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Puck's pyrotechnics - Fourth-of-July fireworks free to all
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Description | Print shows a fireworks display with Puck bowing on a stage in front of a "Fan Light" featuring the likenesses of William H. Vanderbilt, Russell Sage, Cyrus W. Field, and Jay Gould; on stage with Puck is a hand holding a smoldering torch which may represent Bartholdi's hand and torch from the Statue of Liberty. On the left is a pagoda labeled "Puck Office" and on the right is a building labeled "Tammany Hall". Among the fireworks are many faces of politicians and other prominent figures of the day, some labeled by type of firework, such as "Chicago Shower", Arthur, Grant, Conkling, Logan and Cameron; "Tumbler", Tilden; "Twister", Schurz; "The Falling Tammany Star", Kelly; "Bomb", Davis; "Junk Whizzler", Robeson; "Polar Rocket", Bennett; "Buster", Butler; and "Star Route Staggerer", Dorsey. Others shown are James G. Blaine, Henry Ward Beecher, Elizabeth Tilton(?), Thomas De Witt Talmage, and Theodore Tilton. |
| 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) | Dorsey, Stephen Wallace,--1842-1916. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Beecher, Henry Ward,--1813-1887. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Capitalists & financiers--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Pagodas--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Schurz, Carl,--1829-1906. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Cameron, J. D.--(James Donald),--1833-1918. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Davis, David,--1815-1886. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Butler, Benjamin F.--(Benjamin Franklin),--1818-1893. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Blaine, James Gillespie,--1830-1893. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Fireworks--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Tilden, Samuel J.--(Samuel Jones),--1814-1886. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Gould, Jay,--1836-1892. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Arthur, Chester Alan,--1829-1886. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Field, Cyrus W.--(Cyrus West),--1819-1892. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Tilton, Elizabeth M. Richards,--1834- |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Fourth of July--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Tilton, Theodore,--1835-1907. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Vanderbilt, William H.--(William Henry),--1821-1885. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Politicians--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Bennett, James Gordon,--1841-1918. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Monopolies--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Logan, John Alexander,--1826-1886. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Kelly, John,--1821-1886. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Grant, Ulysses S.--(Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Scandals--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Fourth of July celebrations--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Sage, Russell,--1816-1906. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Conkling, Roscoe,--1829-1888. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Robeson, George M.--(George Maxwell),--1829-1897. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Talmage, T. De Witt--(Thomas De Witt),--1832-1902. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
