McKinley's Easter Egg (Puck, 18 April 1900)
Chromolithograph by Louis Dalrymple in Puck, 18 April 1900 (v. 47, no. 1206, special Easter centerfold). McKinley, drawn as a top-hatted rooster, strokes his chin over a cracked egg lettered 'Vice-Presidential Aspirations' from which men's heads on chick bodies emerge; one chick at right, in glasses and a white hat, carries the label 'Teddy'. The press-cartoon device is to reduce the candidates for the second place on the ticket to chicks hatched by the president, which is a status-lowering label ([[name-calling]]) applied to McKinley and to every aspirant alike.
- Date
- April 18, 1900
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Puck (Keppler & Schwarzmann, New York), artist Louis Dalrymple
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Mckinley Administration
- Leader
- William Mckinley
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Event
- 1900 US Election
- Techniques
- Name-calling
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (published 1900; LOC: no known restrictions)
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Text on the object
PUCK ASPIRATIONS [on the egg] VICE-PRESIDENTIAL [on the egg] TEDDY [on the right-hand chick's wing; the other labels are not legible] McKINLEY'S EASTER EGG. COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY KEPPLER & SCHWARZMANN.
