This 1898 cartoon from
Puck depicts
Richard Croker, an American politician who was a leader of New York City's
Tammany Hall, as the sun, with politicians and people from various professions revolving around him. Croker's greatest political success was his bringing about the 1897 election of
Robert A. Van Wyck as first mayor of the five-
borough "greater" New York.Artist: Udo J. Keppler; Restoration:
Jujutacular
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