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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 1, 2016.
Depicted ContentAmerican Life and Culture
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cartoon
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Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
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SCENE - THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION ... Old Transient (Gent on private business, to Hotel Clerk): "I want a private room, sir, as free from bedbugs, fleas, mosquitoes, and politicians as possible, sir." (Surrounding politicians indignant)
Source citation
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, August 25, 1866, p. 368.