Puck – Veterans of the Late War

Military Allegory Lampoons Intense Legislative Battles Over Railway Regulation

This original historical lithograph serves as the official front cover of Puck magazine from May 1906. Acclaimed American illustrator Udo Keppler designed this striking graphic commentary regarding major federal reforms. The central drawing portrays three prominent politicians dressed in weathered grey civil war uniforms. They work together frantically to operate a massive wooden artillery piece in the trenches.

Congressional Rate Bill Caricature Details Historic Fight Against Railroad Monopolies

The intricate layout features a large cannon bearing a prominent circular label marked White House Post Number 23. Senator Benjamin Tillman stands in the background while holding a tattered pink flag labeled the original rate bill. Another statesman tightly grips a long wooden ramrod to load the next political projectile into the barrel. This rare paper collectible documents the media coverage surrounding early twentieth-century corporate legislation.