cyrus W. Field, and William H. Vanderbilt are riding with large money bags, the wheels are labeled 'Corporations' and 'Monopoly'. The carriage is driven by an eagle dressed like Uncle Sam with top hat labeled '1882' and carrying a whip labeled 'Revenue Tariff', and is pulled by an 'Underpaid Workman', a 'Starving Laborer', a 'War Widow', a 'Sewing Girl', an 'Old Merchant', a 'Poor Clerk', and a 'Cripple', among others, with ropes labeled 'Tax'. The surrounding vignettes show scenes of corruption, misfortune, presidential office seekers, Valley Forge, and 'Charitable Institutions for the poor and unfortunate' from 'Maine' to 'California' showing buildings labeled 'Poor House' and 'Jail'; featured are such figures as Chester A. Arthur, George M. Robeson, Samuel J. Tilden, Roscoe Conkling, John Kelly, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin F. Butler, and Joseph W. Keifer, as well as 'Honest Labor, Patriotism, [and] Integrity'.
Notes:
Title from item.
Illus. from Puck, v. 11, no. 272, (1882 May 24), centerfold.
Copyright 1882 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Keifer, Joseph Warren,--1836-1932.
Gould, Jay,--1836-1892.
Sage, Russell,--1816-1906.
Field, Cyrus W.--(Cyrus West),--1819-1892.
Vanderbilt, William H.--(William Henry),--1821-1885.
Tilden, Samuel J.--(Samuel Jones),--1814-1886.
Conkling, Roscoe,--1829-1888.
Butler, Benjamin F.--(Benjamin Franklin),--1818-1893.
Kelly, John,--1821-1886.
Grant, Ulysses S.--(Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885.
Robeson, George M.--(George Maxwell),--1829-1897.
Arthur, Chester Alan,--1829-1886.
New York Chamber of Commerce--1880-1890.
Commerce--1880-1890.
Corruption--1880-1890.
Monopolies--1880-1890.
Laborers--1880-1890.
Carriages & coaches--1880-1890.
Capitalists & financiers--1880-1890.
Public speaking--New York (State)--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
Vignettes--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2012647206/
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