- Date:
- June 02, 1909
- Original Format:
- Cartoon
- Item#:
- 1900.0067
"Fool Pied Piper"
This cartoon from the June 2nd, 1909 issue of Puck depicts Uncle Sam as the Pied Piper leading all the rats of Europe over the ocean to America. Some of the rats carry weapons and others carry documents reading, "black hand," which refers to the Italian Mafia. European leaders celebrate and wave good-bye to the rats.