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Sleeping beauty
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Description | Illustration shows Uncle Sam as a sleeping Swiss guard of the "Public Funds", being overtaken by trees and cobwebs, two dogs are also asleep at this feet. A building on the right labeled "Public Funds" is being overgrown by a tree labeled "Corruption" with spreading limbs labeled "National, State, [and] City", a snake labeled "Lobbyism" hangs from the branches; rats flee with coins from its coffers. Two spiders labeled "Graft" and "Bossism" ply the webs, a tree on the left is labeled "Ring Rule", and an alligator labeled "Greed" prowls the foreground among tree roots labeled "Dead Conscience". In the background, a vulture labeled "Monoply" keeps an eye on a candlelight vigil by a person labeled "Dead Letter Laws" for a female figure labeled "Honesty"; the candle glows with "Hope". |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Miscellaneous Items in High Demand |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Guards--1900-1910. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Cobwebs--1900-1910. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Candlelight vigils--1900-1910. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Public debt--1900-1910. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1900-1910. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Special interests--1900-1910. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Sleeping--1900-1910. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Lobbying--1900-1910. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Corruption--1900-1910. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Spiders--1900-1910. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
