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Building the ark
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Description | Illustration shows Republican revelers in the foreground making music as they pass a reform ark being constructed in the background. Depicted are John Sherman playing pipes labeled "Southern Outrages", John Logan playing cymbals labeled "Pensions", Whitelaw Reid playing pan pipes labeled "Monopoly", James Blaine playing a lyre, George Robeson riding on a donkey labeled "Surplus", with George Hoar, John Roach, Joseph Keifer, and Roscoe Conkling among them. Among the crowd that follows are Ulysses S. Grant, Jay Gould, and possibly Rutherford B. Hayes, also a man playing a tambourine labeled "Bossism" and another carrying a standard labeled "Spoils", and one with a sign labeled "River & Harbor Frauds". In the background, John Carlisle stands at the head of those building the ark, also shown are Henry Watterson with hammer and chisle, William Morrison holding up "Morrison's Tariff Reform Plan", and Abram Hewitt holding "Hewitt's Free Trade Plank". The ribs of the ship are labeled "Tariff Reform, Raw Materials Free, Lower Iron Tax, Lower Tax on Woolens, [and] Works of Art Free". |
| 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) | Hoar, George Frisbie,--1826-1904. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Gould, Jay,--1836-1892. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Boat & ship industry--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Watterson, Henry,--1840-1921. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Corruption--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Noah's ark--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Sherman, John,--1823-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Roach, John,--1813-1887. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Logan, John Alexander,--1826-1886. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Reform--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Grant, Ulysses S.--(Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Tariffs--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Political platforms--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Conkling, Roscoe,--1829-1888. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Robeson, George M.--(George Maxwell),--1829-1897. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Keifer, Joseph Warren,--1836-1932. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Blaine, James Gillespie,--1830-1893. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Carlisle, John Griffin,--1835-1910. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Morrison, William R.--(William Ralls),--1825-1909. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Hewitt, Abram S.--(Abram Stevens),--1822-1903. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Hayes, Rutherford B.,--1822-1893. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Reid, Whitelaw,--1837-1912. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
