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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Cock-A-Doodle Doo
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.

Cock-A-Doodle Doo

Artifact ID1969.80.127
Object Type Cartoon Clipping
Artist (1857 - 1937)
Date ca. June 1889
Medium Paper, ink
DimensionsOverall H 13 1/2 in x W 10 in (34.3 cm x 25.4 cm )
Physical Description
Physical DescriptionCover cartoon from the June 2, 1889 Puck magazine. A rooster resembling Uncle Sam stands on a fence crowing while two other roosters ("Indemnity" and "Umpire") walk away. A hen peeks out from a wooden structure ("Samoa"). Caption: "Cock-A-Doodle Doo!". Additional text across the top: “Puck” “What fools these Mortals be!”. Additional text at upper left: “Vol. XXV. - No. 642.”. Additional text at upper center: “New York, June 26, 1889”. Additional text at upper right: “Price, Ten Cents.”. Additional text at upper left: “Keppler & Schwarzmann, Publishers.”. Additional text at upper center: “Copyright, 1889, by Keppler & Schwarzmann.”. Additional text at upper right: “Puck Building, Cor. Houston & Mulberry Sts.”. Additional text at upper center: “Entered at the post office at New York and admitted for transmission through the mails at second-class rates.”. Artist's signature lower left: "F. Opper”.
Historical NoteIn 1889, ships from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany had a standoff for control of the Samoan Islands during the First Samoan Civil War. It ended when a cyclone wrecked most of the ships.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteThis item was given to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum Collection in 1969.
Credit LineGift of Mr. Ralph E. Becker
National Archives Catalog CollectionLyndon B. Johnson Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 192413)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGifts to the LBJ Library (National Archives Identifier 189698391)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestricted
Use Restriction NoteReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
Person Referenced James G. Blaine (American, 1830 - 1893)
In Collection(s)
Not on view
Place Described
Samoa
Place Gifted
New York
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