An early 20th century American Puck Magazine illustration showing at center, Theodore Roosevelt kidnapping the "G.O.P." elephant. Round are vignettes; left, Edward "Carson" kidnapping Ulster labelled "Home Rule Ireland"; man who's lassoed theater-goers labelled "Drama"; man wearing top hat labelled "Prohibition" kidnapping the Statue of Liberty; a British suffragist carrying a policeman labelled "The Law", a newspaper labelled "The Calamity Howl" with sheaves of wheat labelled "Bumper Crop" carrying off an infant labelled "Business", and a woman labelled "Dame Fashion" kidnapping a corset.

An early 20th century American Puck Magazine illustration showing at center, Theodore Roosevelt kidnapping the "G.O.P." elephant. Round are vignettes; left, Edward "Carson" kidnapping Ulster labelled "Home Rule Ireland"; man who's lassoed theater-goers labelled "Drama"; man wearing top hat labelled "Prohibition" kidnapping the Statue of Liberty; a British suffragist carrying a policeman labelled "The Law", a newspaper labelled "The Calamity Howl" with sheaves of wheat labelled "Bumper Crop" carrying off an infant labelled "Business", and a woman labelled "Dame Fashion" kidnapping a corset. Stock Photo

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5704 x 4024 px | 48.3 x 34.1 cm | 19 x 13.4 inches | 300dpi

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1901

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The World

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An early 20th century American Puck Magazine illustration showing at center, Theodore Roosevelt kidnapping the "G.O.P." elephant (this figure can be rotated 180° to show Roosevelt being kidnapped by the "G.O.P."); around this image are vignette scenes showing, on the left, Edward "Carson" kidnapping Ulster from Ireland labeled "Home Rule Ireland", a man with a movie camera who has lassoed theater-goers at the entrance to a theater labeled "Drama", and a man wearing suit and top hat labeled "Prohibition" kidnapping the Statue of Liberty, and on the right, a British suffragist carrying a policeman labeled "The Law", a newspaper labeled "The Calamity Howl" howling as sheaves of wheat labeled "Bumper Crop" carries off an infant labeled "Business", and a woman labeled "Dame Fashion" kidnapping a corset.

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