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Print shows Benjamin F. Butler standing on a stage dressed as a clown, a list of nominations for the 1884 presidential election trails from his pocket: "Last ... Greenback ... Convict Party ... Tewksbury Pauper ... Women's Suffrage ... His own nomination"; next to him Belva Lockwood has emerged through a hole in the stage floor carrying over her head a scroll announcing the "Nomination for Pres. Women's Rights Party."
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Title: Now Let The Show Go On
Original caption: NOW LET THE SHOW GO ON
ARRIVAL OF THE POLITICAL COLUMBINE TO JOIN THE POLITICAL CLOWN
Creator: F. Opper (illustrator)
Date: September 17, 1884
Format: Cover
Publication: Puck
Publisher: Keppler & Schwarzmann
Source: Library of Congress
Control no.: Illus. in AP101.P7 1884 (Case X) [P&P]
Location: vol.16, no.393, cover
Keywords: Almshouses; Benjamin Franklin Butler; Feminism; Government Agencies; Humor; Massachusetts; Media; Politics; Social Welfare & Employment; Tewksbury, MA
Topics: Government, Policy & Law; Institutions, Organizations & Corporations