Tag Archives: Snyder (W. P.)

Backward, Turn Backward, O, Time

DescriptionEnglish: Cartoon that appeared in Life magazine when railway time was adopted in the United States. Original caption:

“BACKWARD, TURN BACKWARD, O, TIME!”

Papa: “According to this new standard, Minnie, we must set the clock back about four minutes, eh?

Minnie (still in the market): “Four minutes! Put it back lots, papa. Nothing less than ten years will do me any good!”
Date1884
SourceLife (https://archive.org/details/life03mitc/page/n9/mode/2up)
AuthorW. P. Snyder

It is true that he took to occasional rhymes / With an art that was rather instinctive at times

Description
English: “It Is true that he took to occasional rhymes/With an art that was rather instinctive at times”: illustration by W. P. Snyder for the novel-length poem Geraldine by Alphonso A. Hopkins
Date
Source Geraldine, 1887 (https://archive.org/stream/geraldinesouveni00hopkiala#page/n23/mode/1up)
Author W. P. Snyder