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This tub has no bottom to stand on
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | New York (State)--New York |
| Description | Print shows Justice, with scales hanging from her waist, lifting a washtub labeled "Public Corruption" by the handles, but the rings that hold it together break, they are labeled "The Press Ring, Canal Ring, Whiskey Ring, Indian Ring, City Ring, [and] Tammany Ring", this allows the bottom labeled "Tammany Hall 1872" to fall to the floor, spilling the contents labeled "Bribery, Internal Revenue Frauds, Custom House Frauds, Credit Mobilier Frauds, Treasury Frauds, Post Office Frauds, Savings Banks Frauds, Pacific Mail Subsidy, Dirty Linen, [and] Embezzling". A "Notice" on the wall states "Let every tub stand on its own bottom" showing a tub with rings labeled "Honesty - Duty, Capacity - Intelligence, [and] Education". A washboard leans against the wall behind Justice. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Goldstein Foundation Collection--Prints and Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Washboards--1870-1880. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Corruption--New York (State)--New York--1870-1880. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Justice--1870-1880. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Laundry--1870-1880. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Tammany Hall--1870-1880. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Wash tubs--1870-1880. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
