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Another bombardment - the newspaper fleet firing on the Bedouins in Washington
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Description | Print shows newspaper editors Charles A. Dana, James G. Bennett, Carl Schurz, Henry Watterson, George W. Curtis, and Whitelaw Reid, as well as Puck, with a fleet of paper gunboats labeled "N.Y. Times, N.Y. Sun, N.Y. Herald, Ev. Post, Puck, Brooklyn Eagle, Courier-Journal, Harpers, Phila Times, Mail, [and] N.Y. Tribune" firing cannons, "ink" bottles, and pens, bombarding a fortress flying a flag labeled "Plunder", where the walls are comprised of paper bundles labeled "Bills, Jobs, Bargins, Corrupt Bills, [and] Logrolling", and defended by "Robeson Bey" standing at center with a bandage labeled "Record" around his head, "Keifer" and "Jones", with John A. Logan labeled "306", James D. Cameron, David Davis, John Sherman, and others. Cannon balls burst among them labeled "Criticism, Censure, [and] Condemnation". The fortress cannons are labeled "River & Harbor Bill $20,000,000, Pension Arrears $103,962,300, Monitor Job, Public Buildings, Mileage Steal, [and] Mississippi Levee". Within the fortress are the U.S. Capitol and the U.S. Treasury labeled "Ammunition House". |
| 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) | Dana, Charles A.--(Charles Anderson),--1819-1897. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Newspaper editors--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Watterson, Henry,--1840-1921. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Bombardment--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Corruption--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Sherman, John,--1823-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Legislators--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Bennett, James Gordon,--1841-1918. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Gunboats--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Logan, John Alexander,--1826-1886. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Curtis, George William,--1824-1892. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Jones, John P.--(John Percival),--1829-1912. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Schurz, Carl,--1829-1906. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Public opinion--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Scandals--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Cameron, J. D.--(James Donald),--1833-1918. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Forts & fortifications--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Robeson, George M.--(George Maxwell),--1829-1897. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Davis, David,--1815-1886. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Keifer, Joseph Warren,--1836-1932. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Reid, Whitelaw,--1837-1912. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
