Title
President McKinley holding a hat labelled "Inexhaustible Prosperity Hat"
Caption
He did it all' President William McKinley (1843-1901) holding a hat labelled "Inexhaustible Prosperity Hat" and a magic wand, behind him are "Joshua" and "Moses" who has beams of light emanating from his forehead; surrounding McKinley are vignettes showing the wonderful tricks he has managed to conjure since taking office, these include friendly relations between the "Prince of Wales" and "rich Americans", the "Klondike boom" gold rush in the Klondike River Valley, Yukon, an "alliance between France and Russia", the decrease in the cost of bicycles bringing them into the price range of mostly everyone, and a good year for farm produce and high wheat prices which are a boom to the farmer.
Date
1897
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP18A14_483
License type
Rights managed
Available size
60,0Mb (5,3Mb) / 19,3in x 12,1in / 5776 x 3631 (300dpi)