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Coney Island and the Crowned Heads

Permanent ID:
12151
Language:
English
Date:
July 19 1882
Image Description:
Uncle Sam stands in the ocean of the shores of Coney Island.  He raises his left arm, and motions towards the world leaders and monarchs to enter the water.  Franz Joseph I (Pan-Slavism), Alexander III (Nihilism), William I (Socialism), Umberto I (Pauperism), Marianne (Communism), and Queen Victoria (Fenianism) run into the sea.  Behind them, a head of state wearing a fez and running with crutches, is labeled "mormonism".  Another runs toward the ocean and wears the label "Spain."  In the background there are six bath houses flying the national flags of Austria, Russia, Germany, Italy, France, and England.
Format:
Political cartoons; Chromolithographs; Clippings
Publisher:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Collection:
Balch Broadsides: Satirical Cartoons
Related People or Organizations:
Friedrich Graetz, circa 1840 - circa1913 (artist)
Biunno, Diane (Transcribed by)
Biunno, Diane (Encoded by)
Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann (lithographer)
Historical Society of Pennsylvania (repository)
Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, 1830-1916 (depicted)
Alexander III, Emperor of Russia, 1845-1894 (depicted)
William I, German Emperor, 1797-1888 (depicted)
Umberto I, King of Italy, 1844-1900 (depicted)
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 (depicted)
Keppler & Schwarzmann (publisher)