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Item # 613874

May 18, 1887

PUCK, New York, May 18, 1887 

* Color 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: "That Saturday Scheme."
double-page centerfold: "The Poverty Problem Solved."
back page: "A Large Contract For Three Small Boys"
Complete in 16 pages, 13 1/4 by  10 1/4 inches, nice condition.

Category: Post-Civil War