Library of Congress. December 30, 1908. Albert Levering, artist.
The Puck magazine illustration shows Father Time departing, and taking Thomas C. Platt with him. Platt was a two-term member of Congress and a three-term Senator from New York. According to Wikipedia: "Upon his death, the New York Times stated that 'no man ever exercised less influence in the Senate or the House of Representatives than he,' but 'no man ever exercised more power as a political leader.'"
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