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April 22, 1885

PUCK, New York, April 22, 1885 

* Colored political prints

Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoon caricatures and political satire, publishing from 1871 until 1918. It was also the first to successfully adopt full color lithography printing for a weekly publication. The color prints are much desired for their displayability. This issue has as its political cartoons:
front page: "Tough On Turkey."
double-page centerfold: "The Attack on Our Outer Ramparts. First the House of Refugee--then the Public Schools--then--the Constitution!"
back page: "An Object Lesson In Building."
Complete in 16 pages, tiny binding holes at the centerfold, light wear to the ftpg. fold, 13 1/4 by  10 1/4 inches.

Category: Post-Civil War