Photo of Puck,Uncle Sam's Past & Present,1896,Opper,Pleasonton,Paderewski

Title: Uncle Sam's 'crazes' past and present / F. Opper.
Creator(s): Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1896 July 29.
Summary: Print shows a vignette cartoon depicting the current 'craze' for 'Free Silver', showing Uncle Sam riding a silver rocking horse, and participating in several fads 'Past and Present', such as the 'Blue Glass Craze' after Augustus J. Pleasonton's discovery of the properties of blue light, the 'Prohibition Crusade', the 'Roller-Skating Craze', a puzzle craze in the 1880s with the 'Fifteen Puzzle' of 15 sliding blocks in a square box and 'Pigs in Clover' a 'rollling-ball dexterity puzzle', the 'Paderewski Craze' around 1891 for piano music by Ignace J. Paderewski, the cycling craze, which has not yet ended, and the 'Schlatter Craze', which did come to an end with the disappearance and death of faith healer Francis Schlatter.
Notes:
Title from item.
Illus. from Puck, v. 39, no. 1012, (1896 July 29), centerfold.
Copyright 1896 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Pleasonton, A. J.--(Augustus James),--1808-1894.
Paderewski, Ignace Jan,--1860-1941.
Schlatter, Francis,--1856-1896?
Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1890-1900.
Fads--1890-1900.
Prohibition--1890-1900.
Roller skating--1890-1900.
Puzzles--1890-1900.
Cycling--1890-1900.
Healers--1890-1900.
Hobby horses--1890-1900.
Silver question--1890-1900.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1890-1900.
Chromolithographs--Color--1890-1900.
Periodical illustrations--1890-1900.
Bookmark /2012648548/
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