What the red light means
Subtitle: to the wives and mothers of New York: that part of Manhattan, south of 14th St. and east of Broadway is known as the East Side. It is the most densely populated part of the city, and contains about 550,000 inhabitants. The people live almost exclusively in tenements ...
Contributors: Scott, Quincy, illustrator; Blanchard Press
Series: Oak leaf -- no. 10; Oak leaf -- no. 10.
Publisher: Blanchard Press, New York
Published: 1903
Place of publication: New York, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Elections; Police corruption; Political corruption; Prostitution; Women; Political activity; Politics and government; Tammany Hall (Political organization)
Notes: Anti-Tammany circular protesting the rise in prostitution under the police and political corruption of the Tammany administration.

"... Wives and mothers of New York! will you permit your husbands and sons to vote for the Tammany red lights."

"Oak leaf no. 10, 1903."--verso.

Full page cartoon on verso showing a red lantern above Brooklyn, with caption reading, "A Tammany gift for Brooklyn"; signed at lower right, "Quincy Scott."

Printed in black and red ink.