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The Downfall of Mother Bank
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A pro-Jackson satire applauding the President's September 1833 order for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. The combined opposition to this move from Bank president Nicholas Biddle, Senate Whigs led by Daniel Webster and Henry Clay, and the pro-Bank press are ridiculed. On the right, Jackson, cheered on by Major Jack Downing, holds aloft an "Order for the Removal of Public Money." Jackson: "Major Jack Downing. I must act in this case with energy and decision, you see the downfall of the party engine and corrupt monopoly!!" Downing: "Hurrah! General! if this don't beat skunkin, I'm a nigger, only see that varmint Nick how spry he is, he runs along like a Weatherfield Hog with an onion in his mouth." From the document emanate lightning bolts which topple the columns and pediment of the Bank, which crash down amidst fleeing public figures and Whig editors. Around them are strewn various newspapers and sheets with "Salary $6,000" and "Printing expenses "$80,000" printed on them. Henry Clay (at left, fallen): "Help me up! Webster! or I shall lose my stakes." Daniel Webster (far left): "There is a tide in the affairs of men, as Shakespeare says, so my dear CLay, look out for yourself." Nicholas Biddle, with the head and hoofs of an ass or demon, runs to the left: "It is time for me to resign my presidency." Two men flee with sacks of "fees." These fugitives may be newspaper editors Mordecai Manuel Noah and James Watson Webb, advocates of the Bank accused of being in the employ of Biddle.|Draw'd off from Natur by Zek. Downing, Neffu to Major Jack Downing.|Printed & publd. by H.R. Robinson, 52 Cortlandt St. N. York.|The print appears to be a reversed copy of a work of the same title by Edward Williams Clay, deposited for copyright in the New York District Court on October 5, 1833. Weitenkampf and Davison both list the Clay version.|Title appears as it is written on the item.|Century, p. 40. |Davison, no. 62.|Murrell, p. 127.|Weitenkampf, p. 29.|Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)|Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1833-9.

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06/08/2013
Dr Uncle Sam - is Now in Charge of Our Industrial Troubles
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Poster showing Uncle Sam administering a dose of "Co-operation" to patients "Wage earner" and "Wage payer" as the quack doctor of "Agitation" leaves, and nurse "The Public" sweeps up. A tiny bird comments, "A real doctor on the job now!" Title continues: He has prescribed a Victory Tonic, called Co-operation. It will bring better feeling among our wage-earners and wage-payers and will cure strife. Quack remedies, known as legislative ether, spirits of discontent and agitator's acid, almost killed the patients. They are poisons, not remedies. Co-operation will win the war! Issued by the National Industrial Conservation Movement, 30 Church Street, New York City. Copies supplied on request. No. F-8.

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06/18/2013
E-E-E-Yah-Yip Go Over with U.S. Marines.
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Poster showing a marine cheering as he raises his rifle and bayonet. Apply at: 530 Willis Ave., Bronx, N.Y. Artist monogram is illegible. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

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E-E-E-Yah-Yip Go Over with U.S. Marines.
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Poster showing a marine cheering as he raises his rifle and bayonet. Banners pasted over original text: Now open for enlistment. 24 East 23rd Street, New York.

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06/18/2013
Eat Cane Syrup & Molasses, Save Sugar by Using Best Louisiana Molasses and Sugar Cane Syrup
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Poster showing a scale weighing a bowl of sugar against a pitcher of syrup. United States Food Administration.

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06/18/2013
Eat Less, and Let Us Be Thankful That We Have Enough to Share with Those Who Fight for Freedom
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Poster showing a bounty of fall fruits and vegetables. United States Food Administration. No. 17. 1918.

