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1884 cartoon about amateur photography

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English: "AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. A FEW OF THE USES TO WHICH IT CAN BE ADVANTAGEOUSLY APPLIED."

1883 cartoon by Frederick Burr Opper, showing people with cameras photographing what would then be considered fairly common but difficult to substantiate situations.

Panels:
"To secure evidence in breach-of-promise cases."
"Photograph your husband on 'lodge nights,' and show it to him the next morning."
"Proof that your plumber did not work eighteen hours a day."
"Show a photograph of your mother-in law to the jury, and you will get your divorce without delay."
"The only way to prove that you have been clubbed by a policeman -- photograph him in the act."
"Farmers provided with a camera will not be troubled by bunco-steeres."
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Cartoon by Frederick Burr Opper published in 'Puck' magazine volume 14, p 277, December 1884.

Via copy online at [1], cropped.
Author Frederic Burr Opper
Other versions Crop showing only the Policeman cartoon: File:Prove You've Been Clubbed by a Policeman cartoon 1884.jpg

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