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NY - New York,1889-1901 - Puck/Judge Magazines’ Illustrations of U. S. Empire Ambitions

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
NY - New York,1889-1901 - Puck/Judge Magazines’ Illustrations of U. S. Empire Ambitions
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Group of 4. 1. Puck, Volume XXVI, No. 658, New York edition, 16 October 1889. Drawn by C. J. Taylor. Uncle Sam is stretching his arm across a concrete embankment to a South American woman. She is dressed in traditional clothing with a white mantilla. The South American landscape in this drawing looks dry with many palm trees. It is odd that the artist would represent South American countries by using a female. At the time of expanding empire, Americans did think of South Americans in terms that South America was more feminine than North America. Measures 10.50” by 14.” Good condition. 2. Judge, Volume 35, No. 885, 1 October 1898. Published in New York. This cover, drawn by Grant Hamilton, pictures a joker one-man-band commenting on the four month long Spanish American War of 1898. Some of the comments are “The Democrats would have managed the war better,” “Cuba is a white elephant,” We don’t want the Philippines,” “what will we do with Porto Rico,” and “the blowhard Roosevelt.” Measures 10.50” by 14.” Very colorful and in good condition. 3. Puck, Volume XLII, No. 1082, 1 December 1897, New York edition. Drawn by C. J. Taylor titled “Another Shotgun Wedding, with Neither Party Willing.” President McKinley, reading from the Bible named Annexation Policy, is dressed as a Protestant minister who is marrying Uncle Sam and a woman who is representing the Hawaiian Islands. Southern Senator John T. Morgan is dressed in his gray Civil War uniform holding a shotgun named “Bluster.” The Hawaiian Islands were instrumental as a coaling station for U. S. Navy ships during the Spanish American War. They officially became an annex of the U. S. in 1898 although they had long been involved with the U. S. before that date. 4. Puck, No volume or number. Colorfully illustrated by Louis Dalrymble. There is a date in the cartoon of 1901. This cartoon illustrates American’s growing adeptness at sailing. The saying goes, “He who rules the sea, rules the world.” In 1901, America’s ships did not rule the sea or world but they were getting better. Britain was still the ruler of the seas, but the British sailor crying in the cartoon is worried Americans will sometime take over. Measures 10.50” by 14.” In excellent condition.

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