The Promised Feast (Puck centerfold, 8 August 1900)
Chromolithograph by J. S. Pughe in Puck, 8 August 1900 (v. 47, no. 1222, centerfold). A large smiling cook whose napkin ears read 'Labor Trust' sits with knife and fork while McKinley, at left, and Bryan, at right, each hold out a plate of tiny top-hatted men under a sign 'Commercial Trusts'. The recorded caption reads 'Both candidates promise to serve up the little trusts to the big one.' The two candidates are drawn as mirror images, so any difference between their trust positions is left out of the frame.
- Date
- August 8, 1900
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Puck (Keppler & Schwarzmann, New York), artist J. S. Pughe
- 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
- Card stacking
- 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 LABOR TRUST [on the cook's napkin] COMMERCIAL TRUSTS [on each of two signs] McKINLEY [on the apron at left] BRYAN [on the apron at right] THE PROMISED FEAST. BOTH CANDIDATES PROMISE TO SERVE UP THE LITTLE TRUSTS TO THE BIG ONE. J.S. PUGHE. COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY KEPPLER & SCHWARZMANN.
