Presented as a set of two chromolithographs from Puck Magazine.

“The Great Floods Of 1883-Germany’s Need And America’s Aid.”

This powerful chromolithograph by Joseph Keppler, published in Puck magazine, vividly captures the spirit of international compassion in the wake of the devastating 1883 floods in Germany. Titled “The Great Floods of 1883—Germany’s Need and America’s Aid,” the image shows allegorical figures and symbolic aid from states like California and New York being delivered to assist flood victims. This historic illustration blends political cartooning with humanitarian themes.

“Noxious Growths In Liberty’s Grounds.”

By artist Joseph Ferdinand Keppler.

Published 1885 February 25.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam and a female figure identified as Liberty strolling through a park among trees labeled "Equal Rights, Free Press, Free Schools, Free Speech, Free Ballot, Constitution, [and] Religious Liberty"; around the bases of the trees are many mushrooms labeled "Total Abstinence Fanatics, Monopoly, Socialist, Nihilist, Dynamiter, Communist, Anarchist, Demagogism, Bribery, [and] Corrupt", and a vine labeled "Protection" is beginning to strangle a tree labeled "Unrestricted Commerce". Puck, sitting on a tree branch, tells Uncle Sam that he needs to clear out the fungus before it destroys "Liberty's" park. Some of the mushrooms have faces that might be identified.

Please throughly study the photographs carefully for a better detailed visual description of the chromolithographs. Use zoom in to focus on the edges and condition of the prints. Use zoom in to see/read some of the articles/topics on the reverse side of the prints. Notice some imperfections I circled in red. Notice where I re-enforced some splits/closed splits/folds with archival document repair tape (highlighted in red line). Reverse side contain interesting and humorous political cartoons and short amusing articles.

The prints can be matted and framed. Both measure at 21” x 14”

These come from the collection of a Mr. Louis A. Martin who was born in the year of 1835 in Switzerland. Mr. Martin was a watchmaker by trade and eventually resided in Hoboken New Jersey with his wife and two sons. Mr. Martin managed to amass a large collection of newspapers and other American and foreign paper ephemera. Discovered decades ago in the backyard shed of the brownstone he lived in and kept stored until now. In his collection were many “clippings” of articles and illustrations and other clippings of news articles as well as single pages of Puck Magazine, The Judge Magazine and a collection of Harper’s Weekly as well as other American and foreign paper ephemera.

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