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Puck — June 5, 1878 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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Puck — June 5, 1878 — page 16: Puck, 1878-06-05

What you’re looking at

This appears to be a layout page from Puck magazine featuring multiple political cartoons arranged around a central illustration. The text visible includes "PERILS OF LADDER WHO-GOES-A-SHOPPING" on the left side and "DRYS GOODS" on the right, suggesting commercial or consumer-related satire. The central figure appears to be a woman in period dress, surrounded by smaller comic panels depicting various domestic or shopping scenarios. The cartoons likely satirize late 19th or early 20th-century consumer culture, gender roles, or shopping-related social behaviors. However, without clearer OCR text and given the image quality, I cannot definitively identify specific political figures, events, or the precise satirical points intended. The overall theme seems to address women's shopping habits or commercial culture of the era.

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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

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