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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
The Still Hunt
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.

The Still Hunt

Artifact ID1969.80.132
Object Type Cartoon Clipping
Date ca. September 1890
Medium Paper, ink
DimensionsOverall H 13 3/8 in x W 10 1/4 in (34 cm x 26 cm )
Physical Description
Physical DescriptionCartoon from the September 24, 1890 Puck magazine. Two men (“Brice” and “Flower”) wearing nightshirts are awakened by a fallen cannonball ("Returns from Maine"). Flower puts his hand to his ear and says, “I say, Brother Brice, didn’t you hear something drop?”. Caption: "The 'Still Hunt'.". Additional text across the top: “Puck” “What fools these Mortals be!”. Additional text at upper left: “Vol. XXVIII. - No. 707.”. Additional text at upper center: “New York, September 24, 1890”. Additional text at upper right: “Price, Ten Cents.”. Additional text at upper left: “Keppler & Schwarzmann, Publishers.”. Additional text at upper center: “Copyright, 1890, 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: “C.J. Taylor”.
Historical NoteRoswell Pettibone Flower was a Democrat and New York member of the House of Representatives from 1889-1891. Calvin S. Brice was the chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1889-1892 and in 1890 became an Ohio Senator.
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 Calvin Stewart Brice (United States)
Person Referenced Roswell Pettibone Flower (United States, 1835 - 1899)
In Collection(s)
Not on view
Place Gifted
New York
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