Photo of Puck,Opening of the Gate,1894,Dalrymple,US Customs Service,Mercury

Title: The opening of the gate / Dalrymple.
Creator(s): Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1894 August 29.
Summary: Print shows Uncle Sam opening the 'Protection Gate' at the 'U.S. Custom House' where a sign states 'Reduction of Tolls from 50 to 38 Percent. Wool, Lumber, Twine, and Fresh Fish, Free!!. The Roman god Mercury is driving a wagon labeled 'Commerce', pulled by horses labeled 'Prosperity' and 'Business Revival', and loaded with such commodities as 'Leather, Flour, Jute, Coal, Cotton, Steel, [and] Wool', through the gate.
Notes:
Title from item.
Caption: Uncle Sam (to the genius of Commerce) Those tolls ain't as low as we want 'em; but they're the best we can do at present. Now let business go on!
Illus. from Puck, v. 36, no. 912, (1894 August 29), centerfold.
Copyright 1894 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
U.S. Customs Service--1890-1900.
Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1890-1900.
Mercury (Roman deity)--1890-1900.
Prosperity--1890-1900.
Commerce--1890-1900.
Tariffs--1890-1900.
Gates--1890-1900.
Carts & wagons--1890-1900.
Horse teams--1890-1900.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1890-1900.
Chromolithographs--Color--1890-1900.
Periodical illustrations--1890-1900.
Bookmark /2012648654/
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