The unheeded telltale,Keppler,Puck,Illustration,President Taft,railroad brakeman
Title: The unheeded telltale / K.
Creator(s): Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, Puck Building, 1909 November 17.
Summary: Illustration shows President Taft as a railroad brakeman standing atop a freight car labeled 'Administration Route', he is waving to a woman labeled 'Reactionary Politics' driving an automobile, the train is headed for a tunnel labeled 'Revolt of the West'; above the train is a bar labeled 'Insurgent Movement' from which strips of rope are hanging, they are labeled 'Burkett, Beveridge, Brown, Nelson, Clapp, Cummins, Dolliver, Bristow, [and] La Follette', an insurgent group of senators who broke with Taft's policies. Includes note: 'A telltale is a bar to which strips of leather or rope are attached to warn brakemen on freight trains when they are approaching a bridge or a tunnel.'
Notes:
Caption: But there is still time to duck.
Illus. in: Puck, v. 66, no. 1707 (1909 November 17), centerfold.
Copyright 1909 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Taft, William H.--(William Howard),--1857-1930.
Burkett, E. J.--(Elmer Jacob),--1867-1935.
Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah,--1862-1927.
Brown, Norris,--1863-1960.
Nelson, Knute,--1843-1923.
Clapp, Moses E.--(Moses Edwin),--1851-1929.
Cummins, Albert Baird,--1850-1926.
Dolliver, Jonathan P.--(Jonathan Prentiss),--1858-1910.
Bristow, Joseph L.--(Joseph Little),--1861-1944.
La Follette, Robert M.--(Robert Marion),--1855-1925.
Warnings--1900-1910.
Railroad employees--1900-1910.
Railroad freight cars--1900-1910.
Railroad tunnels--1900-1910.
Automobile driving--1900-1910.
Political strategies--1900-1910.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1900-1910.
Offset photomechanical prints--Color--1900-1910.
Periodical illustrations--1900-1910.
Bookmark /2011647523/
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