LOC Title
Forgotten on purpose / Gillam
LOC Summary
Print shows a man labeled "Tax Payer" fallen on steps labeled "Congress", he has a large boulder labeled "War Taxes on Iron on Sugar on Cloth Salt Leather [and] Linens" strapped to his back. On the steps is a small stone labeled "Tax Taken Off Patent Medicines, Perfumery, etc." In the room at the top of the steps, many hands dip into a bowl of coins labeled "River & Harbor Bill".
LOC Contributor Names
Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896, artist
LOC Created/Published
N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1882 August 9
LOC Standardized Date
1882
LOC Subject Headings
- United States.--Congress
- Corruption--1880-1890
- Legislation--1880-1890
- Special interests--1880-1890
- Tax payers--1880-1890
- Taxes--1880-1890
- People with disabilities--1880-1890
- Boulders--1880-1890
- Corruption--1880-1890
- Legislation--1880-1890
- Special interests--1880-1890
- Tax payers--1880-1890
- Taxes--1880-1890
- People with disabilities--1880-1890
- Boulders--1880-1890
LOC Notes
- Title from item.
- Caption: "He asked for bread, and they gave him a stone!"
- Illus. from Puck, v. 11, no. 283, (1882 August 9), cover.
- Copyright 1882 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
- Caption: "He asked for bread, and they gave him a stone!"
- Illus. from Puck, v. 11, no. 283, (1882 August 9), cover.
- Copyright 1882 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
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9
EEC Source Month
August
EEC Source Year
1882
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