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06/18/2013
Eat More Cornmeal, Rye Flour, Oatmeal, and Barley--Save the Wheat for the Fighters
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Poster showing canisters of various flours, with a train of cavalry in silhouhette in the background. United States Food Administration. No. 103. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

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06/18/2013
Eclipse & No Eclipse Or Two Views of One Object
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Two scenes showing the differing perceptions of Franklin Pierce's stand on the issue of slavery, as viewed by the North and South. The cartoon is divided vertically by "Mason & Dixon's Line." An arrow identifies the left panel as the North and the right as the South. On the left, a group of men look skyward, holding tinted panels of glass through which to see an image of Pierce eclipsed by a black man. First man (far left): "There, Sir, look! if that is not the true Free Soil touch, pray where will you find it?" Second man, an abolitionist: "Well, well, upon my conscience in looking through your glass, I see the true Abolition eclipse! verily Franklin is one of us." A man holding copy of the New York "Tribune" exclaims, "Ay, it is true Congo!" A fourth man points up at the eclipse, saying, "The eclipse is very marked, you will observe!" To the right, four southern men also view an eclipse through tinted glass, but an eclipse in which Pierce's head overshadows the black man's visage. One man (second from right) comments: "It may be only fancy Sir: but it does not seem as if I could see something the other side which looks a little SHADY." A second man, seizing the glass: "Come, come now! Oh! my dear Sir! A man of your sense! you didn't hold the glass right, I assure you!" Another, a stout man holding an umbrella, observes: "Ah! that looks well! how they belied him about the Speech at New Boston." A fourth: "Do you see, Sir. No eclipse there. Nothing but the true orthodox color!"|Pubd. by John Childs, 84 Nassau St. N.Y.|Title appears as it is written on the item.|Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)|Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1852-24.

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06/13/2013
Effects of The Fugitive-Slave-Law
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An impassioned condemnation of the Fugitive Slave Act passed by Congress in September 1850, which increased federal and free-state responsibility for the recovery of fugitive slaves. The law provided for the appointment of federal commissioners empowered to issue warrants for the arrest of alleged fugitive slaves and to enlist the aid of posses and even civilian bystanders in their apprehension. The print shows a group of four black men--possibly freedmen--ambushed by a posse of six armed whites in a cornfield. One of the white men fires on them, while two of his companions reload their muskets. Two of the blacks have evidently been hit; one has fallen to the ground while the second staggers, clutching the back of his bleeding head. The two others react with horror. Below the picture are two texts, one from Deuteronomy: "Thou shalt not deliver unto the master his servant which has escaped from his master unto thee. He shall dwell with thee. Even among you in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates where it liketh him best. Thou shalt not oppress him." The second text is from the Declaration of Independence: "We hold that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." The print is unusually well drawn and composed for a political print of the period. The handling of both the lithographic technique and the figures betray particular skill. |Entered . . . 1850 by Hoff & Bloede. |Publ. by Hoff & Bloede New York 180 William Str. Corner of Spruce Str. New York.|Signed in reverse: Th. Kaufmann (Theodor Kaufmann?).|The Library's impression of the print was deposited for copyright on October 30, 1850.|Title appears as it is written on the item.|Weitenkampf, p. 101.|Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)|Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1850-5.

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06/08/2013
[Emblem of France and Great Britain]
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Poster showing personifications of France and Great Britain, depicted in profile within a circular border. Copyright by the Committee of Citizens.

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06/18/2013
[Emblem of Italy]
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Poster showing personification of Italy, depicted as woman wearing olive wreath in profile within a circular border. Copyright by the Committee of Citizens.

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06/18/2013
The Empire Needs Men! the Overseas States All Answer the Call. Helped by the Young Lions the Old Lion Defies His Foes. Enlist Now
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Poster showing a pride of lions, with one lion posed heroically on a rock. Poster no. 58. Wt. W 13275 - 3/15. Title from item.

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06/18/2013
Engineers Blaze the Trail for Education! The Engineers Can Place Men From 18 to 40 Where they Can Learn their Trade in the Army.
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U.S. Army recruiting poster showing a group of men carrying the tools of the engineering trades, also shown is a list of educational opportunities available to new recruits.

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England Expects Are You Doing Your Duty to-Day? 1805-1915
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Poster showing a sailor in 19th century uniform, with modern battleships at sea and a distant shore in flames. Design copyright Seargeant Bros. Ltd. Poster no. 101. Title from item.

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06/18/2013